Feb. 21. At Stirling, much and justly regretted, the Rev. John Russel, one of the ministers of that town, in the 44th year of his ministry. At Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, after a short illness, Mr John Borrie, tenant to his Grace the Duke of Atholl, at the advanced age of 102. 23. At Maybole, Adam Rankine, Esq. of Knockdon, in the 87th year of his age. At the house of Charles Brooke, Esq. M. P. Long Ditton, Surrey, the Right Hon. Lady Amelia Leslie, second daughter of the late Earl of Rathes. 24. Helen, daughter of John Burness, crofter, Thornton; on the 2d curt. William his son; and on the 3d, James: the two sons were both interred in one grave. They all died of a putrid fever, after a few days illness. March 2. At Brighton, after a fortnight's illness, in the 74th year of her age, Theodosia, Countess of Clanwilliam, relict of John Earl of Clanwilliam. Prices of Stocks. 3. At Edinburgh, Major-General William Lockhart, fate of the 30th regiment. of 4. At Glasgow, Mrs Porteous, widow of the late Dr William Porteous, one of the ministers of that city, and sister of the cele brated Dr John Moore. 5. At Leamington, Warwickshire, William Knox, Esq. late of Calcutta, eldest son of the late Rev. James Knox, minister of Scoon. 6. At Edinburgh, Miss Christian Duncan, Bellfield, much and justly regretted. 7. At Skelston, Mr John Hanning of Skelston, aged 71 years. 9. At Northumberland Street, Mrs Euphemia Campbell, relict of Hugh Wilson, Esq. Lately, At London, Rear-Admiral Alex. ander Edgar, aged 80. He was the last male descendant of the Edgars, of Wedderlie, in Berwickshire, one of the oldest fami. lies in Scotland. SCOTS MAGAZINE, AND Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, FOR APRIL 1817. With a Plate, illustrative of the System of Craniology. CONTENTS: ... Page ib. Register of the Weather for April...... 242 Monthly Memoranda in Nat. History, 250 Canals in England and Wales......... 257 269 275 Biographical Notice of the late Duke of Marlborough,.. Account of the Mode of Teaching in South America,..... ib. |