of the funds of the Church, which are inadequate at prefent to carry on all the proceffes which ought to be done at the public expence. The report to be received this day. The report of the Widows Fund was given in, and approved of; and the thanks of the Affembly were given to Sir H. Moncrieffe, the Collector, for his great attention to that fund. The Affembly took inte confideration the report of the Committee upon Mr Arthur's complaint, which was approved of; and they fuflained the complaint, and enjoin the Synod of Rofs, in future, to meet in fucceffion at the three Prefbytery feats, viz. Fortrofe, Dingwall, and Tain; and appointed the first meeting to be held at Fortrofe in April 1811. Monday, May 23. The Affembly, having gone through their bufinefs, was diffolved, in the ufual form, and the next General Affembly appointed to meet on the 16th of May 1811. CIVIL APPOINTMENTS. WHITEHALL, April 7.-The King has been pleafed to appoint the Right Honourable Francis Lord Napier, to be his Majes ty' High Commiffioner of the General Affembly of the church of Scotland. April 28-The King has been pleafed to appoint, the Right Hon. George Earl of Glasgow to be his Majefly's Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the fhire of Renfrew. The King has also been pleased to appoint John Burnett, Efq. Advocate, to be Judge of the Court of Admiralty, in Scotland in room of Robert Hodfon Cay, Efq. deceased. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. May 19.-The King has been pleafed to appoint 1. H. Ferrier, Efq. to be a Com miffioner of the Customs in Scotland, vice S. Moyfe, Efq, refigned. DOWNING-STREET, March 14.-The King has been pleafed to appoint Jamies Morrier, Efq to be his Majefty's Secretary of Embaffy at the Court of his Majesty the King of Perfia. April 27.-The King has been pleased to appoint Hildebrand Oakes, Efq. Major-General of his Majefty's forces, to be his Majefty's Commiflioner for the Civil Affairs of Malta, in the room of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Godwin Keates, K. B. refigned. May 10. The King has been pleafed to appoint John Philip Morier, Efq. to be his Majefty's Secretary of Legation to the United States of America. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, April 20,-The King has been pleafed to appoint Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart. Vice-Admiral of the Red, to be Major-General of his Majefty's royal marine forces, in the room of ViceAdmiral Lord Collingwood, deceafed. Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, K. B. is appointed Commander in Chief at Newfoundland. On the 3d of March, Marquis Wellesley of the Duke of Portland. was elected a Knight of the Garter, in room On the 27th of April, the Earl of Ennilkillen was elected a Knight of St Patrick, in room of the late Earl of Courtown. The King has conferred the honour of Knighthood, on James Fellows, M.D. PhyEfq. Captain of Sandown Caftle, Isle of fician to the forces, and William Wynne, Wight. Archibald Spiers, Efq. of Flderflie, was on the 2d of May, elected M. P. for Ren frewshire in room of William Macdowal, Efq. deceased. Alexander Houston, Efq. of Clerkington, Member of Parliament for Glasgow, &c. is appointed one of the Commiffioners land, in the room Sir John Daliymple, and Trustees for Manufactures, &c. in Scot Bart. deceafed. Major-General Thomas Graham, who now commands the British troops at Cadiz, has been appointed a Lieutenant-General by brevet, while he retains that station. ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS. WHITEHALL, May 15. 1810.-The King has been pleafed to prefent the Rev. John Black, to the church and parish of Coylton, prefbytery and county of Ayr, vacant by the death of Dr David Shaw. And alfo, the Rev. John Campbell to the church and pafith of North Knapdale, prefbytery of Inverary, Argyllthire, vacant by the death of Mr Archibald Campbell. His Majelly's letters patent have paffed the great feal of Ireland, viz. for tranflating the Right Rev. Father in God, Dr Power Le Poer Trench, Bishop of the united Bishopric of Waterford and Lifmore, to the Bishopric of Elphis, in the room of Dr Law, deceafed-Alfo, for tranflating the Right Rev. Father in God, Dr Jofeph Stock, Bifhop of the united Bifhoprics of Killala and Achonry, to the united Bishopric of Waterford and Lifmore.--And alfo for promoting the Rev. Dr James Verfchoyle, Dean of his Majefty's Cathedral Church of St Patrick, in the city of Dublin, to the united Bishopric of Killala and Achonry. Dr Thomas Macknight was admitted one of the minifters of the old church, Edinburgh, in room of the late Dr Grieve, on the 15th May-And on the 16th, the Rev. Andrew Thomson, from Perth, was admitted m nifter of the new Grayfriars church, in room of Mr Brunton. Mr John Richmond, was ordained minifter of Southdean, in the prefbytery of JedBargh, on the 19th of April. On the 10th May the Rev. Alexander Davidson was ordained minifter of Gargunnock, upon a prefentation from James Edingtoun, of Gargunnock, Efq. Mr Robert Aikman has been prefented to the parish church of Airly, in room of Mr Stormonth, deceased. The University of Glasgow have conferred the degree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev. Thomas Campbell, Minifter of Ancrum, Roxburghshire. On the 2d of April, the Right Hon. Sir William Grant, Mafter of the Rolls, &c. was unanimously elected Rector of Marifchal College and University, Aberdeen. The Right Hon. the Earl of Wemyfs, has appointed the Rev. Richard Quaile Shannon, of Christ Church, Dublin, to be his Lordship's domestic Chaplain. MARRIAGES. MARCH 25. At St Andrew's, Pat. Mudie, Efq. furgeon, to Mifs Gillespie, daughter of the late Dr Gillespie, Principal of St Mary's College. 26. At Edinburgh, James Wemyss Mackenzie, of Jamaica, Efq to Henrietta Wharton Mackenzie of Suddie, widow of Capt. Robert Pott of Gallalaw, and fifter of MajGen. John Randoll Mackenzie of Suddie 28. At Edinburgh, George Lyon, Efq. of Wefter Ogill, to Catherine, third daughter of the Rev. Dr Fleming, one of the ministers of Edinburgh. APRIL 4. The Hon. C. Cadogan, son of Methven, Efq. to Mary, fecond daughter Lady Emely French, fifter to the Earl of Kinnieff, to Margaret, only daughter of Wemyfs, Efq. younger of Southdun, to Efq Commiffioner of Excife, to Mifs At London, the Marquis of Douglas and Clydefdale (eldeft fon of the Duke of ford, grand-daughter of Charles, Earl of Hamilton), to Mifs Sufan Euphemia BeckAboyne. 28. At Edinburgh, James Campbell, Ela daughter to the Hon. Lord Polkemmet. of Dunmore, to Mifs Eliz. Hope Baillie, - Captain Dacres, of the royal navy, to Mifs Arabella Boyd Dalrymple, 3d daughrymple. ter of Lieutenant-General Sir Hew Dal Efq. to Mifs Louita Melville Wilfon, only 30. At Edinburgh, John H. Wishart, daughter of the late Major Wilfon, royal artillery. Mr James Taylor Smith, bookfeller, to Mifs Eliza Bell, daughter of the late William Bell, Efq. Dunse. MAY 3. At Belvedere Place, Dublin, Captain in the Scots Greys, to Mifs HenAlexander Campbell, Efq. of Achnacroish, rietta Florence Gunne Bell, third daughter of Henry Gunne Bell, Efq. 8. The Right Hon. Lord Bolton, to the Hon. Maria Carlton, eldest daughter of the late Lord Dorchester. 15. At Glasgow, the Rev. Thomas Eafton, minifter of Kirriemuir, to Jane, eldeft daughter of Mr John Alexander merchant. 21. At Edinburgh, Lieut. Col. Alexander dy Charlotte Anne Sinclair, fecond daughMacgregor Murray of the 6th foot, to Later of the Earl of Caithness. A Edinburgh, Dr John Rogerfon Greig, daughter of the late David Greig, jun. physician to the forces, to Mils E. C. of Hallgreig, Efq. Criticus,-A. B. Y. Z.-D. Drummond—A Subscriber,—EpitaphsTranslations from Anacreon, will appear in our next, or an early number. We have read with pleasure A. M. and the Essays on Imagination and on Disputations; but, we are afraid the subjects are of too general a nature to be. well suited to our Miscellany. J. MD. has been deferred, from an unexpected pressure of other materials Alexander J. L. Rufus will not suit our Miscellany. We shall be happy to receive a specimen of the article offered by F. G. SCOTS MAGAZINE, AND Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, FOR JUNE 1810. With an Engraving of a View of the Parliament Square of Edinburgh. CONTENTS: 405 Page Register of the Weather for June...... 402 High Water at Leith for July......... ibid. Description of a View of the Parliament Square, Edinburgh............. 403 Observations, respecting Lunatic Asy lums in Scotland.......... Copy of a Letter from the late Sir James Stewart of Coltness, Bart. to the late John M'Laurin, Esq. Advocate, afterwards Lord Dreg born......... Biographical Memoir of the late Richard Gough, Esq.............. Letters written during a Tour through Scotland, in the year 1788. From the Italian.-Characters of Dr Adam Smith, Mr Mackenzie and Mrs Keir.......... ............ 416 On Modern Tales or Novels........... 418 Proposal for Erecting a Monument to Ramsay........... ... ..... 409 ....... 411 Loose Thoughts on Good and Bad Temper........ Estimate of the Advantages to be derived from the Formation of a Railway between Glasgow and Berwick.......... 419 421 422-Holland... • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • •. 469 426 On the Advantages to be derived from ibid. 434 tory of the Zetland Islands.......... 436 Marriages......... Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural |