it has been generally allowed that his Lordship's conduct on that occasion, aided by the like decided and temperate measures of Mr Elder, then Lord Provost, preserved our city from the scenes of turbulence and violence which so strongly threatened

it.

As a Judge in the Exchequer the Lord Chief Baron was equally valuable. In the limited range of public cases which come before that court in Scotland, the delinquency of parties arraigned for breach of the revenue laws, is generally so clear and apparent, that there is little room for doubt or hesitation in a judge's charge to the jury; but when it appeared that a defendant had acted from no improper motive, or when a doubtful law was endeavoured to be interpreted to the prejudice of the fair trader, his Lordship displayed a zeal, and even fervour, for the cause of the latter, which evinced that no length of service, as a functionary of the Crown, could weaken his attachment to the rights and liberty of the subject.

If the qualities of which we have given a feeble outline rendered his Lordship so respectable in public life, it may easily be conceived how much they endeared him in private. His character, indeed, as a private individual, in all the relations of life, was most exemplary, and is universally acknowledged. It may be well repeated of Chief Baron Dundas, what was said by an eminent judge on concluding the character of one of his brethren,-" He has died, leaving no good man his enemy, and attended with that sincere regret which only those can hope for who have occupied the like important stations, and acquitted them selves so well."

His Lordship married his cousin, Miss Dundas, daughter of the late, and sister to the present Lord Viscount Melville, by whom he has three sons and two daughters Robert, his successor in the estate of Arniston; Henry, an officer in the navy; and William Pitt. His eldest daughter was lately married to John Borthwick, Esq. younger of Crookston; and the youngest is unmarried.-Edin. Courant.

THE LATE SIR GEORGE BUCHAN

HEPBURN.

26th June 1819.-Died at Smeaton, in the county of Haddington, after a long and severe illness, in the 81st year of his age, Sir GEORGE BUCHAN HEPBURN of Smeaton and Letham, Bart., formerly one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. This respectable judge, born in March 1739, a few months after our most gracious and venerable Sovereign, was eldest son of John Buchan of Letham, near Haddington, by Elisabeth, only surviving daughter of Pa

trick Hepburn of Smeaton, by Marion, daughter of Sir George Suttie of Balgone, Baronet. His father was eldest son of George Buchan of Collegehead, in the county of Haddington, and of Kello in Berwickshire, who derived his descent from the original Earls of Buchan, through the ancient and respectable family of Buchan of Auchmacoy in Aberdeenshire. By his mother Sir George was descended from one of the oldest and most considerable houses in the county of Haddington, the Hepburns of Wauchtoun, the principal family of that name, of which James Hepburn Earl of Bothwell and Duke of Orkney, husband of Queen Mary, was of a younger branch. Sir George was early deprived of his mother, Fœmina eximia forma pulchritudine morumque probitate ornata, (monumental inscription at Haddington,) who died 14th October 1742, alat. 23, leaving three sons and two daughters, of whom the only survivor now is John Buchan, Esq. an able and intelligent Writer to his Majesty's Signet, and Solicitor of Exchequer. Sir George was well grounded in classical learning, and made considerable proficiency in every branch of education. Being destined for the bar, he commenced his legal studies at Edinburgh, passed one year at Leyden, and completed his course at the University of Edinburgh, his principal companion being the late Henry Viscount Melville. These associates studied together several hours every day with the most exemplary diligence, and the friendship then contracted subsisted undiminished during the life of that eminent statesman, to whose great patriotic and comprehensive political measures Sir George afforded a steady support. Sir George became a member of the Faculty of Advocates 18th January 1763; and on the death of his mother's brother, George Hepburn of Smeaton, unmarried, 1st March 1764, his estate devolved on Sir George, who, in conse→ quence, assumed the additional name of Hepburn. He thus succeeded to the barony of Smeaton Hepburn, a property that had been in the Hepburn family so early as the fourteenth century, being a portion of the very extensive possessions of the Hepburns of Wauchtoun, given in 1538 by Sir Patrick Hepburn of Wauchtoun to his second son Adam Hepburn of Smeaton, from whom it came by lineal descent to Sir George. On this fertile property Sir George erected one of the most commodious and best planned houses in Scotland, on a gen, tle eminence in the midst of a highly cultivated demesne, where he and Lady Hepburn exercised the most liberal hospitality to their numerous friends, among whom were reckoned several of the most eminent characters of the nation; and the late Lord Melville passed some time there a few weeks before his Lordship's lamented de.

cease. This accession of fortune did not relax the diligence of Sir George in the legal profession, which he assiduously followed, and was well employed as a counsel. He held the office of Solicitor to the Lords of Session, as Commissioners of Teinds, from 1767 till June 1790, when he was appoint ed Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland. On the death of his father, 21st November 1792, he succeeded to the estate of Letham and other valuable property in the county of Haddington, which he increased by additional purchases; and, on the 31st of December 1800, was constituted one of the Barons of Exchequer. He continued to hold that important trust with general satisfaction till November 1814, when he retired from his high official situation, in the 76th year of his age, not so much from the decline that generally attends so advanced a period of life, the vigour of his mental faculties remaining unimpaired, as to enable the legislature to introduce that important measure, trial by jury in civil causes in Scotland, now carried into exe cution by his successor on the Exchequer bench, a gentleman of eminent abilities, and in great practice at the English bar. In testimony of the approbation of the Sovereign of his public services, on the 27th of December 1814, the dignity of Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was conferred on Sir George, with remainder to the heirs male of his body.

After Sir George's retirement from the Court, his time was usefully employed. He was a most active magistrate of the county of Haddington, of which he was convener, having therein succeeded his father, who held that office for upwards of thirty years; and he took the principal lead at all public meetings, giving the highest satisfaction by his legal knowledge and habits of business, united to mild and conciliating manners, similar to

Crispi jucunda senectus

Cujus erant mores, qualis facundia, mite
Ingenium.

He occupied himself much in agricultural pursuits, in which he was perfectly skilled, and continued his literary researches to the last, being well versed in history and antiquities, particularly of his native country, and in political and rural economy. His practice was to make remarks on the margins of the books he perused, his handwriting being very minute, at the same time distinct, and his sentiments were clearly expressed. He had an extensive correspondence, and excelled in that line. He was author of, 1. The original quarto Report of the County of Haddington, drawn up at the request of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. This report was generally approved of as a just and scientific account of the agricul

ture of that district, and the means of its improvement; and the subject of covenants in leases, and other important topics of rural management, are therein fully discussed. 2. A Treatise, under the signature of Rusticus Abnormis, calculated to remove the gloomy ideas that prevailed respecting the depreciation of the Paper Currency. 3. A Speech, delivered at the County Table of Haddington in March 1813, on the important subject of the Corn Laws, published at the request of that meeting. In 1818, Sir George was at the trouble of selecting and shipping a considerable quantity of the best grain in the coun→ ty, for his friend Mr Ferguson of Pitfour, M. P. to distribute for seed among the occupiers of his extensive estates in the north of Scotland. In the spring of the present year, alarming symptoms appeared. His sufferings during his last illness were extremely distressing, but he bore them with pious resignation to the Divine will, till the termination of his mortal existence, after having well performed every duty of life. His death was a public loss, and a severe blow to his immediate connections and particular friends, who always enjoyed the benefit of his sound and judicious_advice, given with the utmost readiness. In several instances' (quorum pars fui) his powerful interest with ministers was successfully exerted for their benefit; and not a few were indebted to his kindness for pecuniary assistance. He set a commendable example in attendance on religious ordinances, and meetings for the relief of the poor. He was a considerate landlord to his tenants, and a kind master to his servants and dependants; and his conversation was uncommonly instructive and interesting, enlivened with pleasantry and an inexhaustible fund of anecdote.

A few days after his death, there appeared in a periodical publication a tribute to the memory of Sir George, by an experienced agriculturist in his neighbourhood, from which the following extracts are taken:

"As Sir George, in his younger days, spent most of his time with his grandfather at Longniddry, a place where husbandry was studiously exercised, he, at an early period, entertained a predilection for agricultural pursuits, which never left him whilst he was capable of attending to the business of the field. The principles which he held concerning the first of all arts were not only singularly correct, but, what was of more importance, his practice was equal to that of the first rate farmer. In short, he not only farmed well, but he also farmed with profit, circumstances too often overlooked by landed gentlemen when any considerable part of their estates is taken under their own management."

As a leading man in the politics of the

county, Sir George Buchan Hepburn had for many years acted a distinguished part. But, without entering upon this wide field, it may only be said, that to his influence may justly be ascribed the uncommon and unprecedented harmony which long prevailed in his native county. Trained early to business, and gifted by Nature with mild and liberal dispositions, he was eminently qualified to take a lead in public matters. Few persons, in fact, were more capable than Sir George of managing business at a public meeting. Intimately acquainted with the laws of his country, and endowed with sufficient powers to explain and illustrate them in a satisfactory manner, he was at all times listened to with attention by the justices and freeholders, especially as he was quite free of that bigotted obstinacy which too often induces others to persist in measures after their popularity is discovered and ascertained. In a word, the death of this respectable gentleman may justly be considered as a great loss to the county of Haddington." (Edinburgh Courant of 1st July 1819.)

Sir George Buchan Hepburn married, first, Jean, eldest daughter of Alexander Leith of Glenkindy and Freefield, in Aber deenshire, by Jean, eldest daughter of Alexander Garden of Troup, by Jean, eldest daughter of Sir Francis Grant of Cullen and Monymusk, Baronet, Lord of Session, and by her, who died in 1766, had one

son, Sir John Buchan Hepburn of Smeaton and Letham, Baronet, admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates, 16th February 1790, married, 29th August 1800, to Mary Turner, only surviving daughter of Thomas Hog of Newliston, in the county of Linlithgow, by his first wife, Lady Mary Juliana Maitland, third daugh ter of James seventh Earl of Lauderdale, by whom he has a daughter, Mary, and two surviving sons, Thomas and John. Sir George Buchan Hepburn's second wife was Margaretta Henrietta, daughter of John Zacharias Beck, Esq. of the Cape of Good Hope, who was first married to Captain Grant, (one of the fourteen sons of Alexander Grant of Shewglie, in the county of Inverness,) the companion and friend in. arms of Lord Clive, to whom he was second in command at the decisive victory of Plassey in 1757; secondly, to that brave officer, Brigadier-General Simon Fraser, lieutenant-colonel of the 24th regiment of foot, who fell at the battle of Saratoga, 7th October 1777, being thus noticed in the government dispatches: "The extensive merits which marked the public and pri vate character of Brigadier-General Fraser will long remain upon the memory of the army, and make his loss a subject of parti cular regret." By this lady, to whom he was married in 1781, and who survives to lament the loss of a most affectionate husband, Sir George had no issue.

The wife of Murray, journeyman weaver, Citadel, Leith, was delivered of three daughters, who, with the mother, are doing well.

20. In Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, the lady of H. St G. Tucker, Esq. a son.

At Edinburgh, the lady of Anthony Maxtone, Esq. of Coltoquhey, a son.

In London Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Joseph Gordon, a daughter.

21. At Corsbie, Newton Stewart, the Hon. Mrs Montgomery Stewart, a son.

At Edinburgh, the lady of Alexander Stephen, Esq. a daughter.

22. At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. the Countess of Airly, a daughter.

Mrs Douglas, the lady of the late Lord Reston, was safely delivered of a daughter.

ter.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Stark, a daugh

23. At Gordon House, Kentish Town, the wife of the Rev. Thomas Smith, a son, being her eighteenth child.

26. At Stirling Castle, the lady of Captain Bishop, 40th regiment, a daughter.

At Bargaly, the lady of John Mackie, Esq. of Bargaly, a daughter.

30. At Warriston Crescent, Edinburgh, the lady of Captain John Thomson, R. N. a daughter.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Ramsay, 44, Hanover Street, a son.

July 1. At Cramond House, Mrs Hope Johnstone of Annandale, a son and heir. Lately. At Chevening, the Countess Stanhope, a son.

At Dublin, the Hon. Mrs A. Hely Hutchinson, a daughter,

MARRIAGES.

Dec. 2. 1818. At Columbo, in the Island of Ceylon, Mitchell Gibson, Esq. to Miss Thompson, only child of Captain Thompson of the 83d regiment.

19. At Calcutta, Daniel Elliot, Esq. son of the late Sir William Elliot, Bart. of Stobs, to Georgina, youngest daughter of Lieut.-General Russell, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

March 11, 1819. At Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Robert Shand, Esq. sur geon, R. N. to Margaret, second daughter of the late Alexander Millar, Esq. of Mon

trose.

30. At Malta, Lieut. Robert Tait, R.N, to Lucy, eldest daughter of John Allen, Esq. physician there.

May 2. At Rome, John Cumming, Esq. of Naples, to Miss Magee, eldest daughter of W. Magee, Esq. of the Lodge, near Belfast.

24. Andrew Sword, Esq. Mungalhead, to Mrs Brock, Falkirk.

27. At Glenstockadale, Appin, Lieut. Donald Campbell, late of the 57th regiment, to Jessy, eldest daughter of the late Captain Anderson of that place.

29. At London, John Innes, Esq. of Guildford Street, to Caroline, second daughter of Sir William Beechy.

31. At Orchardton, Lieut.-Col. Maxwell of the 30th regiment, to Miss Douglas, daughter of James Douglas, Esq. of Orchardton.

June 1. At Townend, Dumbarton, Captain George M'Ghie, Royal Marines, to Jean, third daughter of Mr William Mac intyre, shipmaster, Dumbarton.

At Knockbrex, Jonathan Brown, Esq. late of Jamaica, to Miss Haffie, niece to the late Sir William Douglas of Castle Douglas, Bart.

At Langholm, Mr James Hastings, to Miss Hodgson, both of Brampton.Their united ages only amount to 32 years.

In St John's Chapel, Edinburgh, John Cay, Esq. advocate, to Emily, second daughter of William Bullock, Esq. Secretary of the Island of Jamaica.

At London, John Whyte Melville, Esq. of Bennochy and Strathkinnes, to the Right. Hon. Lady Catherine Osborne, only daughter of her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Leeds.

2. At Tiviot Row, Dr James Saunders, lecturer on the practice of medicine, to Miss Megget, only daughter of the late John Megget, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh.

3. At St George's, Hanover Square, London, the Right. Hon. Lord Rossmore, to the Right Hon. Lady Augusta Charteris, youngest daughter of the late Lord Elcho, and sister to the Earl of Wemyss and March.

- At Blackford, William More, Esq to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of John Forbes of Blackford, Esq.

At Aberdeen, John Gordon Robertson, Esq. surgeon, Tain, to Miss Jean Baillie Innes of Dee Street.

At St Paul's Church, Covent-Garden, London, Mr James Kerr, merchant, Dumfries, to Miss Sarah Ann Kerr of London.

7. At Parkhouse, Archibald Young, Esq. writer, Glasgow, to Christina, second daughter of Robert Walkinshaw, Esq. of Parkhouse.

At the manse of Newton-upon-Ayr, the Rev. William Rorison, minister of Stair, to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Dr William Peebles.

At Dumfries, John Symons, Esq. M.D. to Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Hugh Maxwell, Esq.

At Carnegie Park, John King, Esq. of Sherwood Park, in the Island of To bago, to Margaret, only daughter of James

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 Port-Glasgow, William Lade, Esq. writer, to Susan, second daughter of Mr John Cumming, merchant there.

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. MP.

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.

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 Univer sity 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.