Appointments, Promotions, &c. Lt. Tompson, from h. p. 20 F. Lt. vice 26 Feb. do. 7 Mar. 28 Feb. do. T. Alcock, Ens. by purch. 24 Oct. 1821. Ens. Armstrong, Lt. do. 26 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Sutherland, from 30 F. Lt. do. do. do. R. D. King, Ens, by purch. vice l'isc. do. 2d Lt. Daniell, from h, p. Rifle Brig. 14 Mar. Ens. Chichester, Lt. do. do. J. M. Drummond, Ens. Lt. Kingsmill, Capt. by purch. vice Ens. Wardell, Lt. by purch. do. do. 21 do. do. do. do. Boates, from h. p. Ens. Cape Corps. Ens. Fraser, from h. p. 79 F. Ens. vice London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers. Watson, from 41 F. rec. diff. with Capt. De Visme, from Cape Corps Cav. with Capt. Lieut. Baker, from 5 Dr. G. rec. diff. with Lieut. Miles, from 5 Dr. G. rec. diff. with Lieut. Mairis, from 6 Dr. G. rec. diff. with Lieut. Chamberlayne, from 12 F. rec. diff. with Hilton, from 29 F. with Lieut. Stephens, Hardcastle, from 31 F. with Lieut. Bald- M'Donald, from 47 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Morris, from 66 F. rec. diff. with Licut. Vereker, from 83 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Cornet Bradburne, from 1 Dr G. rec. diff. with -Wright, from 7 Dr. G. rec. diff. with Cor- Crawfurd, from 70 F. rec. diff. with Ensign Blake, h. p. 84 F. h. p. Coulson, 71 F. Ass. Surg. Greig, from 4 Dr. with Ass. Surg. Rich- Duigan, from 89 F. with Ass. Surg. 21 Feb. 1822. Hosp. Assist. Walshe, from h. p. do. J. N. Collyer, Cor. The undermentioned Cadets of the Hon. the East Deaths. Maj. Gen. Richardson, Gov. of North Yarmouth 25 Feb. 1822. 7 Jan. 1822. Major Poe, 50 F. Jamaica, 15 Feb. 1822. 11 Jan. 28 Aug. 1821. 9 Jan. 182. Mar. Lenn, h. p. 110 F. Watford Cheshire Sept. 10, 1821. At Nagpore, the lady of John Sawry Impey, Esq. of a son. 16. At Kingston, Jamaica, the lady of Dr Hinton Spalding, of a son. Jan. 21, 1822. At Malta, the lady of Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Moore, K.C.B. of a son and heir. March 1. At Toulon, Mrs Campbell Stewart of Ascog, of a daughter. --At George's Place, Leith Walk, Mrs Young, of a daughter. - Mrs Clarke of Comrie, of a daughter. 2. At Pickford Cottage, Portobello, Mrs Struthers, of a son. 3. At the West Kirk Manse, Mrs Dickson, of a daughter. -At Ruchin, the lady of William Baillie of Polkemmet, Esq. of a daughter. -At Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, the lady of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart. of a daughter. -At Smith's Place, Leith Walk, Mrs Crichton, of a son. -Mrs Walter Dickson, Duke Street, of a son. 5. At Longhirst Brocks, county of Northumberland, the lady of William Lawson, Esq. of a -At Gilston-house, Fifeshire, the lady of Captain Parsons, of a son. 17. At 103, George Street, Mrs Wardrop, of a daughter. 18. The Countess of Dartmouth, of a son and heir. 19. In Abercromby Place, Mrs Campbell of Possil, of a daughter. 20. At 2, Crown Street, foot of Leith Walk, Mrs Edward D. Allison, of a son. -At Edinburgh, the wife of Mr William Christie, printer, of a daughter. - Mrs Patison, Abercromby Place, of a daugh ter. - At Edinburgh, the lady of Robert Montgomery, Esq. of a son. -At Springfield Cottage, the lady of Alexander Macduff, Esq. of Bonhard, of a son. 22. At Duddingstone Cottage, Mrs Hopkirk, of a daughter. 24. At Fife Place, Leith Walk, Mrs Francis Bridges, of a son. 26. At Montrose, the lady of Captain Hunter, of the Sir David Scott Indiaman, of a son. -At Tay Street, Dundee, Mrs John Maxwell, of a daughter. 27. At Prestonpans, Mrs Hislop, of a daughter. 29. At London, Lady James Stuart, of a son. 30. At Edinburgh, the lady of William Stirling, Esq. of a son. -At Edinburgh, Mrs C. Terrot, of a son. 2 Jan. 1822. Lately.-At Edinburgh, the lady of Major Orr (late Royal Fusileers,) of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Feb. 18, 1822. By special licence, at Kirk Bradden Church, Isle of Man, Robert Cunningham, Esq. resident Attorney-General, to Margaret, daughter of the late Patrick Macdougall, Esq. of Gallanach. 26. At Glasgow, Mr Duncan Morrison, merchant, to Margaret, only daughter of Lieutenant Charles Park, of the royal artillery drivers. March 2. At Wallsend Church, near Newcastle, Spencer Boyd, Esq. of Pinkhill, Ayrshire, to Margaret, youngest daughter of William Loch, Esq. of Poinpleasant. 3. At Belvoir Castle, A. R. Drummond, Esq. eldest son of A. B. Drummond, Esq. of Cadland, to Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of the Duke of Rutland. 4. At Douglas, Isle of Man, by special license, John Joseph Heywood, Esq. his Majesty's Judge for the northern district of that Island, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Alexander Birtwhistle, Esq. of Dundeuch, Galloway. -At Abbots Hall, near Kirkcaldy, Mr George Young, jun. grocer, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr Robert Tullis, farmer there. 6. At Newton-house, the residence of Alexander Laing, Esq. Mr Alexander Stenhouse, farmer, Whitehill Mains, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr George Seton, farmer, Sheriff-hall Mains. 11. At Birthwood, Robert Paterson, Esq. merchant, Quebec, to Grace, eldest daughter of H. Denholm, Esq. of Birthwood. -At Edinburgh, Daniel Vere of Stonebyres, Esq. to Mary, eldest daughter of James Law, of Elvingston, Esq. 12. At Grange, the Reverend Robert Cranstoun, Morebattle, to Elspeth, third daughter of Mr John Clark, tenant of Grange. 13. At Meadow Place, Andrew Fraser, Esq. of the honourable India Madras military establishment, to Isabella, eldest daughter of Archibald Colquhoun, Esq. Calcutta. 11. At Hawthornbank, Thomas Grahame, Esq. W. S. to Agnes, daughter of Robert Vetch, Esq. of Hawthornbank. 15. At Musselburgh, Mr George Reid, potter, Newbigging, to Helen, eldest daughter of the deceased Mr Peter Bourhill, baker in Musselburgh. -At Edinburgh, John Murray, Esq. Lecturer on Chemistry, to Violet, daughter of the late Mr Alexander Tweedie, merchant in Edinburgh. 21. At Glasgow, the Reverend James Anderson, of Carluke, to Jane, second daughter of Mr Andrew Gardner, manufacturer, Glasgow. 22. At Watson's Place, Leith Links, Mr William Smith, grocer, Leith, to Ann, only daughter of James Watson. 26. At Craigleith-house, Andrew Tawse, Esq. W. S. to Margaret, fourth daughter of the late Alexander Bonar, Esq. of Ratho. 27. At Hatton Chapel, in the parish of Runcorn, Sir James Mills Riddell of Ardnamurchan and Sunart, county of Argyll, Bart. to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Sir Richard Brooke of Norton Priory, county of Chester, Bart. 28. At London, Frederick Francis Thompson, Esq. to Caroline Amelia, daughter of the late Adam Callander, Esq. of New Cavendish Street, and grand-daughter of the late John Callander, Esq. of Craigforth. Lately.-At Edinburgh, Allan George Field, Esq. to Jessie, relict of the late John Maclean, Esq. of Carriacou. At Stoke Church, Dock, Exeter, Mr Edward Robarts, aged 35, to Mrs Anna Gow, aged 77. The bride was obliged to be taken to church in a sedan chair, followed by a juvenile croud, who cheered the happy couple with loud huzzas. Stuart. 12. At Kingston, Jamaica, Mr John M'Laren, surgeon, from Edinburgh. 13. At Madeira, Mrs Hay, of Westerton. 14. At St Dorothy's, in the Island of Jamaica, James Reid, Esq. second son of the late Mr Alexander Reid, South Castle Street, Edinburgh. 19. At Badmington, Lord H. Somerset, third son of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. Feb. 21. At Ottar-house, Captain Duncan Campbell. 26. At Campbeltown, the infant son of Captain Hugh Stevenson. 27. At Forteviot Manse, Perthshire, the Rev. William Henderson, aged 68 years. March 1. At Cupar, Mr John Anderson, of Cupar Mills. 3. At Malaga, from the fatal effects of arsenic, given by mistake for a dose of cream of tartar, Frasquita, wife of William Kirkpatrick, Esq. of the same place. At Bridgend, Perth, Miss Eliza Helen Camp bell. 1. At Bowerhouses, the Rev. Dr Patrick Carfrae, in the 81st year of his age, having been 55 years a minister. 5. At Dalkeith, Mr John Wilson, merchant there. -At Cacrabank, Selkirkshire, the Rev. Walter Grieve, one of the ministers of the Reformed Sy nod. 6. At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas MacWhirter, writer. -At Dumfries, the Rev. James Kirkpatrick, formerly minister of the Scots Church, Whitehaven. 7. At Craigends, John Cuninghame, Esq. of Craigends. At Edinburgh, Mr James Henderson, late chair-manufacturer in London. 8. At Largo Manse, the Rev. Spence Oliphant. - At Edinburgh, Elizabeth Matilda Bristow, wife of Mr George Bristow, Broughton Street. 9. At Greenock, Mrs Archibald M'Gown, in the 75th year of his age. -At Eckford Manse, the Rev. James Young, minister of that parish. At his residence in Sion Place, Bath, aged 6C, Caleb Hillier Parry, M. D. F. R. S. &c. father to William Edward Parry, commanding the northeru expedition. At the house of Sir W. Rush, Pall-Mall, the Rev. Edward Daniel Clark, LL. D. Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge, Rector of Harlton, in the said county, and of Great Yeldan, in Essex, and the celebrated traveller in The Rev. Russia, Greece, Palestine, Egypt, &c. Doctor's remains were interred in the chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge. The funeral was attended by his relatives, some of the heads of houses, the greater part of the Professors, and most of his friends résident in the University; all the members of Jesus College (the College to which he belonged) likewise followed. He was in the 54th year of his age; he proceeded to the degree of B. A. 1790, M. A. 1794. 10. At Buccleuch Place, Peter, infant son of Mr Peter Brown, merchant in Edinburgh. -At his father's house, in Albany Street, by Leith Fort, Mr Laurence Skeen, jun. shipmaster, in Leith, aged 22, son of Mr Laurence Skeen, shipowner there. At Dysart, Mr John Brodie. - At Knockbrake, Hugh Ross, Esq. of Knockbrake. 12. At Burton Vale, Yorkshire, the Rev. Christopher Wyvill, aged 83. At Portobello, Mrs Irvine, relict of the late John Irvine, Esq. of Aberdeen. -At New Street, Edinburgh, Margaret, third daughter of the late Mr James Lyle. -At Jessfield, near Newhaven, Mr William Gavin, sen. shipowner in Leith. 12. At Borrowstoniness, Mrs Hart, widow of Robert Hart, Esq. 13. Ann, daughter of the late John Watson Esq. writer, Edinburgh. Mrs Dalgliesh, 5, Hope Street. Major David Wilson, Provost of Dunfermline, and senior agent of the Bank of Scotland At Kirkcaldy, Mr Robert Russell, merchant. 18. At Newington, Miss Greig, eldest draghter of Captain Charles Greig, of the Hon. East in in Company's service. At Berwick, Mrs Isabella Hope, relict of Mr Adam Douglas, formerly of Ulston, Roxburgh shire. 19. At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Robinson, wife of George Robinson of Clermiston, Esq. W. S. 20. At Bath, Mrs Alexander Robertson, daughter of the late James Sinclair, Esq. of Durran, county of Caithness. -At Liverpool, aged 22, Thomas, the only son of George Rutherford, Esq. Glasgow. 29. At Clerkington, Governor Houston. -At North Berwick, Mrs Brown, wife of the Rev. George Brown, minister of the Associate Congregation there. At Kirkcudbright, John Thomson, Esq. Commissary of the Commissariat of Kirkeudbright. At Houghton-le-Spring, near Durham, Chas. Peter Spiers, fourth son of Charles Spiers, Esq. of Eldersie. 23. At Port Glasgow, Captain Hugh Douglas. 24, At Edinburgh, in the 92d year of his age, Mr Hugh Robertson, bagpipc-maker. 25. At her house, India-street, Mrs Clerk, relist of James Clerk, Esq. Aged 19, Charlotte Augusta, wife of Even Baillie, Esq. jun. of Dochfour, and daughter of the late Rev. Archdeacon Baillie Hamilton. -At the Manse of Tranent, Mary Margaret, youngest daughter of the Rev. John Henderson. 29. At Edinburgh, Mrs Trotter, relict of Robert Trotter of Castlelaw, Esq. At Stenton, Mr John Begbie. 30. At Stirling, Mrs Mary Wardrobe, wife of Mr Crystal, writer. At his house in Bloomsbury Square, Sir John Sylvester, Recorder of London. He attended the King's levee on the 28th, and made his usual report, and on the 29th dined with the Duke of York and party, at his Royal Highness's house in the Stable Yard, St James's, from which he returned about 12 o'clock at night, in good health and spirits, and immediately retired to rest. was found dead in his bed by his valet: he had been dead for some hours. He had been subject to a spasmodic affection of the chest, and it is supposed that he had an attack in the night and expired. He was near 80 years of age. He 51. At Portobello, Mrs Stodart, wife of David Stodart, Esq. late of Tobago. Lately.-At Southampton, of apoplexy, General Richardson. Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. Edinburgh. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. LXIV. MAY, 1822. VOL. XI. not so much to his narrative, as to his theory, which, by the bye, notwithstanding its great vogue in this coun try, and its immense vogue on the continent, is far more ingenious than solid. The short chapter towards the conclusion of the Wealth of Nations, gives a much more satisfactory account of the fall of the feudal system, than the rounded periods and ten compact causes of the historian of Charles the Fifth. LACRETELLE'S HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.* AN entertaining and continued his tory must necessarily be of great importance, since whatever little it may possess of solid merit, it never fails to supersede the dull annals and circumstantial memoirs, which give a detailed account of the same period. If the narration of events be moderately brief and agreeable, the peculiar views or party-spirit of its author will not deter the generality of readers from using the work as their historical textbook; for there are few who have not The French historians likely to be a sufficiently good opinion of them hereafter in the hands of general readselves to rest confident, that no sophis- ers, are Sismondi and Lacretelletry or irony could influence their sen- supposing that time and circumstances timents. A work's being a continued allow them to complete their plans. one, is also a great claim to prefer- The former has but just commenced ence, people like to make use of the with the foundation of the monarchy same guide throughout a long jour--he has since, we perceive, been se ney, and moreover, a consideration that is of very general weight, it is comfortable to know beforehand the exact number of volumes one shall have to read, in order to master the history of a given period. Hume must content those who want the courage to dive into our old chronicles, and we must be satisfied with Gibbon's account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, unless we wish to devote our whole lives to the study of his references. Robertson is not like his brother historians, indispensable, since he is not continued; and if he rivals them in popularity, it is owing duced by the example of Sir Walter Scott, to spend his time in the compo sition of an historical novel, founded on the sterile age of Clovis-we hope, however, to see him return to sterner pursuits, and bring down his history to the period at which La cretelle commences the wars of religion. Mr Charles Lacretelle, commonly called Lacretelle Jeune, to distinguish him from his elder brother, the late editor of the Minerve, was well calculated to become the historian of his country, having been an eye-witness of the great conclusion of all its errors and misfortunes. Though * L'Histoire de l'Assemblée Constituante, par M. Ch. Lacretelle, l'un des quarante de l'Académie Francaise, &c. &c. Paris, 1821. VOL. XI. 3 R young at the commencement of the revolution, he early employed his pen against the arbitrary proceedings of the anarchists: "The most of the errors which I combat to-day," says he in his preface to the Assemblée Constituante, "I have attacked during my youth, in 1790, 1791, 1792, in the Journal of the Independents published by Mr Suard, and in the supplements to the Journal de Paris then celebrated by the eloquent writings of André Chénier and the bold productions of Mr Roucher -both have since paid for their gene rous indignation on the scaffold. Although the feeble productions of my youthful pen were little worthy to be placed by the side of those of such writers, I had nevertheless long to dread the same fate; from which I was narrowly preserved by the bold and constant interference of some generous friends, who watched over my dangers in augmenting their own." After the fall of Roberspierre, Lacretelle joined his exertions to those of Morellet, Suard, Fontanes, &c. to repair, as he says himself, in some degree the destruction caused by a licentious press. On the event of the 18th Fructidor, and the triumph of the Directory, when those republican sticklers for the liberty of the press transported one hundred and twentyeight editors and writers for journals to the deadly climate of Cayenne, he was among the number of those arrested, and condemned to transportation. From this fate he was still saved by some friendly intercession, and his punishment was mitigated into an imprisonment of two years. During his detention he was engaged by Messrs Treuttel and Wurtz, booksellers, to continue the Précis Historique de la Revolution Francaise, commenced by Rabaut St Etienne, a member of the Constituent Assembly, whose historical labours had been cut short by the guillotine. Rabaut's work, consisting of one volume, is nothing but a wretched tirade; indeed we wonder Mr Lacretelle ever condescended to continue such a jejune paraphrase, unworthy even of the modest title of Précis. It is curious to observe the blind confidence of those early revolutionists, who, as they precipitated the state, fancied that it would stop its downward progress, as soon as their wills thought convenient, "Notwith standing some partial commotions here and there," says Rabaut, in the beginning of his volume," the map of France is settled, the Constitution is established, and the moment is arrived when one may be allowed to write the History of the Revolution." He wrote this in ninety-one, thirty years ago; and the remains of his party, this very day, seem not only to think, but to endeavour, that the whole business be gone over again-rehearsed "ab ovo usque ad mala." Lacretelle continued the Précis, from the commencement of the Assemblée Legislative to the election of Bonaparte to the Consulship, in ninetynine. The work is written in a rapid, desultory style, and is strongly marked with the false and inflated taste of the Revolution, yet is it by no means deficient in acuteness or eloquence. The latter quality, indeed, could scarcely be absent from the pen that pourtrayed the crimes of the Convention, the sorrows and melancholy fate of Louis the Sixteenth and his family. The three first volumes treat of the Legislative Assembly and the Convention, and afford little to comment upon-there can exist but one sentiment concerning these times amongst all men, to whatever party they may belong. And if we except a strange predilection for Danton, which the author accounts for in a half-expressed plea of acquaintance, he seems to have felt a just degree of generous indignation. His account of the Executive Directory is by no means so impartial-he himself suffered from them, and had his own vengeance to gratify, as well as the interest of Bonaparte, who above all things sought to vilify his former patrons. The latter part of the Précis is written in a tone of utter servility to the usurperbut if we censure such things, we must join with the object of reproach the whole mass of the nation. "It is not a people of twenty-five millions one ought to accuse," says Madame de Stael; "'twere as well to quarrel with the whole human race.' The period which his history embraces, Lacretelle, with an unfortunate gift of prophecy, characterises as but the troublous interval between one mighty dynasty and another. Nor has he treated the Count de Lille, now Louis the Eighteenth, with much ceremony, although the anecdotes which he re |
