ed by our glorious navy, by our army, our militia, and our volunteers, he has resolved to try the effect of restraints and prohibitions in regard to our trade. He compels his slaves to endure the want of their most ordinary comforts; and supposes, that if the gains of our traders and manufacturers are diminished, they will desire any peace which he may be pleased to dictate.

"I am convinced he will find that he has grossly miscalculated the British character that this nation can bear as firmly as it can act; that he has exalted it by the means he employs in order to depress it; and that this last measure will be as vain and fruitless as every other which he has adopted for our subjugation. I trust that, by the same glorious perseverance which this nation has hitherto shewn, he will be compelled to receive terms compatible with our national security, and that our sovereign will be enabled to conclude a peace safe, honourable, and lasting.

"Let us lay aside all party spirit, which has so often been detrimental to our national interests, and act with one heart and one hand when the preservation of all is concerned, Such true patriotism, manifested in particular by our merchants, manufacturers, and traders, will, in the present crisis, produce the most happy result. It will redound to their own honour, and shew that, as they contribute to the prosperity of their country, so they can also support it in adversity or in danger, by not only sharing the common hardships without murmuring, but by cheerfully sacrificing their private interest to so good and glorious a cause, and by evincing that wisdom, which clearly perceives their interest and that of their country to be the same. Let us amend our lives, act virtuously, and place our confidence in the Almighty Ruler of the universe.

"I most cordially concur in the motion for the Address now made, which, as has been well expressed by the respectable mover, seems calculated to meet the sentiments of all who are actuated by a spirit truly British!"

He was followed by the Rev. Dr Shireffs, who addressed the meeting in a most impressive manner as follows: "MY LORD PROVOST,

"As I cannot imagine that there is

any difference of opinion among us on the subject we are now assembled to consider, I shall not take up much of your time in expressing my sentiments.

"I am happy to see here, on tlfis occasion, a meeting so numerous, and on every account so highly respectable; and I have not the smallest doubt of the unfeigned loyalty and patriotism of all my fellow citizens.

"Could I allow myself to suppose that there was any person in this room, or indeed in this city, who was inclined to object to the measure proposed, I should think it my duty to use every argument in my power, to say perhaps many such things as my reverend colleague has well said, and to strain to the utmost my feeble voice, in order to convince him of his error. But this I am far from supposing to be, at present, necessary.

"We must all be sensible that the times are awful and perilous. We must all be sensible that we are placed in circumstances, which call upon us, by every principle of duty and every consideration of interest, to be of one mind, and to exert our united efforts in the support and defence of our King and Country, contending with one of the most dangerous confederacies that was ever formed against the independence of the British empire.

"At such a juncture, it is peculiarly proper that our beloved and venerable Sovereign, under the weighty and multiplied cares of Government, and the anxiety which must often press upon his royal mind, should receive all the support which the affectionate testimonies of the loyalty and attachment of his faithful people can give.

"I therefore give my most hearty concurrence to the resolution now moved and seconded."

The Committee having withdrawn for a short time, returned with a copy of an address to his Majesty, which being read to the meeting, was most cordially and unanimously agreed to, and the Lord Provost requested to transmit the same to Mr Farquhar, Member for the city, to be presented to the King. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Provost for his readiness in calling the citizens together on the occasion, and for his very proper conduct in the chair.

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A singular innovation was lately attempted to be introduced in the form of the Scots Presbyterian worship, at St · Andrew's church, Glasgow.-This was the use of an organ, which had been put up, with consent of the Minister and congregation, as an aid in teaching church music, on certain evenings in the week.

The following proceedings in relation to this innovation took place at the meeting of the Presbytery of Glasgow, on Wednesday, 7th October.

"The Presbytery took into consider⚫ation the circumstance of an organ having been used one Sunday, about six weeks ago, during divine service in one of the churches of that city; and, after deliberating at great length, a motion was made to the following purport, and seconded-"That the Presbytery are of opinion, that the use of organs in the public worship of God is contrary to the law of the land, and to the law and the constitution of our Established Church, and therefore prohibits it in all the churches and chapels within their bounds; and with respect to the conduct of the clergyman in this matter, they are satisfied with his judicial decla. ration, that he would not again use the organ in the public worship of God, without the authority of the Church." On the other hand, it was moved and seconded, "that in consequence of the judicial declaration above alluded to, the Presbytery should find it unnecessary to proceed further in this business, declaring, at the same time, their judgment that the introduction of an organ into public worship is inexpedient and unauthorized in our Church." The first

motion was carried by a very considerable majority.

It has been waggishly observed, that the Presbytery have added one stop more to this organ than the builder intended—a full stop, which silences all the others.

Wednesday, Feb. 10. Barbara Malcolm, for the murder of her natural child, was executed at the west end of the Tolbooth, and her body given to the Professors of Anatomy for dissection, pursuant to her sentence. She was assisted in her devotions by the Rev. David Dickson, sen. one of the ministers of the city, and the Rev. Jas. Porteous, chaplain to the tolbooth, and

appeared very penitent and resigned So feeble was she, that two men were obliged to support her at the place of execution.

We cannot omit taking notice of an incident which lately occurred, as nothing similar to it, we are told, is in the recollection of any person living. Owing to the heavy fall of snow in Huntingdonshire, (noticed in page 148.) the London mail, which, in the usual course, should have reached Edinburgh on Sunday morning, Feb. 14. did not arrive till Wednesday morning at two o'clock,— the mails of Monday and Tuesday arriving at the same time.

CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.

Queen's Palace, Jan. 20.-This day his Grace Edward Venables, Lord Archbishop of York, was, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly.

Whiteball, Jan. 26.-The King has been pleased to order a Conge d'Elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Carlisle to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the translation of the Most Rev. Father in God, Dr Edward Venables and his Majesty has also been pleased, by Vernon, to the Archbishoprick of York; his royal sign manual, to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter Samuel Goodenough, clerk, Doctor of Laws, Dean of Rochester, to be by them elected Bishop of

that See.

Foreign Office, Dec. 16.-The King has been pleased to appoint Edward Thornton, Esq. to be his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sweden.

his Majesty's Secretary of Legation at that -To appoint Charles Oakley, Esq. to be

Court.

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The King has presented the Rev. Alexander Crosbie, to the Church of Buittle, vacant by the death of Mr Geo. Maxwell.

-To present the Rev. James Wilson to the Church of Abernyte, vacant by the death of Mr James Adamson.

-To present the Rev. David Brichan, to the church of the united parishes of Dike and Moy, vacant by the death of Mr John Dunbar.

The Right Hon. Archibald Colquhoun, of Killermont and Clathick, Lord Advocate of Scotland, is chosen Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow for the ensuing year.

Mr Alexander Ponton, Solicitor, is appointed Procurator Fiscal for the city of Edinburgh, in the room of Mr Wm. Sprott, resigned.

Mr John Low of Hilton, writer in Stonehaven, is appointed Procurator Fiscal of the county of Kincardine, in the room of Mr John Burnet, deceased.

Mr Alexander M'Grigor, writer in Glasgow, is appointed Procurator Fiscal of the Commissariot of Glasgow, in room of Mr George Smith, deceased.

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS. Queen's Palace, Oct. 14-His Majesty has been pleased to appoint John Earl of Chatham, K. G. to be Governor of the Island of Jersey, vice Marquis Townshend.

Lieut.-Col. Alexander Beatson is appointed to the Government of St Helena, with the rank of Colonel, in the service of the Hon. East India Company, vice Col. Patten, deceast.

Lieut. Col. William Eden of the 84th foot, to be Quarter-Master General to the King's troops serving in the East Indies, vice Colonel Nightingale, resigned.

The Right Hon. Richard Ryder is appointed Judge Advocate General, in room of the Right Hon. Nathaniel Bond, resign

ed.

Whitehall, Dec. 19,-The King has been pleased to appoint Osborne Markham, John Fisher, and Alexander Loraine, Esqrs. to be Commissioners for the general superintendance and management of the Barrack Department.

Lieut.-General Sir David Baird is appointed Colonel of the 24th regiment of foot, vice General White, deceased. Lieut. General Nichols, Colonel of the 54th regiment, vice Sir David Baird, Major General the Right Hon Thomas Maitland, CoJonel of the 4th West India regiment, vice General Nichols. Major-General Lord Forbes, Colonel of the 3d Garrison Battalion, vice General Maitland. Major General Charles Craufurd, Colonel of the 2d Dragoon Guards, vice the Marquis Town

shend, deceased. Major-General Cartwright, Colonel of the 3d Dragoon Guards, vice Earl Grey, deceased.

MARRIAGES.

Dec. 7. At Ayr, William Fullerton, Esq. Advocate, to Miss Susan Hunter, of Ayr.

—. At London, by special licence, Lord Keith, to Miss Thrale, of Cumberland Place.

13. At Feddinch, Mr William Lindesay, merchant in Leith, to Miss Boswell Lindesay, daughter of the late William Lindesay, Esq. of Feddinch.

Feb. 1. At Logiegreen, near Edinburgh, John Reid, Esq. Clarendon, Jamaica, to Martha, fourth daughter of John Phillips of Stobcross, Esq.

1. At Kelso, Mr Louis de Maria, of the Register Office, Edinburgh, to Miss Jean Watt, daughter of Mr James Watt, merchant, Kelso.

5. At Laurieston, Mr Andrew Bell Paton, to Miss Euphemia Pearson, youngest daughter of Mr John Pearson, merchant.

5. At Edinburgh, John Lawson, Esq. of Cairamuir, W. S to Miss Isabella Robertson, daughter of the late William Robertson, Esq. one of the Keepers of the Records of Scotland.

8. At Relugas, Thomas Lauder Dick, Esq. younger of Fountainhall, to Miss Charles Ann Cumin.

11. At Edinburgh, Mr William Wood, surgeon, to Miss Mary Oswald Gillespie, youngest daughter of the late Dr Thomas Gillespie, physician in Edinburgh.

BIRTHS.

Dec. 28. 1807. At Edinburgh, Mrs Craufuird, wife of Mr Arch. Craufuird, W. S. a daughter.

Jan. 12. At Edinburgh, Mrs Allan, wife of Mr Thos. Allan, banker, a daughter.

15. At Deal, the Lady of Capt. Hodg son, of his Majesty's ship Trusty, a son.

15. At Edinburgh, Mrs Inglis, wife of Mr Wm. Inglis, W. S. a daughter.

16. At Chariton, in Kent, the Viscountess of Andover, a son.

24. At Edinburgh, the wife of Dr H. Robertson, a daughter.

26. At Brightmoney, Mrs Falconer, wife of William Falconer, Esq. a son.

27. At Orton, near Stamford, the Countess of Aboyne, a son.

28. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Patrick Miller, Esq jun. of Dalswinton, a daughter. Feb. 4. At London, the Countess, of Loudon and Moira, a son and heir.

At London, the Lady of David Scott, Esq. a daughter.

Lately, At London, Lady Anne Johnston Hope, a still-born son.

At

At London, the Lady of the Right Hon, Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B. a son.

Feb. 5. At Craigo, Mrs Carnegy of Craigo, a son.

6. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Dr James Gregory, a daughter.

16. At ditto, the Lady of Colonel John Hope, a daughter.

DEATHS.

May 12. At Carlisle, New Jersey, Mrs Ann Tweedie, widow of the late Dr Charles Nisbet, President of Dickenson College, in Carlisle, formerly minister in Montrose.

July 12. At Hampstead, John Mylne, Esq. second son of James Mylne, Esq. of Mylnefield.

Aug. 31. At Verdun, in France, aged 32 years, the Hon. Coulson Wallop, third son of the late, and brother to the present Earl of Portsmouth.

Nov. 7. At Rome, in the 67th year of her age, Angelica Kauffman, the celebrated painter.

18. At Spanish Town, Jamaica, in childbed, universally regretted, Mrs Sarah Skene, formerly of Edinburgh, and wife of the Rev. Wm. Hen. Lynch, Rector of St John's, and Chaplain to the Honourable the House of Assembly.

25. At St John's, Antigua, Major Gene. ral C. Archer, 1st Foot Guards, commanding the forces there.

28. At Dawlish, Devonshire, Jas. Mylne, Esq. of Mylnefield, in Perthshire, and Collector of the Customs at Dundee.

29. At Edinburgh, Mrs Jean Cumming, widow of Mr W. Reid, writer, Edinburgh. Dec. 5. At Leith, John Nimmo, Esq. 8. At Edinburgh, Mrs Smith, widow of the late Colonel Smith, commanding officer of the Royal Artillery in Scotland.

13. At Dundee, William Yeaman, Esq. of Balbeuchly.

16. At Kelso, Thomas Barstow, Esq. King's Falconer for Scotland.

General John Leland, M. P. for Stamford, and Colonel of the 64th regt. of foot.

At London, Vice Admiral Sir John Pa kenham, of Lowestoff, in Suffolk, aged 64. Jan. 3. At Southall, Robert Donald, Esq. 3. At Lerwick, Mrs Catherine Innes, wife of Mr John Morrison, merchant there. 4. At Glasgow, Mr Alexander Pollock, manufacturer in Anderston.

5. At Exeter, Mrs Mary Finlay, wife of Mr James Dennistoun, merchant, Glasgow. - At Glasgow, Eliza, eldest daughter of J. M'Inroy, Esq. merchant.

5. At Idsworth Park, Hants, Jervois Clarke Jervois, Esq. M. P. for Yarmouth, in the isle of Wight.

6. At Edinburgh, after a lingering illness, aged 60, Mrs Helen Dalrymple, wife

of John Carnegie of Kingslaw, late merchant in Leith.

7. At ditto, John Cunningham, Esq. son of the late Major John Cunningham, of Boga ngreen.

7. At Sourhope, Tweedale, Mr William Pringle, an eminent stock farmer.

7. At his house at Laurieston, aged 82, Mr Adam Keir, formerly baker in Edinr.

8. At Madeira, where he had gone for the recovery of his health, Mr Henry Duncan, eldest son of Alexander Duncan, Esq. clerk to the signet.

8. At London, the Hon. Miss Sophia Ann Walpole, fifth daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Walpole.

8. At Wigtoun, Mrs McTaggart, relict of the deceased Mr John M'Taggart, late in Drummoral.

8. At Edinburgh, aged 66, Mrs Lilias Leslie, relict of Captain John Leslie, late of his Majesty's 19th regiment.

9. At Croydon Grove, Mrs Walker, wife of Mr Walker, of London, banker.

9. At Kelso, the Rev. James Hogg, minister of the Associate congregation there. 9. At Letham, Henry Beck Hepburn, youngest son of John Buchan Hepburn, Esq. of Letham.

9. At Edinburgh, Mr John M'Cliesh.

9. At Falkirk, at an advanced age, Mrs Jean Glasgow, relict of the late Mr John Renny, writer in Falkirk.

9. At Linktown of Kirkcaldy, in the 43d year of his ministry, the Rev. James Kirkaldie, much and justly regretted.

10. At Broomlands, Robert Haldane, eldest son of James Haldane, Esq.

10. At Aberdeen, in the 68th year of her age, Mrs Catharine Brown, wife of the late Dr Robert Brown, formerly minister of the English church, and his Britannic Majesty's agent at Utrecht.

11. At Moffat, Mrs Birnie, widow of Alexander Birnie, of Broomhill, Esq.

11. At Strathendry, Miss Charles Ann Douglas, third daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Douglas.

11. At Edinburgh, Helenora Alexander, fourth daughter of Claud Alexander, Esq. of Ballamyle.

13. At her house in Portland Place, Lon. don, the Hon. Margaret Stuart Wortley Mackenzie, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with fortitude and resignation. This Lady, once so celebrated for her beauty, and, during the whole course of her life, by the numerous virtues that adorned it, was descended from the noble house of Glencairn, being the only surviving daughter of Lieut.-Gen. Sir David Cunningham of Livingstone and Milncraig, by Lady Mary Montgomerie, daughter of Hugh Earl of Eglintoun, and grand-daughter of

George

George Earl of Aberdeen. Early in life she was married to the Hon. James Stuart Wortley, son of the famous John Earl of Bute, and brother of the present Marquis of Bute, by whom she has left issue, one son and two daughters; James Stuart Wore ley, who married Lady Caroline Creighton, daughter of the Earl of Erne; Miss Wortley: Louisa, who married Lord Lovaine, eldest son of the Earl of Beverley, and nephew to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland. Jan. 13. At Edinburgh, Mrs Margaret Taylor, daughter of the late Rev. Robert Taylor, of the Scots Episcopal Church at Laurencekirk and Montrose, and relict of Mr John Sangster, factor for the Earl of Galloway and Lord Dundas in the Orkneys. -At Dundee, Mrs Wilson, wife of William Wilson, Esq. of Whitfield.

15. At Edinburgh, Miss Handasyde, daughter of Mr Nathaniel Handasyde, late of Wooller.

15. At Glasgow, aged 21, Mrs Elizabeth Beugo, wife of Mr James Hardie, jun. merchant.

16. At Leith, Mr John Kelly, solicitor at law.

17. At London, aged 24, Lord Trafalgar, only son of Earl Nelson, of a typhous fever.

At Bath, Philip Cosby, Esq. Admiral of the Red Squadron.

17. At Bath, Mrs Jane Turner, relict of the late Thomas Cogan, Esq. formerly in the service of the Hon. East India Compaby at Bombay.

18. At Liverpool, John Keay, Esq. late merchant there.

19. At Balgavies, Mrs Margaret Strachan, widow of the late Walter Gray, Esq. of Carse.

19. At Saxham cottage, William Dawson, Esq. aged 81.

20. At his seat in Cheshire, Richard Pen

23. At New Cumnock, Bailie William Farquhar, aged 73.

24. At Kirkwall, Mr William Manson, Comptroller of the Customs there.

24. At London, Hector Daniel MacCleish, Esq. of Queen's College, Oxford.

At Edinburgh, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr Thomas Spens, physician.

25. At London, aged 85, the Right Hon. Lord Selsea, Master of the Robes to the King.

25. At Haddington, Mr Alexander Jamieson, portrait painter, much regretted. 25. At Edinburgh, aged 17, Miss Helen Brown, eldest daughter of Mr R. Brown, writer to the signet.

27. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Cowan, surgeon there.

28. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Dr James Finlayson, Professor of Logic in the University, and one of the Ministers of the ci ty of Edinburgh, much and justly regretted.

28. At London, aged 78, Archibald Keir, Esq. formerly of Edinburgh;

28. At Dumfries, in the 22d year of his age, Mr Robert M'Michael.

28. At Edinburgh, Mrs Katharine Ramsay, in the 81st year of her age.

29. At London, in the 47th year of his age, Viscount Gage.

29. At Edinburgh, Miss Elizabeth Walker, second daughter of Alexander Walker, Esq.

29. At Stirling, Miss Janet Graham, daughter of the late Robert Graham, Esq. of Shanochill.

30. At Achaivelling, Archibald Campbell, Esq. of Springfield, aged 88.

At Glasgow, Mrs Henrietta Brown, wife of Mr Alexander M'Brair, merchant.

30. At Rozelle, Ayrshire, the seat of the Countess Dowager of Craufurd and Lind

20. At Ayr, Mr Robert Milne, writer. 20. At Edinburgh, Mr William John ston, merchant, North Bridge Street.

20. At Macduff, Mrs Wilson, wife of the Rev. Thomas Wilson, minister at Gamrie.

At the house of the Hon. A. Duff, Aberdeen, Anne Frances, daughter of Major Tayler.

21. At Abercorn Manse, Alexander, the infant son of the Rev. Dr Meiklejohn.

21. At Edinburgh, Mrs Margaret Riddell, relict of James Goldie, Esq. of Stenhouse.

21. At Stirling, Dr Abraham Gordon. 21. At Edinburgh, aged 36, Francis Farquharson, Esq. of Haughton, accountant in Edinburgh.

Craufurd, Earl of Craufurd and Lindsay, Viscount Garnock, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Fife, Colonel of the Fifeshire Militia, and a Major General in the army.

31. At Holmfauldhead, Mrs Jane Robertson, wife of George Rowan, Esq.

Lately, Mrs Hutchison, wife of the Rev. Dr Hutchison, one of the ministers of Ha. milton.

Lately, Charles Duncan, Esq. of Chester. field county, Virginia.

At Hammersmith, Dr Flower, physician.' At an obscure lodging in Ratcliff Highway, where he fell a victim to poverty and disease, Mr William Henry Hall, a distinguished astronomer, compiler of the Encyclopedia that bears his name, and several other literary works.

At