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Aug. 27. At Invermoriston, Mrs Grant of Glenmoriston, a son.

-At Glinton, near Cork, the lady of Major. General Sir Thomas Brisbane of Brisbane, K.C.B. a daughter.

29. At Bighouse, the lady of Major Mackay, a

son.

Sept. 2. At Pencaitland Manse, Mrs Makellar, a daughter.

At Rockville, East Lothian, the lady of Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart. a daughter.

- At Kilbryde Castle, Lady Campbell, a son. 3. At Maidstone, the lady of Captain Cooke, late of the 94th regiment, a son.

6. Mrs William Scott, 43, Northumberlandstreet, Edinburgh, a son.

Mrs Thomson, No 20, Dundas-street, Edinurgh, a son.

At Kirkaldy, Mrs J. L. Cooper, a daughter. 8. Mrs Espinasse, 42, Hanover-street, Edinkurgh, a son.

9. At Bath, the Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth Baler, a son.

ter.

10. At Hampstead, Mrs Spottiswoode, a daugh- Mrs Christie, 34, Castle-street, Edinburgh, a -Mrs William Henry Murray, Thistle-court, Edinburgh, a son.

son.

11. At Meadowbank-house, Mrs Maconochie,

a son.

-At Flemington, the lady of A. Fraser, Esq. Fort-Major, Fort George, a son.

12. At Newhaven, Leith, Mrs James Cookson, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Cookson of the 80th regiment. a daughter.

Mrs Smith, 13, Hope-street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

13. At Balgownie Cottage, the lady of Lieut. Colonel D. Forbes, a son.

- At No 8, Elder-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Dr Saunders, a son.

-At Glasgow, the lady of Captain Stewart, of the Rifle Brigade, a son.

-At Balnamoon, Mrs Carnegy, a son.

15. At Campbelton, the lady of Captain Hugh Stevenson, a daughter.

- Mrs Hopkirk, Northumberland-street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

At Leith Mount, the lady of John Mackenzie, Esq. merchant, Leith, a son.

16. Mrs Henry Wood, Great King-street, Edinburgh, a son.

At Buccleuch-place, Edinburgh, Mrs Folliott Baugh, a son.

17. At Brickfield, Mrs Wishart, Heriot-row, Edinburgh, a daughter.

-At her house, York-place, London, the lady of Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P. a son.

18. At Dunnikeir-house, the lady of LieutenantGeneral Sir John Oswald of Dunnikeir, K. C. B.

a son.

At Melville-place, Stirling, Mrs Birch, a daughter.

At Cullan-house, the lady of Colonel Grant of Grant, M.P. a son.

19. At Edmonstone-house, Mrs Wauchope of Edmonstone, a daughter.

At Aberdeen, the lady of Dr Ogilvie, a son. 20. At Manchester, the lady of Dr Hardie, a son. 22. The Countess Delawarr, a son. -In George's-square, Edinburgh, the lady of Captain Cubitt, a son.

23. The lady of Capt. Mackay, 71st Regt. a son. - At Yester, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, a daughter.

At Milrig, Mrs Gordon of Milrig, a son. 26. At Edinburgh, Mrs Lockhart, Albany-street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

2. Mrs C. Campbell, Young-street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

28. At Graham-street, Edinburgh, the lady of Captain David Campbell, a son.

30. At Gogar-house, the lady of James L'Amy, Esq. advocate, a daughter.

Oct. 1. At Edinburgh, Mrs Greig of Hallgreig, a

son

3. Mrs Thomas Megget, Drummond-place, Edinburgh, a daughter.

Lately-At Ballygiblin, Ireland, the lady of William W. Beecher, Esq. M. P. (Miss O'Neil), a son. The child only lived till next day.

At Dover, the lady of Captain Scott, royal artillery, a son.

MARRIAGES.

Feb. 2. At Bengal, Lieutenant-General Hogg, to Mary Ann, widow of Major Burton, and eldest daughter of Dr John Borthwick Gilchrist, protessor of oriental languages, College of Fort William, in the East Indies.

Aug. 22. At Hartfield house, James Macdonald, Esq. of Balranald and younger of Lynedale, to Jane, third daughter of the deceased Captain Mackenzie of Hartfield.

23. At La Columbriere, Jersey, Major William Mackay, 68th light infantry, to Margaret, only child of Captain Robert Mackay of Hedgefield.

-At Dalvey, Charles Gordon, Esq. of Forres, to Christina, second daughter of Norman Macleod, Esq. of Drynoch.

24. In the Collegiate Church of Ripon, Charles Oxley, Esq. to Miss Waddilove, eldest daughter of the Very Rev. the Dean of Ripon.

29. At the manse of Lumphanan, Harry Lamond, Esq. of Pitmurchie, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the Rev. William Shand, Lumphanan. 3. At Kenton, Devonshire, Michael Francis, second son of David Gordon, Esq. of Dulwich Hill, Surrey, and Abergeldie, to Caroline, fifth daughter of the Rev. John Swete, of Oxton House.

Sept. 4. At Edinburgh, James Austin, Esq. M.D. of the island of Barbadoes, to Elizabeth Mary, only daughter of the late William Pierce, Esq. of Ja

maica.

At London, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Ogle of Worthy, Bart. to Letitia, daughter of Sir William Burroughs, Bart.

-At Linlithgow, James Tod, Esq. merchant in Borrowstounness, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of Alexander Napier, Esq. merchant in Linlithgow.

5. At St Margaret's Hill, the Rev. Robert Balfour Graham, minister of Stenton, to Christina Wilson, second daughter of the Rev. Archibald Larrie, D.D. of Hillhouse, minister of Loudown. -At Leyton, Essex. Thomas Flower Ellis, jun. E A.B. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Susan, only daughter of the late John M'Tagfart, Esq. of Ardwal.

7. At Dalry-house, Edinburgh, James Douglas, Esq. of Cavers, to Emma, daughter of the late Sir David Carnegie of Southesk, Bart.

11. At Irvine, Stewart Murray Fullarton, Esq. of Fullarton, to Isabella Buchanan, only daughter of the late James Muir, Esq. surgeon in Glasgow. -At Aberdeen, Alexander Bell, Esq. Berwick, to Mary, only daughter of John Ross, Esq. -At Leith, Mr Robert Laidlaw, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr John Duff, Logiealmond.

12. In Cochran-street of Glasgow, John Burnside, Esq. Milburn-house, Lanarkshire, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Macarthur of Glasgow.

At Westerhall, Major Weyland, 16th Lancers, to Lady Johnstone, widow of the late Sir John Lowther Johnstone, Bart. of Westerhall, in the county of Dumfries.

-At Edinburgh, James Clark, M.D. to Barbara, only daughter of the late Rev. John Stephen, LL.D. rector of Christ Church, New Providence, Bahama Islands.

-At Lochbuy-house, island of Mull, John Gregorson, Esq. of Ardtorinish, to Mary, daughter of the deceased Murdoch MacLaine, Esq. of Lochbuy.

15. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Kemp, Castlestreet, to Miss Margaret Dickinson.

18. At Perth, Glas Sandeman, Esq. younger of Springland, to Margaret, daughter of Dr Stewart of Bonskeid.

19. At Bernice, Lieutenant Archibald McTavish, H. P. 3d West India regiment, to Margaret, daughter of the late Donald Fletcher, Esq.

At Galashiels, Mr John Waldie, saddler in Kelso, to Miss Christian Jeffrey, eldest daughter of Mr George Jeffrey, New Kelso, Ross-shire.

At Edinburgh, Captain W. Cunningham Dalyell, royal navy, fifth son of the late Sir Robt. Dalyell, Bart. of Binns, to Maria, youngest daughter of A. T. Sampayo, Esq. of Peterboro'-house, Middlesex.

-At Edinburgh, James Brown, Esq. of London, to Miss Sarah Hamilton, eldest daughter of the late John Hamilton, Esq. of Polimont Bank.

20. At the manse of Crail, Charles Nairne, Esq. W. S. to Amelia Forbes, eldest daughter of the Rev. Andrew Bell of Kilnduncan, minister of Crail.

23. At St Paul's chapel, John Turner, Esq. of Turner Hall, to Elizabeth Helen, youngest daughter of the deceased Captain William Urquhart, 30th regiment.

-At Eglingham, William Hay, Esq. of Hopes, East Lothian, to Frances Ann, third daughter of the late Robert Ogle, Esq. of Eglingham, Northumberland.

25. At Dumfries, John Lizars, Esq. surgeon, Edinburgh, to Sarah Fleming M'Craken, daughter of the late William M'Craken, Esq. of Lochvale, Dumfries.

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April 12. At Calcutta, in the 27th year of his age, Lieutenant James Steuart, of the royal navy, son of David Steuart, Esq. late Lord Provost of Edinburgh. This gallant and estimable young man, after serving as aŭ officer on board his Majesty's ships Weasle and Tremendous, with much reputa tion, finished his career in the royal navy, as one of the lieutenants of the Hebrus frigate, Captain Palmer, sharing in the concluding triumphs of the British navy at the memorable and bloody battle of Algiers. Placed upon half-pay, he repaired to the East Indies in search of employment, in the Company's service, and had just obtained the com mand of the Exmouth, country ship, of 690 tons, when he was suddenly cut off from his family and

fair expectations of his friends by an attack of spasmodic cholera, after a short illness of twelve hours. 28. At Wurnoo Tank, in Wagur, Captain James Macmurdo, the Honourable East India Company's Resident at Cutch.

May 21. On his passage from the island of Ceylon to his native land, Captain John Ritchie, of the 73d regiment, eldest son of Mr James Ritchie, Rhynd.

Aug. 25. At Stirling, Lieutenant W. 1. Devonshire, royal navy; and also, at the same place, on the 1st September, Captain Thomas Wingate, his brother-in-law.

26. At Clova, Lady Niven Lumsden of Auchindoir.

27. At Montague-square, London, Francis Gray Paterson, only son of Captain John Paterson, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

- At Glendaruel house, Mrs Campbell of Glendaruel.

28. At Edinburgh, aged 37, of a fall from his horse, Mr Mungo Paton, Main Point.

30. At his house in Duke-street, Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Morison, builder.

At Green-street, Enfield Highway, Middlesex, Mrs Mary Ann Burgess, wife of John Keir, Esq.; and same day, John William, their infant son.

51. At Killin, Perthshire, the Rev. Dr Bushby, Dean of Rochester. He was travelling with his friend, Dr Thackery, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and died after three days' illness.

- At Kentish Town, Major Edward Watkins, of his Majesty's 65th regiment, of a fever contract. ed in the late severe and harassing campaign against the Mahrattas.

Sept. 1. At Edinburgh, Robert Buchanan, Esq. late of the Stock Exchange, London.

4. At Port-Glasgow, John Dunlop, Esq. collector of the customs there.

5. At Muirfield-house, Major Spencer Cochrane. - At Paisley, after a short illness, Hugh Thomson, Esq. a gentleman of piety and benevolence, and characterized by Christian meekness and humility. Among other bequests he has left L.1000 for public benevolent purposes, viz.: To the British and Foreign Bible Society, L.200; to the London Missionary Society, L.200; to Hutcheson's charity school, Paisley. L.200; to the Paisley Sabbath School Society, L.200; and to the Paisley Dispensary and House of Recovery, L.200.

6. At Baylis, near Windsor, in her 70th year, the Dowager Marchioness of Thomond. Her ladyship was the nicce of the late celebrated Sir Joshua Reynolds.

At his house in St James's Place, London, aged 85, James Ferguson of Pitfour, Esq. M.P. for Aberdeenshire.

-At Ward End House, Birmingham, Thomas Astbury, Esq. much and deservedly regretted.

7. At Garscube House, Mrs Anne Campbell, widow of the late Francis Sitwell, Esq. of Barmoor.

8. At Stevenson, Ayrshire, after two days' illness, the Rev. Thomas Blair, late minister of the gospel, Cairneyhill.

-In George-square, Mrs Elizabeth Ponton, wife of Mr Archibald Campbell, brewer.

-At London, aged 39, Mr Rae, late of Drury lane Theatre.

9. At Plymouth, Samuel Hood Linzee, Esq. ViceAdmiral of the Blue. He fell from his horse in a fit of apoplexy on Thursday afternoon, and never spoke afterwards.

-At Harrogate, Mrs Dundas, St Andrew-square, Edinburgh.

At Greenlaw Manse, the Rev. James Luke. - At Glenearn Cottage, Elizabeth Margaret, second daughter of Charles Husband, Esq. of Glen

earn.

10. At his house in Upper Baker-street, London, Alexander Ross of Cromarty, Esq. 11. At Swinton-house, John Swinton, Esq. of Swinton.

At Hampstead, Helen, the infant daughter of John Spottiswoode, Esq. of Spottiswoode. - At Cheltenham, Rear-Adiniral Sir Home Popham, K.C.B. &c. He had but recently returned from his command on the Jamaica station, where he lost his daughter and his health. Few

men had seen more service, or have displayed more talent.

12. At 2, Howard-place, Edinburgh, Thomas, the son of William Auld, Esq.

-At Leith, Mrs Jean Comb, spouse of Mr Thomas Barker, brewer there.

- At Dingwall, John Simson, Esq. writer there. 13. Mr Robert Blair, late assistant surgeon in the Honourable East India Company's service, Bengal establishment, eldest son of the late Mr Francis Blair.

- At Pentland, Mr John Allan, farmer there. -At Perth, Mr Alexander Porteous, merchant there, in the 78th year of his age.

14. At Dover, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Allan, Bart. of Baker-street, Portman-square, London, aged 56, one of the directors of the East India Company, and late member of parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed.

-At his house, No 2, Prince's-street, Edinburgh, Mr Duncan Robertson, perfumer.

15. At Kilmarnock, Mrs Hamilton, wife of the Rev. Andrew Hamilton.

-At Edinburgh, Mrs Mary Cameron, wife of Mr Archibald Fletcher, writer.

-At Linlithgow, Maria, eldest daughter of the Rev. David Watson, Linlithgow, aged 20.

-At Campbelton, aged 86, and the 57th of his ministry, the Rev. Dr George Robertson, one of the ministers of the Collegiate Church there.

16. At Woodside, Mrs Russell of Woodside. 17. At Whim, John Henderson, student. -At his house, Buccleuch-place, Mr George Watson, jeweller.

-At Manse of Rathven, Mrs Masson, wife of J. Masson, Esq. S.S.C. Edinburgh.

Mrs Margaret Wilson, wife of John Hay, writer, Edinburgh.

-At Ashintully, William Rutherford, Esq. of Ashintully.

18. At Bath, the Hon. Mrs Sotheby.

- At Cheltenham, John Haig, Esq. merchant in London.

-At Brunsfield, Lieutenant Robert Horsman Scott, 1st regiment, or Royal Scots.

19. At Plymouth, R. A. Nelson, Esq. Secretary of the Naval Board, brother to the immortal Nef

son.

20. At Edinburgh, in the 24th year of his age, Patrick Lyon, M.D. youngest son of the late Hugh Lyon, Esq. of Wester Ogil, captain of artillery, in the service of the honourable East India Company.

22. At Musselburgh, Mr Archibald Hope Taylor, merchant, Leith, youngest son of the late Mr Taylor, rector of the grainmar-school, Musselburgh.

23. At Edinburgh, Mr James Simpson, stationer, Royal Exchange.

24. At Portobello, the Right Hon. Alexr. Lord Elibank.

-At her house in Gayfield-square, Mrs Marjory Smith, in the 85th year of her age.

25. At Edinburgh, Sarah Ann Milne, daughter of the late Mr John Milne, Mill of Stonehaven.

Lately-At Bath, Fletcher Paris, Esq. He has bequeathed L40,000, and a field, for the purpose of erecting thirty cottages, for the residence (with endowments) of the widows or daughters of ten poor clergymen, of ten reduced professional men, and of ten decayed merchants.

-At his house, Woodcot, in the county of Haddington, George Home Falconer, Esq. captain of the 2d dragoons (Scots Greys).

-At Twyford Lodge, Sussex, Lady Sewell, widow of the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Sewell, formerly Master of the Rolls, and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

At the island of Ceylon, Captain George Rivers Maltby, of the 16th foot. His death was occasioned by his horse running away with him; the animal in his course passing under a tree, a bough of which came in contact with Mr Maltby's head, and unfortunately killed him on the spot.

-In Hamilton-place, London, the Countess of Shannon, shortly after the birth of her 13th child. -At the Church House, Leatherhead, the Hon. Charlotte Beauclerk, fourth daughter of the late Lord Henry Beauclerk.

Oliver & Boyd, Printers, Edinburgh.

BLACKWOOD'S

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

No XLIV.

NOVEMBER 1820.

VOL. VIII

DEAR MR NORTH,

HORA CANTABRIGIENSES.

No VI.

Benet College, Cambridge, 25th October, 1820.

WHY does not the Ensign come up to Cambridge, as he promised? I have been looking for hiin, in his under-graduate's gown, about the middle of every term these two years. However, I see he still keeps his name on the College boards, so there are some hopes of him yet. I am confident he would turn out a wrangler-among the first ten, for a dozen. He is already as well trained as most freshmen. He measures distances to a nicety; describes a circle (or, as he would call it in his unmathematical way, a ring) to admiration; and for squaring, and bringing out the fluent, he is, I verily believe, unrivalled. Here is food for his fancy, in all her forms and figures; and mathematics would, I am confident, give the last finishing touch to him. A mathematician is never knocked down but he can tell the reason, which is more than the primest swell at the Castle-Tavern can say at all times. If he knows the force and direction of the blow, which a man of quick parts and feeling can always discover, he can calculate how long he will be in tumbling from a stage twenty feet high, which is a great satisfaction, besides being a great help in coming to time. And should his neck, by any awkward (accident, be dislocated, he is perfectly acquainted with the law by which said accident befell him.

We are rather flat here at present, but I enclose you a squiblet, which was written when Sir J. E. Smith, that knight of the gillyflower, made his grand charge on our Botanical Chair.

LOCK-AND-BAR.

A Botany Bay Eclogue.

O GALLANT Sir James is come out of the North,
Through all that wild region his fame had gone forth;
Yet, save the Vice-Chancellor, friend he had none;
He came all unask'd, and he came all alone.
So daring in heart, and so dauntless in pith,
There ne'er was Professor like President Smith.

He staid not for frown, and he stopp'd not for groan ;
He put in his clamour where claim he had none;
But e'er he arriv'd at a Lecturer's state,

The tutors conspir'd-and the lectures came late.
VOL. VIII.

Q

For a churchman, God wot! and a botanist too,
Was to sit in the chair that Sir James had in view.
In a rage, then, he stalk'd into College and Hall,
Among Bedmakers, Bachelors, Doctors, and all;
Then spoke Mr Marsh in a civilish way,
(For some of the Tutors had little to say),
"O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war,
Or to dine, with the Fellows, or-what come ye for?"
"I long wish'd to lecture, my suit you denied,
I know you'd have lik'd them, if once you had tried ;
And now am I come with this Pamphlet of mine,
To try a last measure-then leave you to pine;
There are students in London more civil by far,
That would gladly have welcom'd so brilliant a star."
Sir James shew'd his Pamphlet, and Monk read it through;
He gulp'd the hard bits, but he saw 'twould not do ;
He look'd down to laugh, and pretended to sigh,

With a smile on his lip, and a sneer in his eye.

Then down comes the rogue with an "Answer" forthwith-
"This is dealing hard measure!" says President Smith.

So stately the tone, and so lovely the print,

Even Freshmen conceiv'd there must something be in't.
While Socinians did fret, and Professors did clap,
And Webb tore the tassel that deck'd his new cap;
And Reviewers did whisper, " "Twere better by far

To have match'd your brave Knight in some gooseberry war."

A hint such as this had just rung in his ear,

When he reached the stage-coach,† and the coachman stood near ;
So light to the box that tight coachman he sprung,

So snugly the reins o'er the dickey were flung

We are off! we are off! over bank and o'er hill,

"Your Pamphlet may follow," cried James, "if it will."

There is quizzing 'mong wags of the Trinity clan:

King's, Queen's men, and Johnians, they all laugh that can ;
There is joking and smoking in Norwich citiè,
But the lost Knight of Botany ne'er do we see,
-So daring in heart, and so dauntless in pith:
Was there e'er such a callant as President Smith?

Ah! poor Litchfield the Fruiterer. You little knew, Mr North, the sweets of his delightful shop, or your Magazine would long since have resounded with "Luctus" far more lugubrious than those which you have so eloquently poured over the defunct Sir Daniel. Litchfield's fate was worse than death. He was smashed to a jelly by the tutors for what is elegantly termed, "helping a lame dog over a stile," a most charitable act! The following " Coronach" was sung before his door on the night of his transformation by a chorus of young men and maids, dressed in full mourning, with garlands on their heads.

He is gone from the counter;

He is gone from the store-chest,

Like his brother's prime fount, ere
Our need was the sorest.

CORONACH.

The fount, re-appearing,

From the rain-drops shall borrow,
But to us comes no cheering,

To Litchfield no morrow!

This luminary is not a fixed star, but a comet having taken "a free and lofty range in the world at large." Vid. his Pamphlet.

+ The cheap-and-nasty.

This water-spout left off playing, one fine morning, and began, I suppose, to work, -under ground.

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