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was the fifth Earl, was but distantly related to his celebrated predecessor, being descended from Arthur Stanhope, sixth son of the first Earl, who obtained the title in the year 1628. His Lordship had not been in town for more than two years previous to his death. The Noble Earl was equally remarkable for the virtues of the nobleman and the Christian, and may be justly said to have fulfilled all the duties implied by his motto-A Deo et Rege.

Aug. 30. At Edinburgh, Isabella, daughter of the deceased Mr Robert Richardson, secretary to the British Linen Company.

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At Kinloch, Susan, second daughter of the late Thomas Kinnear, Esq. of Kinloch. At Glasgow, Lieutenant Colonel Gwyn Inspecting Field Officer of the Western Dis trict, aged 41. This brave and distinguish ed officer was wounded in the battles of Talavera and Busaco, and from the wound which he received at the latter he had never recovered. He was possessed of every quality which constitute the gentleman and the soldier, and died regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He was interred with military honours, attended by all the troops in the garrison, and a num ber of the most respectable gentlemen of the city. Major Boule, of the 93d regiment, succeeds Colonel Gwyn in the charge of the district.

At Brussels, of wounds received in the battle of Waterloo, Major A. J. M‘Laine, of the 73d regiment, son of the late Gillian M'Laine, Esq. of Scalastle, Island of Mull. He was a brave soldier, and much beloved by all his brother officers. His brother, the late Captain M'Laine, of the 20th regiment, was the only officer who was killed in the memorable battle of Maida.

31. At Arbroath, Marjory Warder!, spouse of Mr William Renny, jun. merchant there, much and justly regretted.

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At Henly in Arden, Janet, widow

of the late Reverend James Grahame, author of the Sabbath and several other poems. Sept. 1. At Cheltenham, Thomas Tulloch, Esq. of Elliestown,

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At Nether Pladie, in the land of Craig. ston, and parish of Turriff, Mr John Allardyce, in the 63d year of his age-a man highly beloved and respected by all who knew him, for the piety of his disposition, and benevolence of his heart. After deducting a small legacy to his sister, he has left the half of his fortune, which is very considerable, as a fund for the benefit of the poor belonging to the Episcopal Congregations of Turriff and Cumineston, with a code. of rules and regulations, drawn up with his own hand, for the management of said fund.

7. At St Fort, Miss Stewart, eldest daughter of the late Robert Stewart, Esq. of St Fort.

8. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Simpson, aged 16, a student at the University.

At Prestonpans, Andrew Graham, Esq. many years factor in the service of the Honourable the Hudson's Bay Company.

At Ayr, Mrs Stevenson, relict of the late Captain Hugh Stevenson.

9. At the Manse of Rafford, the Rev. William Stephen, minister of that parish, in the 69th year of his age.

At Dumfries, Mr James M'Ghie, late bookseller.

10. At Edinburgh, Mrs Inglis, wife of the Reverend Thomas Inglis, minister of Lochrutton.

11. At Paisley, Mr Lockhart Scott, of the Royal Lanark regiment of militia.

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At Old Aberdeen, in the 88th year of his age, Roderick Macleod, D. D. Principal of King's College. Dr Macleod, when only

18 years of age, acted, in 1748, as Assistant to Dr J. Gregory, then Professor of Philosophy in King's College; and upon the resignation of that gentleman, in the ensuing year, succeeded to the vacant chair. In 1764, he was chosen Sub Principal; and in 1800 was unanimously elected Principal by his colleagues. Whether we regard the character of Dr Macleod in his private or public capacity, it will be admitted that few men have more faithfully discharged the duties of their station. In the most delicate connection of life, tender and affection ate; as a parent, indulgent, but firm; as a friend, active, warm, and constant-he lived but for this circle. Yet were his more general relations to society never forgotten. His zealous and close attention to whatever involved the honour or interest of the body, with which, for the unusual period of 67 years, he stood connected, will long be acknowledged; whilst, by his able and conscientious discharge of his duties as a public teacher for 52 years, and above all, by the active and liberal protection which he uniformly extended to rising or neglected me. rit, he' perhaps as effectually promoted the best interest of education and science, as any individual of his time.

Sept. 11. At the Manse of Ordequhill, Mrs Mary Grant, wife of the Reverend Alex. Gray, and daughter of the late Reverend Robert Grant, minister of Cullen.

12. In George's Square Edinburgh, Miss Maitland, eldest daughter of Adam Maitland, Esq. of Dundrennan.

14. At Invergarry, Duncan Allaistair, son of Colonel Macdonell, of Glengarry.

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At Rothesay, Bute, Alexander Dunlop, Esq. surgeon, Glasgow, in the 77th year of his age.

16. At Bridge-end, Musselburgh, Henry Gillies, Esq. in the 70th year of his age.

18. At Balckheath, Mrs Milne, wife of Mr Alex. George Milne, merchant, London. - At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Smith, builder. He was much respected as a tradesman; and as a father, relative, and friend, his conduct was irreproachable.

-At Edinburgh, Mrs Janet Fleming, wife of Mr David William Fleming, ac.

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At Edinburgh, very much regretted, Serjeant Major Patrick Gould, of the late 1st regiment of Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Infantry, a situation he had held for twenty-one years. He was remarkably accurate, attentive, and useful, in the discharge of his varied duties, and an excellent drill, as is well known, and will be long remembered by many of this city, he having trained upwards of two thousand of them to mi litary exercises, and the use of arms, since the establishment of the parent corps of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, blue, in 1794

23. At Gosport, in consequence of a concussion of the brain, produced by being lately thrown out of his gig, George Burdon, Esq. Rear Admiral of the Red squadron of his Majesty's fleet, aged 65 years. In the 74th year of his age, Mr Finlay Malcolm, brewer in Dunfermline. 21. At Stirling, Mrs Ann Stewart, relict of James Stewart, Esq. of Gar.

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At Hamilton, Miss Anne Shearer, daughter of Mr David Shearer, of the island of Tortela.

25. At George Street, after a few days ilness, Mrs Wardlaw, relict of Capt. William Wardlaw, Royal Navy.

At London, Elizabeth, the wife of Alexander Grant, Esq. of Serjeant's Inn.

Mr John Cowan, farmer, Musselburgh. 26. At Edinburgh, in the 20th year of his age, Mr John Macgeorge, youngest son of

of the Reverend William Macgeorge, late minister of the gospel at Mid-calder.

Sept. 27. At Sanquhar, the Rev. Andrew Thomson, pastor of the Associate Antiburgher Congregation there for 39 years.

At Sheerness, Mr Alexander Milne, of Edinburgh, aged 25, Assistant Surgeon of the Iphigenia, and late of the Bellerophon. When proceeding to the hospital ship in the harbour, with two sick men, the boat was overset in a squall, and Mr Milne, in generously exerting himself beyond his power to save his patients, lost his own life, deeply regretted by his brother officers, and by all who knew him.

At Genoa, in her 21st year, Lady Jane Montague, eldest daughter of his Grace the Duke of Manchester.

At Edinburgh, Robert McCulloch, Esq. of Kirkclaugh.

At Gorgie Park, at an advanced age. Mrs Macdonald, of Hope Street, widow of Major Allan Macdonald, some time of the 59th regiment of foot, and mother of the late Major Forbes Ross Macdonald, Governor of Prince of Wales' Island, and the late Lieutenant General Donald Macdonald, of the 55th regiment.

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Lady Clavering, widow of LieutenantGeneral Sir John Ciavering, K B.

28. Gilbert Gerard, D. D. Professor of Divinity in King's College, Aberdeen, and Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty. Dr Gerard was educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh; and after officiating for several years as minister of the English Church at Amsterdam, was elected Professor of Greek in King's College. He succeeded his father, Dr Alexander Gerard, as Professor of Divinity; and a few years ago, was appointed one of the ministers of Old Aberdeen. New prospects of advancement had just opened upon him, when the Church and the University were suddenly and prematurely deprived of his eminent talents and accomplishments. He preached on Sunday, and died on the ensuing Thursday. Of his judgment and erudition, Dr Gerard has left a most respectable monument in the Institutes of Biblical Criticism.-Edinburgh, 1808, 8vo. With his learning he united much knowledge of the world; he was a man of the most gentlemanly manners. He was a correct and judicious preacher; and was uniformly distinguished by the liberality of his theological opinions.

28. At Montreal, James Dunlop, Esq. much regretted.

29. Suddenly, at Livingston's Yards, Mr George Comb, brewer.

30. Mr Henry Macvicar, midshipman on board his Majesty's sloop of war the Levant. The accident by which he lost his life hap

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At Dean Park, Edinburgh, Mr John Gibson, farmer, aged 75.

Suddenly, the Reverend Edward M'Quold, parish priest of Portaterry, in the 54th year of his age.

Mr Francis Yates, of Wolverhampton, aged 94; and on the following Tuesday, the 10th, Mrs Eleanor Yates, his wife, aged 89. This venerable couple had been married 67 years, were both taken ill on the same day, and died within five days of each other, the latter on the anniversary of their wedding day,

At Aberdeen, Mrs Ann Scott, daughter of the late Robert Scott, Esq. of Dun nisnald, and wife of James Watson, Esq.

6. At Liverpool, after a painful and lingering illness, David Shand, Esq. merchant there, formerly of Montrose.

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Oct. 10. At Northfield, Helen, second daughter of James Syme, Eq. of Northfield, in the 22d year of her age.

At Southampton, at an advanced age, Sir Yelverton Peyton, Bart. one of the magistrates of that town, and senior Baronet of the united kingdom.

11. At Leith, M. Henry Hervert, aged 72, teacher of the German and Dutch languages, much and justly regretted.

At Callander, Charles Campbell, Esq. of Lochdochart.

12. At Cholmondeley House, Piccadilly, London, after a long and severe illness, the Countess of Rocksavage. Her Ladyship, who was second daughter of the late General Campbell, Deputy Governor of Gibraltar, was married to the eldest son of Marquis Cholmondeley, about two years ago. Her ladyship has died without issue, in not above the 26th year of her age.

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13. Mr George Walker, drawing master, Edinburgh, aged 75. Edinburgh.

14. In his father's house, at Little Trochrie, near Dunkeld, aged 44, the Reverend John Campbell, preacher of the gospel.

At Aberdeen, Mr Ernest Mearns, aged 24, for several years past first assistant in the Public Writing School of Aberdeen: a young man of much merit, modesty, and worth; and on the 17th current, three hours after the removal of his corpse from her house, his widowed mother, (of whose declining years he had been the comfort and support), worn out with anxiety and grief for the loss of him, and of another son, who died of the wounds he received in the memorable battle of Waterloo.

Suddenly, at North Berwick, Mrs Isabella Burn, wife of Lieutenant John Hay, 34th regiment of foot, and eldest daughter of the late Hew Burn, Esq.

-At Gloucester, Rear Admiral Trigge 19. At Edinburgh, suddenly, Mr John Paterson, flax-dresser.

20. At Coldstream, Robert Davidson, Esq. of Hoselaw, aged 65.

21. At Morningside House, Edinburgh, Mrs Margaret Cockburn, wife of Mr An. drew Buchanan, junior, merchant in Glasgow.

22. At Hillhousefield, Mr Edward Bayne, student of medicine, son of Mr Robert Bayne, merchant, Leith.

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THE

SCOTS MAGAZINE,

AND

Edinburgh Literary Miscellany,

FOR DECEMBER 1815:
With a View
View of the Tower of ALLOA.

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