Foster, Esq. of Carnegie Park, near PortGlasgow.

8. At Boreland, John Menzies, Esq. to Miss Sarah Lucy Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, Esq. of Boreland.

10. At Ruletownhead, the Rev. Andrew Scott, Cambusnethan, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr Thomas Laidlaw.

At Macduff, George Hunter, Esq. merchant, Aberdeen, to Helen, daughter of David Souter, Esq. of Gauldwell, Banffshire.

12. At Queen Square Chapel, Bath, Sir Thomas Ramsay of Balmain, Bart. to Mrs Chisholm of Chisholm.

13. At Dublin, Captain John Marshall, 91st regiment, to the Hon. Miss Butler, daughter of Lord Dunboyne.

14. At Paisley, Mr Allan Stewart, surgeon in Paisley, to Betsey, eldest daughter of John Thomson, Esq. of West Brae.

At Edinburgh, Captain A. Campbell, of the Honourable East India Company's artillery, to Margaret, younger daughter of Charles Hay, Esq. Great King Street.

15. At London, Colonel Sir Dudley St Leger Hill, to Caroline Drury, third daughter of Robert Hunter, Esq. of Kew, Surrey.

16. Alexander Oswald, Esq. to Miss Dalrymple, youngest daughter of the late Sir H. D. Hamilton, of North Berwick and Bargeny, Bart.

At the house of J. G. Lambton, Esq. M. P. in Cleveland Row, London, the Hon. H. F. C. Cavendish, M. P. Major in the 9th regiment of lancers, son to Lord George Cavendish, to Frances Susan, widow of the Hon. Frederick Howard, and only daughter of the late W. H. Lambton, Esq. M. P.

17. At London, the Hon. Robert Henry Clive, M. P. of Oakley Park, Shropshire, second son of the Earl of Powis, to the Right Hon. Lady Harriet Windsor, daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Plymouth.

At London, Robert Lowis, Esq. younger of Plean, to Margaret, eldest daughter of David Hunter, Esq. Montague Street, Russell Square.

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Dr Baillie, R. N. to Eliza, eldest daughter of Captain Livingston.

18. At Paris, Henry Peters, jun. Esq. to Sarah, daughter of General Christie Bur

ton.

Maria Clara Murray, Maid of Honour to her late Majesty, and second daughter of the late David Murray, Esq. brother to Lord Elibank.

22 At Birkwood, James Moore Nelson, Esq. writer, Glasgow, to Miss Ann Henner. 25. At Merksworth Cottage, James Maxwell, Esq. younger of Brediland and Merksworth, to Anna Maria, daughter of the late John Ainslie, Esq. M. D.

29. At Ralston House, Robert Orr, Esq. eldest son of John Orr, Esq. Dublin, to Eliza, third daughter of the late William Orr, Esq. of Ralston.

At Craigleith House, William Fleming, Esq. banker, Cupar, to Helen, eldest daughter of Alexander Bonar, Esq. of Ratho, banker in Edinburgh.

Lately. At Mary-le-bone Church, James Irving, Esq. of the island of Jamaica, to Judith Rowen, third daughter of the late Thomas Nasmyth, Esq. M. D. of the same island.

DEATHS.

Oct. 31, 1818. At Marzipore, Bengal, Lieutenant-Colonel Bartlet Hugh Kelly, of the Hon. East India Company's service. He was the son and last surviving child of Hugh Kelly, barrister at law, author of "False Delicacy," &c.

Dec. 12. At Bombay, John Copland, Esq. of the Bombay Medical Establishment, second son of Dr Copland, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University and Marischal College of Aberdeen.

Jan. 7, 1819. At Jamaica, in the 24th year of his age, Mr Donald M'Queen, surgeon, son of the late Mr Edmund M'Queen, minister of the island of Barra.

30. At Tobago, Captain James Sangster, of the Pigot West India ship of London.

March 6. At St Mary's, Jamaica, Mr James Arthur, from Glasgow.

April 18. At Kaillen, North Uist, Marion M'Queen, wife of Murdoch Macleod, Esq.

29. At Portaskaig, island of Islay, Mr John Hill.

May 14. Off the coast of Ireland, Mr John M'Kinley of Glasgow, aged 29, assistant-surgeon of his Majesty's ship Pike.

18. At Spearvale, county of Cavan, William Spear, Esq. aged 81, one of the oldest lieutenants in his Majesty's service.

22. At Grant Lodge, Miss Jane Grant, daughter of the late Sir James Grant of Grant, Bart. and sister to the Right Hon. the Earl of Seafield.

23. At Aberdeen, in the 80th year of her age, Mrs Fraser, relict of the late William Fraser, Esq. Kirktown, near Inver

ness.

26. At Springfield, Blantyre, Mrs Margaret Givan, relict of James Dick, Esq. of Wheatlandhead, aged 82.

27. At Rome, Robert Dinwiddie, Esq. of Germistown.

28. At Glasgow, Mr John Kemp, accountant, Thistle Bank, aged 33.

29. At Lochmaben. in the 71st year of his age, Mr John Gardiner, late Bailie of that burgh.

- At Auchtermuchty, E. M. Gardiner, Esq. of Kilcairney.

30. At Ashgrove, Jane, daughter of James Coull, Esq. of Ashgrove.

31. At Dornoch, in the 45th year of his age, John Law, Esq. advocate in Aberdeen, Sheriff-substitute of the county of Sutherland.

At Orchardfield Place, Leith Walk, Mr Alexander Bell, Purser, late of his Majesty's ship Lee.

June 1. At her aunt's house, Thistle Street, Elizabeth Campbell Dallas, only child of the late Torquill Dallas, Esq.

At Spring Bank, in the 57th year of his age, John Taylor, Esq. merchant, Glasgow.

At Cassencairie, Mrs Campbell, wife of George Muir Campbell, Esq. W. S. At Auchriosch, Godfrey M'Calman,

At Beverley, aged 86, General George Garth, Colonel of the 17th regiment of foot.

12. At Glasgow, after a short illness, James Steel, Esq. M. D.

13. At Edinburgh, Mrs Greenhill, York Place, aged 60.

At Edinburgh, William Arnot, Esq. of Lumquhat.

At Walkinshaw, Miss Campbell of

At Saw Mills, Leven, Mr John Balfour, in the 89th year of his age.

At Tain, Mrs Murray of Rosemount. 18. At Edinburgh, John Anstruther, Esq. of Ardit.

19. At Hackness, in her 24th year, Margaret Anne, wife of George Johnstone, Esq. and eldest daughter of the late Sir R. V. B.

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preceded Shakespeare (No. V.)...........104 On the Unfriendly Dispositions existing between Great Britain and America 110 Clerical Portraits, from Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk

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Explanation of a Passage in St Paul........ 120 Remarks on Dramatic Scenes and other Poems, by Barry Cornwall... 121 Account of Some Discoveries made at

the Vitrified Fort on the Hill of Finhaven, near Forfar..

Tour into the District of Harz

The Silliad, a Poem.

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On the Progress which the Germans have made in writing History141 Remarks on Lord Byron's Mazeppa 145 Original Letter of Mr Burckhardt, the Traveller

tions of Mount Etna in 1809 and 1811, in a Letter to a Friend from an Eye-witness.............. ..160 Some Account of the Character and Merits of the late Professor Playfair...............

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RECOLLECTIONS OF MR JOHN KEMBLE.

can never lay aside that classic robe of fine associations, in which a thousand recollections combine to invest

flew."

BYRON.

To those who, in seeking, "at the close of the day," relief from the distractions of business, and renovation of spirits, love occasionally to transport themselves to that mimic world of gay scenes and interesting event, the theatre, the disappearance of Mr J. Kemble from the stage, where, for nearly forty years, he had reigned supreme, its ornament and its pride, must have felt like the going down of the sun-the glorious sun, that throws life and splendour on all things. Perhaps there are few men, (we do not talk of players,) who have been followed into their retirement by kindlier wishes, or whose persons have been the objects of more endearing remembrances. His name and his talents are associated with our earliest recollections of enjoyment,-and his departure was like the trying farewell of some intimate friend of our youth, for whose merits the lapse of years had not abated, but increased our fondness and admiration. How, indeed, should it be otherwise? He who so often appeared before us in the guise of the hero-that masterspirit which again and again lifted our minds into its own exalted attitude, and gracefully pressed upon them the noblest sentiments, he who so long stood in our sight a majestic monument of all that was elegant and dignified in look and deportment,

and the applause of crowded theatres, he has not gone to mope in the inanity of cheerless solitude, but to spend his last days in elegant pursuits, to enjoy the affection and respect his talents and character have acquired him, and, as he has authorized us to believe, to occupy himself with those higher duties,

Which crave

Some space between the theatre and grave;

That like the Roman in the Capitol, He may adjust his mantle e'er he fall. So engaged, till the curtain finally drops upon his mortal scene, admiration will haunt his literary solitude.

This is some abatement from the common doom of his profession; for in general nothing is so ephemeral and evanescent as histrionic fame. The painter embalms his genius in the figures of his canvas, and the statuary erects to his-lasting monuments of marble; the poet, who pours forth his soul in verse, lives in his own page, and is enabled thus to commune with a very distant generation; the orator wraps himself up in the thunders of his volume, and lifts his voice to thronging multitudes, long after his bones have mouldered in the dust. The actor only shrinks from time's award, Feeble tradition is his memory's guard; Even matchless Kemble's art No fixed effect, no model leaves behind. The grace of action, the adapted mien, Faithful as nature to the varied scene;