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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill.

N.B. The Observations are made twice every day, at nine o'clock, forenoon, and four o'clock, afterThe second Observation in the afternoon, in the first column, is taken by the Register

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Capt. Reeves, from 54 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Grindley, h. p. 24 F.

Hook, from 74 F. with Capt Jones, h. York Rang.

Lieut. Boss, from 9 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Fer guson, h. p. 8 Dr.

Fallon, from 15 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Bayard, h. p. 23 Dr.

67 F.

Beaufoy, from 27 F. with Lieut. Everett,

Stopford, from 33 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Kerr, h. p. 35 F.

Mosse, from 18 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. French, h. p. 94 F.

Major, from 30 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Sutherland, h. p. 58 F.

Ready, fm 34 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. MacLeod, h. p.

Denison, from 35 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Hart, h. p. 74 F.

Heatley, from 50 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Vinicombe, h. p. 103 F.

Maclean, from 59 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Howard, h. p.

Dickson, from 67 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Jones, h. p.

Battersby, from 84 F. with Lieut. Ottley, h. p. 30 F.

Lord Wallscourt, from 85 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Fox, h. p. W. I. Rang.

Burnet, fm 3 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. MacQueen, h. p. 25 Dr.

Dunkin, from 18 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Monckton, h. p. 1 F. G.

M'Dermott, from 8 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Miles, h. p. 36 F.

Colthurst, from 34 F. with Lieut. Ashhurst, h. p. 8 F.

Vavasour, from 64 F. rec. diff. with Lieut Montagu, h. p. 58 F.

95 F.

Noble, from 89 F. with Lieut. Snow, h. p.

Smith, from Rifle Brig. rec. diff. with Lt. Gossett, h. p.

Chapman, from Rifle Brig. rec. diff. with Lieut. Webb, h. p.

Cornet and Sub-Lt. Parry, from 1 Life G. rec. diff. with Cornet Burdett, h. p. 25 Dr.

Ensign Denny, fm 3 F. rec. diff. with Ensign Carmac, h. p. 83 F.

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Macintire, from 33 F. with Ensign Lutyens,

Milliken, from Staff Corps, with Ens. Robe,

Haydon, from 44 F. rec. diff. with Ensign Largent, h. p. 20 F.

Fraser, from 72 F. with Ensign Ryneweld, Cape Corpse

Schneider, from 92 F. with Ensign Mansell, h. p. 97 F.

Foskey, from 2 W. IR. with Ens. Williams, York Chass.

Ass. Surg. Dempster, from 93 F. with Ass. Surg. Raleigh, h. p. 81 F.

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BIRTHS.

Oct. 21, 1818. At Mulleye, in the East Indies, the lady of Major Charles P. Hay, a son.

Feb. 25, 1819. At Celle, Hanover, the lady of Major-General Hugh Halkett, K.C.G. and C.B. a daughter.

March 19. At Barjarg, Mrs Hunter, a daughter. 20. At Trimby, near Bagshot, the lady of the honourable Alexander Murray, second son of the late Earl of Dunmore, a daughter.

22. At Montague-place, Russel-square, London, the lady of Captain Forrest, a son.

-The Countess Manvers, a daughter.

23. At Colinton, Mrs Burton, her 12th son.

24. At Edinburgh, Mrs Greig of Hallgreig, a daughter.

At 65, George-street, Edinburgh, Mrs More, a daughter.

At Greenside-place, Edinburgh, Mrs Wright, a daughter.

-At Wauchope, Roxburghshire, Mrs Scott of Wauchope, a son.

At Aberdeen, the lady of Captain Mackay, 70th regiment, a daughter.

25. At Aberdeen, the lady of John Abercrombie, Esq. a daughter.

At Newlands, the lady of Captain Scott, royal navy, a son.

At Horton-Lodge, the lady of LieutenantColonel West, a daughter.

26. At Castle-Craig, the honourable lady Gibson Carmichael, a daughter.

-At West Kirk Manse, Mrs Dickson, a daughter. 27. At Inner Leven, Fife, Mrs Oliver, a daughter. 28. At Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, the lady of the honourable Lord Cringletie, a daughter.

29. At 40, Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, Mrs Fullerton, a daughter.

30. At Rutland-square, Dublin, her Grace the Duchess of Leinster, a son. The infant being the presumptive heir of the house of Leinster, takes the title of Marquis of Kildare.

- At Warriston-crescent, Edinburgh, Mrs Ste

vens, a son.

April 1. At Eskgrove, the lady of North Dalrymple, Esq. a son.

2. At Edinburgh, the lady of Sir George Sitwell of Renishaw, Bart. a daughter.

5. At Edinburgh, Mrs Orr, 18, Forth-street, a

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-At Orchardhead, Mrs Walker, a daughter. 6. Mrs P. Gibson, a daughter.

7. At Struy, Strathglass, Mrs Macleod, a daugh

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At Harleyford-place, London, the lady of James Cowan, Esq. a daughter.

-At Herbetshire, the lady of Captain John Steadman Christie, a daughter.

At Manchester, the lady of Dr Hardie, a daughter.

8. At Huntington, Mrs Campbell, a son. 9. At No 6, South Union-place, Edinburgh, Mrs Dr William Campbell, physician, a son.

-At Highgate, the lady of Captain Langslow, late of the Bengal army, a daughter, her fourth child; the eldest is a native of Africa, the second of

Asia, the third of America; and all born within the last four years and a half.

13. At 24, Broughton-place, Edinburgh, Mrs Walter Cockburn, a son.

14. At Buccleugh-place, Edinburgh, Mrs Carmichael, a daughter.

19. At St Andrew's-square, Edinburgh, Mrs Hamilton, a daughter.

21. At 20, Great King-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Gibb, a son.

-At New-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Megget, a daughter.

22. At Caverhill, the lady of James Burnett, Esq. younger of Barns, of a still-born child.

23. At Melville-street, Edinburgh, the lady of Berkeley Buckingham Smyth Stafford of Mayne, Esq. a son and heir.

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March 15. At Dumfries, John Allan, Esq. of 4 Fountainblue, to Jane, daughter of John Allan, Esq. of Kirkhouse, Lancashire.

16. At Hampstead, Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. of Bedford-square, London, to Miss Longman, daughter of Thomas Longman, Esq. of MountGrove.

18. At Cork, Alexander Tovey, Esq. paymaster, 20th foot, to Miss Ann Bolton, daughter of the late William Bolton of the county of Wexford, Esq.

20. Mr James Munro, comedian, to Miss Jane Ballantyne Nicoll, daughter of the late James Nicoll, Esq. merchant, Quebec, and grand-daughter of William Ballantyne, Esq. of Priesthope.

22. At Edinburgh, John Tait, Esq. younger of Pirn, W. S. to Harriet, eldest daughter of the late Archibald Hepburne Mitchelson of Middleton, Esq.

23. At the Cathedral, Bath, William Bowrin, Esq. of the island of Nevis, to Grace Eliza, second daughter of Captain Gourly, R. N.

25. At Humble, Hants, the honourable Frederick Lumley, second brother of the Earl of Searborough, to Jane, second daughter of the late Admiral Bradley.

-At Barnton-house, A. Maitland Gibson, Esq. younger of Clifton-ball, advocate, to Susan, eldest daughter of the late George Ramsay, Esq. of Barnton.

27. At Dunglass, Henry Harvey, Esq. of the Madras army, to Lady de Lancy, widow of the late Sir William De Laney, K.C.B. and eldest daughter of Sir James Hall, Bart.

- At London, Mr John Syme, merchant, Edinburgh, to Miss Jessie Weir.

29. At Leith, Mr Robert Oliphant, junior, Kirkcaldy, to Miss Peddie, only child of the late James Peddie, Esq. W. S. Edinburgh.

-At Brae-house, Captain Robert Campbell, of the honourable East India Company's service, to Jane Campbell, only child of the deceased Mr Archibald Campbell, writer in Edinburgh.

30. At Cupar, Mr James Hardie, merchant Kirkaldy, to Miss Rachel Coventry, youngest daughter of David Coventry, Esq. of Pittendreich.

At Balhary, Alexander Whitson, Esq. of Parkhill, to Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of the deceased John Smyth, Esq. of Balhary.

31. At Glasgow, Mr M. Macgoun, of Greenock, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Robert Park, Esq. Houston.

April 6. At Edinburgh, Mr John Bodeman, brassfounder, to Jessy, third daughter of the late Mr Robert Scott.

7. At Inverness, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Ross, of his Majesty's 4th, royal Irish regiment of dragoon guards, to Miss Caroline H. Macbean, only child of the late Æneas Macbean, Esq. of Tomatin, and island of St Thomas.

8. At Edinburgh, Patrick Robertson, Esq. advocate, to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Dr Thomas Ross, minister of Kilmanivaig.

9. At Gifford, Mr Thomas Paterson, merchant, Edinburgh, tó Ann, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander Swinton, Gifford.

10. At Guernsey, John Buchan Sydserff, Esq. of Ruchlaw, to Margaret, daughter of Thomas Oliver, Esq. of the island of Alderney.

13. At Dumfries, the Rev. John Johnston Carruthers, to Eliza Edgar, daughter of Thomas Sloan, Esq. Liverpool.

14. At the Manse of Kilmany, the Rev. John Muckersy, of West Calder, to Jean, eldest daughter of the late Professor Cook of St Andrew's.

15. At Moffat, the Rev. P. Proudfoot, minister of Arrocher, to Miss Jane Hislop, Moffat.

16. At Edinburgh, Hugh Hope, Esq. in the civil service of the Honourable East India Company, to Miss Isabella Gray Mackay, daughter of the late Eneas Mackay, Esq. of Scotston.

19. At Canal Bank, Mr Alexander Barlas, writer, Glasgow, to Catherine, second daughter of Daniel Macfarlane, Esq. distiller, Paisley.

20. At Stirling, the Rev. Benjamin Bailey, to Hamilton, the only daughter of the Right Rev. Bishop Gleig.

At Edinburgh, Ebenezer Black, Esq. surgeon, to Christiana Coventry, daughter of the late James Grieve, Esq. merchant, Haddington.

21. At Edinburgh, Mr David Watt, seal-engraver, to Robina, second daughter of the late Mr James Christie, tobacconist.

23. At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Boyd, printer, to Miss Jean Crombie, Canongate.

26. At Edinburgh, Duncan Ballantyne, Esq. merchant in Leith, to Eliza, daughter of Mr Charles Robertson, Gayfield-square.

-At Edinburgh, Alexander Hunter, Esq. W.S. to Maria, third daughter of Alexander Maclean of Coll, Esq.

At West Barns Mains, near Dunbar, Mr James Scarrot of Edinburgh, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Thomas Mitchell, Esq. of Rose-Bank.

Lately. At London, David Latimer St Clair, Esq. captain in the royal navy, to Elizabeth Isabella, youngest daughter of the late John Farhill, Esq.

At Bombay, Colonel Baker, Commissary-General, to Matilda, youngest daughter of T. Norris, Esq. late of Lower Berkeley-street, London.

At Finnety, Mr Hogg, Leuchat's Beath, to Janet, eldest daughter of William Tod, Esq. of Finnety.

At Fulham, the Earl of Dundonald, father of Lord Cochrane, to Anne Maria, eldest daughter of Francis Plowden, Esq.

At London, Captain A. C. H. Lamy, of the 8th regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, to Augusta, daughter of C. G. Gray, Esq.

At Edinburgh, Mr William Roach, bookbinder, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr John Baillie, High-street.

DEATHS.

Nov. 4. At Chuppavah camp, in the Nagpore country, India, Lieut. William Napier Kellett, of the native cavalry, second son of William A. Kellett, Esq. Cork.

8. At Petrazavodsky, Russia, Adam Armstrong, Esq. director of the St Petersburgh, Cronstadt, and Olonetz Foundries. He also held the rank of Major-General in the Russian service.

Dec. 17. At Monte Video, Mr James Black, merchant there, son of the late Mr George Black, Sorbie, Wigtonshire. As a testimony of respect to his memory, his funeral was attended by all the British subjects in the place.

Jan. 15. At Tobago, Ensign Simon M'Intosh, eldest son of Mr M'Intosh, late 3d royal veteran

battalion.

Feb. 31. At his house, Brook-Green, near London, Lieutenant-Colonel John West, late of the 3d royal veteran battalion.

March 2. At her house in George-square, Miss Anne Wauchope, eldest daughter of the late James Wauchope of Edmonstone, Esq.

9. At Vevay, in Switzerland, Dorothea Sophia, wife of Dr Mackie of Southampton.

12. At Campvale, near Glasgow, Dr R. Watt.

At Content, near Ayr, Jane, wife of Captain Archibald Fullarton, and daughter of the Rev. Dr Peebles.

13. At Fairliecrievoch, Mrs Longmuir, wife of Gabriel Longmuir, Esq. of Fairliecrievoch.

At Falside, Mr William Gosman, late farmer in Pitkierie, aged 76, who sustained a fair and unblameable character; was 70 years on that farm, and his ancestors for two centuries.

15. At Arbroath, James Bell, Esq. merchant

At Mertoun-manse, Barbara, third daughter of the Rev. James Duncan.

16. At Stirling, Mr Alexander Maclaurin, teacher, in his 74th year.

- At Elgin, Lady Dunbar, wife of Sir Archibald Dunbar of Northfield Bart.

17. At Leith, Rachael Shiels, spouse of Thomas Shirreff.

-At Rose Terrace, Perth, Miss Agnes Ballingall. At Leith, William, the infant son of Mr William Patison.

19. Mr Alexander Ferguson, farmer at Gyle, parish of Corstorphine, aged 41.

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At Castle Fogarty, near Thurles, the Honourable Montague Mathew, representative in Parliament for the county of Tipperary.

At Dundee, the Rev. Malcolm Colquhoun, minister of the Gaelic Chapel.

20. At Jersey, Sir John Dumaresq, late chief magistrate of the island.

-At her house, 2, Crichton-street, Mrs Smith. - At Earl Stoke-Park, Joshua Smith, Esq. late member for Devizes, which borough he represented 30 years.

At Forth-street, near Leith, George Barclay, Esq. late of the island of Barbadoes.

21. At Edinburgh, Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr James Gifford, Union-place.

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At Forthside, Mrs Mary Wallace, spouse to Robert Ogilvie, Esq.

22. Mary, infant daughter of Sir G. S. Mackenzie of Coul, Bart.

At Ladykirk-manse, the Rev. George Todd. At Irvine, James Crichton, Esq. collector of the customs at that port.

23. At Kelso, Mr Adam Weir, merchant. -At Edinburgh, at his father's house, Nelsonstreet, after a long and severe illness, Mr John Kerr, aged 20 years.

24. At Paris, aged 50, Elizabeth, Countess of Lucan, youngest daughter of the late Henry Earl of Fauconberg.

At Edinburgh, Elizabeth, infant daughter of Mr John Renton, W.S.

25. In Baker-street, Portman-square, the right honourable Lady Elizabeth Drummond, widow of the late Henry Drummond, Esq. and aunt to the present Marquis of Northampton.

- At No 8, Castle-street, Miss Margaret Renny, daughter of Mr George Renny, Falkirk.

26. At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Williamson, stationer.

27. At Glasgow, of typhus fever, contracted while on the zealous discharge of his duty at the hospital, Mr John Colquhoun, student of medicine, in his 18th year.

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28. At his house in New-street, Edinburgh, in the 85th year of his age, Mr James Lea, dentist. Mrs Blair of Garroch, relict of David Blair, Esq. late Provost of Dumfries.

At London, Mr Alexander Alison, surgeon, younger son of Colin Alison, Esq. writer, Montrose. -At Port-Glasgow, in his 81st year, David Beatton, Esq. late tanner there. Having no family, Mr Beatton, and his wife, in the year 1805, executed a joint will, bequeathing, after the payment of some small legacies, their whole property for the erection and endowment of a charity school in Port-Glasgow. Mrs Beatton died some years ago, and her husband, in conformity to their agreement, erected, in 1815, a school to be conducted on the Lancastrian plan, and vested its management in a committee, consisting of nine of the inhabitants, parish minister, magistrate, and town clerk, ex officio. By this well directed act of individual generosity, upwards of 100 poor children enjoy the important advantages of being taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and the principles of Christianity.

29. Mr Robert Bevin, of the Customs, Leith, eldest son of the late Captain-Adjutant Henry Bevin, of the Dumfries militia.

-At Pathstruie manse, the Rev. John Macara, minister of the gospel at Pathstruie, Perthshire, in the 72d year of his age, and 34th of his ministry.

At her house in Weymouth-street, London, in the 66th year of her age, Ann, Dowager Marchioness Townshead, of Ramham-Hall, in the county of Norfolk.

31. At North Berwick, the Dowager Lady Hamilton Dalrymple.

-At Dundee, Miss Violet Ogilvy, youngest daughter of the late Sir John Ogilvy Bart. of Invercarity.

April 1. At the manse of St Mungo, of a few hours' illness, Robert C. F. Mohs, infant son of the Rev. Andrew Jameson.

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At Paris, the Right Honourable Charles Philip Sanhope, Lord Dormer, of Wenge-castle, in the county of Buckingham, Grove-Park, in the county of Warwick, and Petersly-castle, in the county of Southampton, a Roman Catholic Peer, and brother in-law to the Earl of Shrewsbury. The title and immense domains devolve to his brother, the Honourable S. Dormer, a Catholic, and son-inlaw to the Marquis of Lothian.

2. At Edinburgh, Mr Richmond Gardiner Martin, printer, aged 65.

At Edinburgh, Anna Louisa Livington, infant daughter of John Campbell, Esq. of Achalader. 3. At his father's house, George-street, Edinburgh, Joseph Hume, Esq. advocate.

At Aberdeen, Major Gordon, of the late West India regiment.

At Edinburgh, Margaret Penelope, infant daughter of William Robertson, Esq. Great Kingstreet.

-At Edinburgh William Knox, second son of the Rev. John Johnston.

5. At Middlebie, the Rev. William Hunter, minister of that parish.

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- Jane, youngest daughter of Mr Graham, rector of the grammar school of Haddington.

6. At Easter Balgarvie, near Cupar-Fife, aged 75, Mr John Lawrie, farmer there.

- Mr George Thomson, farmer, Rosyth.

7. At Edinburgh, Alexander Robert Peterkin, of Grange and Grieveshop, eldest son of the late James Peterkin, Esq. of Grange.

-At Glasgow, Miss Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr John Davidson, Cassieford, near Forres.

Marjory, second daughter of Mr John Mitchell, Pitt-street, aged 18.

8. At her house in George-square, Edinburgh, Mrs Mary Don, widow of the late Francis Scott, Esq.

At Carnwath-house, Norman, youngest son of Norman Lockhart, Esq.

10. At his house in Maitland-street, Edinburgh, Dr Peter Wright.

At Cortachy Castle, in the 86th year of his age, the Right Hon. Walter Earl of Airly.

11. At his house, Somerville's-close, Canongate, Mr David Henderson, aged 87 years.

11. At Edinburgh, Miss Ann Lundin, daughter of the late Andrew Lundin, Esq. of Strathairly.

- At Carron Vale, Mrs Carnie, relict of Thomas Carnie, Esq. of Herbertshire Printfield.

- At Tain, Mr Thomas Suter, sheriff-clerk of Ross, aged 61.

12. At Edinburgh, Thomas Fairbairn, vintner and stabler, New Town.

13. At Stonehouse, near Edinburgh, Mr John Fleming, late of the North Back of Canongate, aged 81.

-At Greenend, near Edinburgh, the Rev. John Clunie, minister of Borthwick.

16. At Portobello, in the 62d year of his age, and 40th of his ministry, the Rev. Thomas Thomson, minister of the Relief Church, James'-place, Edinburgh.

17. At Edinburgh, Mrs Margaret Sinclair, relict of the late Patrick Honyman, Esq. of Græmsay, aged 74.

18. At his house in Duke-street, Edinburgh, Alexander Pitcairn, Esq.

At Auchterarder, Mrs Janet Stirling, wife of Mr William Hutchison, schoolmaster there.

Mrs Cutlar, widow of the late John Cutlar, Esq. of Argrennan.

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At Moss-side, Mrs Ann Tennent, relict of the late deceased Alexander Russell, Esq. of Moss-side. 19. At Stirling, Mrs Isabella Aird, widow of the deceased Dr John Aird, physician; and on the same day, her nephew, David Doig, only child of Dr Patrick Doig, physician in Stirling.

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In Glasgow Barracks, Mrs Lowrey, wife of Captain Lowrey, 40th regiment.

At Edinburgh, Mr Adam Wilson, many years session-clerk of the city.

At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Lord Webb Seymour, son of his Grace Webb, late Duke of Somerset. His Lordship's remains were on Saturday interred in the Chapel-Royal, Holyroodhouse. His Grace, the present Duke of Somerset, was chief

mourner.

At Edinburgh, Mrs John Fergusson, of Trochraigue.

20. At Edinburgh, Margaret, infant daughter of Mr Ogilvy accountant.

-At Edinburgh, James Kay, printer, aged 67. 28. At Carlisle, Mrs Paley, widow of the Rev. William Paley, D.D.

Lately. At Hoxton-square, London, after a long and painful illness, Edith, wife of Francis Law of Laurieston, Esq. in the county of Mid-Lothian.

At Hastings, Colonel Herries. This gentleman has commanded the light horse volunteers near 40 years. Out of respect to their commander, the regiment determined to bury him in Westminster Abbey, with military honours, and to erect a monument to his memory.

Cæsar Colclouch Armett, Esq. Major in his Majesty's 35th regiment of foot, and a lieutenantcolonel in the army. He accompanied his regiment, in which he served upwards of twenty years, to Egypt, Sicily, France, and the Greek Islands, where he remained a considerable time, and was present at several engagements with that distinguished corps. His regiment being under orders for Canada, he, with his wife and four children, embarked on board the packet from Bristol to Cork, which unhappily foundered in a gale of wind, and thus, at the early age of 36 years, his country is deprived of a brave soldier, and society of six respected and amiable individuals.

A few days ago, Lieutenant-colonel David Roberts, formerly of the life guards, but last of the 51st regiment of infantry, in his 63d year, at Havrede-Grace, in Normandy, whither he had retired in the hope of recruiting his health, shattered as was his frame by a long life of the severest military duty in various parts of the world, and by the many and dangerous hurts he had received in actual service.

At Peckham, Mrs Blackwood, relict of Shovel Blackwood, Esq. of Petreavie.

At Dumfries, Mary Ann, second daughter of the late William Carruthers, Esq. of Dormont.

At London, John Weir, Esq. late director-general of the army medical department.

At Jamaica, Mr William Grant, third son of the Rev. William Grant, Sandy, Orkney.

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