876 Died, EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. ar Killearn, Stirlingshire, on the 20th inft. His death was George M'Adam, weaver. occafioned by the infufficiency of the dock of an old gun. Upon the 19th of September laft, he went to shoot a covy of partridges, which he had feen alight. He fired at them, but the hot, instead of going forwards, expelled backwards the dock of the piece, which had a long prong, through his forehead into the brain, a little above the nafal procefs, in the line of the frontal future, where it remained immovable. He himself tugged it, from fide to fide, till he got it extracted, and then ran home, a diftance of nearly a quarter of a mile. He fent for a perion to drets it, who perceiving fome brain upon the dock, and the pulfation of the brain through the aperture, thought it prudent to fend for a furgeon to drefs the wound. Though the wound was fo bad, yet the patient never fainted, but continued fenfible, till within two days of his death, and used, contrary to all advice, to rife, and fit up, without any affiftance. His pulfe was, during his illnefs, generally low, being feldom higher than 55 pulfations On the 29th of September, in the minute. two small splinters of the outer table of the skull came away with the dreffing. On the 1ft of October, the furgeon tock out a fractured piece of the outer table of the frontal bone, about the fize of a fixpence. The brain began to obtrude itself on the 2d, and on the 14th, a portion of it, about an inch in diameter, and two inches long, came away with the drefling, to the innermoft part of which, a piece of the inner table of the frontal bone was attached, about the fize of On Tuesday the that formerly taken out. 16th, the patient became very restlefs, and much pained, his pulfe 72, and a confiderable quantity of the brain continued to force itfeif outwards, mingled with blood. He on Thursday became totally infenfible morning, the 18th; and was feized with a quivering throughout his whole frame, but more particularly about his lips and left eye lids, which continued till his death. His He died in very pulfe had rifen to 120. indigent circumftances, aged 35 years, having nothing to fupport him in his diftrefs, but what he received from the humane around his cabin; and he has left a widow and three fmall children to bewail his lofs. honour of Sir George Auguftus Elliot, (i 30. The Lady of Adm. Sir C. H. Knowles, OCT. 6. At Brighton, the Lady of the 7. At Holy Hill, Suflex, Mrs Colonel 8. At Grange, the Lady of J. J. Cadell, Efq. of Grange, a son. At Radley, the Lady of Sir George 9. At Newbattle Abbey, Lady Harriet 10. Mrs Dryfdale, St James's Square, a fon. At Chapheaton, the feat of Sir J. E. Swinburne, Baronet, the Lady of Colonel Gordon, Commiffary in Chief, a daughter. 13. At Duddingtone Houfe, Vifcounteds Primrose, a daughter. 14. At Wenham, Surrey, Viscountes Templetown, a daughter. 18 At Mrs Brown's, North Caftle-freet, the Lady of A. Munro, Elq. of Livingftene, a daughter. 21. At Invery, Mrs Skene of Rubiflaw, a daughter. 24. Mrs Wifhart, York Place, a fon. 31. At Norting Hill, the Lady of the Hon. Colonel Macdonald, a fon. At Frederick Town, New Brunswick the Lady of General Hunter, a fun, At St John's, Newfoundland, the Lady of Major-General Moore, commanding the forces in that island, a fon. At Aberdeen, Mrs Captain Ruffel, R.N. a fon. At Canterbury, the Lady of James Robert Grant, Deputy Inspector of Hofpitals, a fon. At Caffan Park, Wexfordshire, Lady Lucy Ann Caffan, a fon and heir. Lady Levefon Gower, a fon. At Attonburn, Mrs Thomson, a fon. MARRIAGES. OCT. 4. Sir George Warrender, Bart. to the Hor. Anne Bofcawen, youngest daughter of the late Viscount Falmouth. 9. At Langfide, Humphrey Ewing, Efq to Mifs Jane Brown, daughter of the late A. Brown, Efq. Mr George Blair, fenior, writer in Glasgow, to Mils Christian Motherwell Glasgow. At St George's Church, Hanover Square, London, Jofeph Brecknell, Efq to the At Glasgow, Mr Robert M'Dermid, merchant, Glafgow. to Mifs Marg. Stewart, daughter of Mr James Stewart, merchant there. 16. At Glasgow, Mr William Wallace, Gervellan, to Mary, daughter of the late Robert Hill, Efq. of Claybraes. At Newington Cottage, Mr Adam Armstrong, of Drum Co'liery, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr Nathaniel Gow, Prince's Street. 25. At Forfar, Mr Archibald Duncan, writer in Edinburgh, to Mifs Margaret Bieny, daughter of the late Mr W. Binny of Forfar. 27. At Bothwell Caftle, Captain Scott of Gala, R. N. to the Hon. Caroline Lucy Douglas, fecond daughter of Lord Douglas. At Putney, Richard Alexander Ofwald, Efq. of Glasgow, to Mils Elizabeth Anderson, eldest daughter of the late John Anderfon, Elq. of Philpot-lane. Duncan Montgomerie, Efq. of Inverkeithing. At Chrift Church, Cork, J. Barret, Efq. aged 76, to Mrs Mafters, aged 82. The fprightly pair went to the country to fpend the honeymoon! At Yarmouth, Capt. Adye, of his Majefty's fhip Brifeis, to Mifs Douglas, daughter of Admiral Billy Douglas. At Edinburgh, J. R. Watfon, Efq. reprefentative of the ancient families of Moray and Kinnaird, of Coulben, in Morayshire, to Isabella, fifter of Sir Thomas Ramsay of Balmaen, Bart. The Hon. Mifs Ffrench, and the Hon. Mifs Rofe Ffrench, daughters of the Right Hon. Lord Ffrench; the elder to Edward J. Beytagh, Efq. of Cappagh, in the county of Galway; the younger to Francis Blake Fofter, Eiq. of Afhfield, fame county. At Alnwick, Robert Paterfon, Efq. of Crofthoufe, to Frances, eldelt daughter of Ralph Annet, Esq banker. The Rev. James Harrower, Fenny, to Agnes, third daughter of James Ruffel, Elq of Longcroft. At Glasgow, Mr Allan Fullarton, to Mifs Janet Wilfon. At the Manfe of Tyrie, Argyllshire, John M'Lean, Efq. Kilmalvaig, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. Archibald M-Coll, minifter of that if and DEATHS. Nov. 13. 1809. At Ghazeepore, Bengal, Donald Smith, Efq. youngett fon of the deceafed Donald Smith, merchant, Invernefs. Jan. 22. At Lieutenant-Colonel M'Culloch's, commanding at Balafore, Lieutenant Hugh Dalrymple, of the 8th regiment of Madras native cavalry. The fervice has feldom fuffered more in the death of any individual of subaltern rank, than in that of this young officer. - Feb. At Hoofingabod, Lieutenant John Inglis, 10th regiment of the Madras native infantry, fecond fon of James Inglis, Elq. banker in Edinburgh. Feb. 27. At St Thomas's Mount, near Madras, Captain Peter Grant, of the Ma dras artillery, eldeft ion of the Rev. John Grant, minifter of Abernethy, în 'Strathfpey, in the 34th year of his age, and the 17th year of his fervices in India, March 24. Lieutenant-Governor Collins, at the fettlement of Hobart, at New South Wales, whilft converting with his furgeon, who had attended him during a fhort illness of fix days. On Iter Boreal Eftate, Jamaica, Mr Mr William Walker, second son of Mr David Walker, manufacturer, Gorbals, Glafgow, aged 22 years, niuch and justly regretted. 21. At fea, on board the fhip Dromedary, Colonel William Paterfon, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 102d regiment, Fellow of the Royal Society, Member of the Afiatic Society, and many years Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, from which colony he was returning to England in the command of the 102d regiment. July 18. At Grenada, Mr David Gray, fecond fon of the late Mr James Gray, watchmaker in this city; a young man efteemed for his amiable qualities, and whofe character and general deportment in life, impreffed his friends with the hopes of his long continuing a valuable member of the community. Aug. 19. At Guadaloupe, Alexander Wardrope, Efq. Sept. 15. At Alnwick, Mr T. Davender, aged 65. To a perfon, no relation, he has left L.400, to three young women, good dancers, five guineas each; to another, his bed and bedding; and to his fon, only his fiddle. 22. At Cordeira, George Hume Yeats, Esq. Affiftant Deputy-Paymafter to the forces ferving under Lord Wellington. 23. Suddenly at his houfe, Lochftrivenhead, Mr John Graham, formerly of Greenock, much regretted by his family, and all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. 27. At Tannachy, aged 78, Robert Urquhart, Efq. of Tannachy. Oct. 1. At the Citadel, Plymouth, Captain Bailey, aged 68. Captain Bailey, when only 17 years of age, had the honour of carrying the colours of that distinguished regiment, the 33d, Colonel Lord Cornwallis, at the celebrated battle of Minden, the 1ft of August 1759. - At Weymouth, John Arbuthnott, Efq. Governor of North Yarmouth, and one of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace for the county of Dorfet. 10. At Edinburgh, Juliana Stevenfon, third daughter of Mr Thomas Manners, W. S. 11. At Edinburgh, in the 70th year of his age, Mr William Swanfon, writingmafter, who, for upwards of half a cen tury, has been a public teacher in this city. His whole life was marked by an uniform propriety and steadiness of conduct, which have feldom been equalled; and he has left a memorable example of what persevering induftry, joined with good morals, may attain to. Faithful in the difcharge of ha duty, exemplary in public and private life, fincere and rational, yet unoftentations in his piety, he died with that refignation and tranquillity, which religious principle and Chriftian hope can alone infpire. At Brighton, John James, the eldest 2. At Inverary, James Campbell of Sil- fon of Sir David Wedderburn, Baronet, of vercraigs. At his houfe at Emfworth, Hants, aged 68 years, Dr Jofeph Heywood, many years master of a most respectable feminary at Greenwich, in Kent. At Polnicol, Eaft Rofs, in his 78th year, Mr John Grant, farmer, much esteemed and regretted. 4. At Llanvaughan, Cardiganshire, John Thomas, Efq. Admiral of the White. Ballindean. & 15. Ifabella, and Janet, daughters of Mr George Hope, candlemaker, Leith. At Edinburgh, Mr William Sinclair, writer in Thurfo. 16. At Ashburton, in Devonshire, Mrs Soper Dempster of Skibo, Sutherlandshire. 17. At Bear Port, Suffex, of a dropfy in the cheft, the Lady of Sir James Bland Burgess, Bart. In Great Pulteney Street, in the 49th year of his age, Sir Charles Jacob, Bart. -At Halfton-house, Mrs Campbell of Glendaruel. 1S. At Edinburgh, Mr James Elliot, architect. At Glasgow, John M‘Taggart, Efq. of Ardwell. 20. At Edinburgh, Mrs Naomi Craw ford, fpoufe of Henry Hardie, baker in Edinburgh, much regretted. 21. At his houfe, George Street, Sir James Hay, Bart. of Smithfield and Haystown, in the 86th year of his age. At her houfe in Pilrig Street, Mifs Elizabeth Somerville, daughter of the late William Somerville, Renfrew, 23. At Inchdarney, Major-General Roger Aytoun of Inchdarney. At Lanark, Mr Alexander Sym, merchant there. At Edinburgh, Mr Alexander Bell, tobacconist in Edinburgh, that morning, to cross the river Earne, which was much enlarged by the rain of the preceding evening, fuch was the strength of the current, that he was thrown from his horfe, and perifhed. 29. In his 30th year, at his feat at Brandon House, near Coventry, the Right Hon. Henry Yelverton, Lord Grey de Ruthyn, Baron Hastings, Wyford, and Vallance, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the 4th regiment of Warwickshire local militia, and an active Magiftrate of the county of Warwick. His Lordship was grandson to the third and last Earl of Suffex, who left iffue an only daughter, viz. Lady Barbara Yelverton, who married Ę. T. Gould, Efq. and died 1781, leaving his Lordihip an infant, who fucceeded to the baronies and estates, the Earldom of Suffex being extinct. His Lordship was married, in June, 1809, to Maria, daughter of William Kellam, Efq. of Ryton, by whom he has left an infant daughter, who fucceeds to the title and eftates. 30. At Edinburgh, Mr Andrew Newton, late merchant in Dunfe, aged 79. At Dumfries, Mr Thomas Hood, nurferyman and feedsman. 31. At Raith, William Ferguson of Raith, Efq. George Legge, Earl and Baron of Dartmouth, Viscount Lewisham, and Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household, and K. G. His Lordship was born Oct.3, 1755, and fucceeded his father, William, the late Earl, on July 15, 1801. He is fucceeded, in his honours ond estates, by his eldeft fon, William, Viscount Lewitham, now Earl of Dartmouth. His Lordship died in Devonshire, whither he had gone from Bath, by the advice of his phyficians, in order to try what benefit might be derived from the fea air. Lately, at London, Sir Benjamin Sullivan, Knight, late one of the Judges at Ma-` dras. At Intake, near Sheffield, Rebecca Ward, aged 88. She has left 105 children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and greatgreat-grandchildren. William Locke, Efq. of Norbury Park, Surry, aged 77, a most zealous protector of the arts, and (out of the profeffion) perhaps, their most enlightened and perfect judge. At Aberdeen, aged 82, Alexander Massen, Efq. late of Chapelton. Lieutenant Clarke, of the Crane floop of He fell over a cliff near the Cove of Cork, and was killed. war. Mr W. Davidson, of Belthford, aged 80, another victim of the fatal custom of drink ing cold liquids whilst labouring under violent perfpiration. At Abrantes, the gallant Brigadier-General Catlin Craufurd. At the houfe of her fon, Crawford Logan, Efq. Liverpool, Mrs Mary Logan. At Glasgow, John M'Taggart, Efq. of London, and Knotts Green, Effex, At Cork, aged 88, Dr Robert Ferguson. At Iflefworth, aged eight years, Charles Saunders, Jan, fon of the Earl of Weftmoreland. At laverharity, in the parish of Glenifla, and county of Forfar, at the advanced age of 115, Chriftian Robertfon, a poor woman. She had lived in that parish alnioft from her infancy, and her chief employment was knitting flockings; and, by her own induftry, with the aid of the benevolent among whom The lived, she fubfifted tolerably, till about 12 or 14 years ago, when he began to go about begging, which practice the continued, till within a week or two of her death, and bore a good moral character all her bfetime. She had no relations in that part of the country, and was never married; fo that the was indebred to the friendly aid of a benevolent public for any comforts the enjoyed. On the Jamaica station, Captain William Charlton, commanding his Majesty's fhip Garland. He was, early in life, honomně with the friendship of the celebrated cip cumnavigator Captain Cook, whom he accompanied in his laft and fatal voyage; he ferved with reputation under Howe, Keil, and Nelfon. At London, Jonas Dryander, Efq. Librarian to Sir Jofeph Banks, and to the Royal Society, and a Vice-President of the Linæan Society. His eminent attainments i that branch of fcience which he chiefly cl tivated, had long placed him in the fir rank among the naturalifts Af Europe. Lieutenant-Colonel William Handfeld, in the 79th year of his age, formerly of the 58th regiment. At Guadaloupe, Major Henderfon, of the Royal York Rangers. At True, county of Tyrone, Edward Raverty, at the advanced age of 105 years; and, fingular to relate, the only circumfianc he had to regret was, that of fleeping one night out of the parish he was born in. He was perfectly fenfible to the last moment of his life, and never had an hour's sickness. Nov. 2. At Ediuburgh, Mrs Ann Raddiman, widow of the late John Hutton, Efq. merchant in Edinburgh. At Bonville Houfe, in the 14th year of her age, Jean, second daughter of Andrew Walker, Efq. coalmafter at Gairbraird. 664 Nov. 5. 19. 43 disc. Agrestis.-J. L.-Hidallan, will appear in our next, or an early Num ber. Juvenus Serenus.—J. R. I.—A. D. W.-H. C.-On Events in France, are received. G. F. G. possesses merit; but the subject scarcely suits us. It is under consideration. ERRATUM IN THIS NUMBER. Page 841, Note (u) col. 1. line 20 from bottom, for voice read noise. |