At Cockairnie, on the 25th ultimo, by the Very Rev. Principal Lee, David Henry Lee Esq., of Calcutta, to Clara, youngest daughter of the late Sir Robert Moubray, KH, of Cockairnie, Fife.
At Perth, on the 27th ultimo, the Rev. Alexander Falconer, minister of St Paul’s Church parish, Perth, to Charlotte, third daughter of Archibald Reid Esq., town clerk.
At Faringdon, on the 27th ultimo, John Livingston Campbell, Esq., of Achalader, Perthshire, to Isabel Margaret Campbell, youngest daughter of the late Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell.
At St Anne’s, Westminister, on the 27th ultimo, Andrew Archibald Paton Esq., to Eliza, daughter of FB Calvert Esq., York Place, Edinburgh.
At Workington, on the 20th ultimo, by the rev. H Curwen, mr David Brash Robertson, son of William Robertson Esq., Summerhall, Edinburgh, to Mary Anne, only surviving child of the late Thomas Baxter Esq., of Barugh, near Wigton, Cumbernauld.
DEATHS [01]
At 11 Melville Place, Edinburgh, on the 25th ultimo, Mr Peter Burns. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 11 Lothian Street, Edinburgh, on the 27th ultimo, Elizabeth Duncan, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas McDowall.
At 13 Howe Street, on the 26th ultimo, George Henry, youngest son of John M Moubray of Hartwood, aged 21 months.
At the North British Hotel, Princes’ Street, Edinburgh, on the 27th ultimo, Mr William Air, aged 72.
At Leith, on the 29th ultimo, of typhus fever, Mr Hay Smart.
At the Parochial School-house, Lilliesleaf, on the 25th ultimo, Mr James Mackay, aged 68.
At Montrose, on the 28th ultimo, Mr Robert Smith, late merchant, in the 69th year of his age.
At Paxton House, Berwickshire, on the 28th ultimo, after several weeks illness, William Foreman Home Esq., in the 72d year of his age. The family is now represented and the properties of Paxton and Billie united in David Milne Esq., of Milne Graden, son-on-law to the deceased.
At 21 baker Street, Portman Square, London, on the 26th ultimo, after a few day’s illness, Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bart., of Balmain, county of Kincardine.
At George Town, Demerara, on the 25th March, Ann Cotton, wife of John Morison Esq., of that colony.
5th May 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 21 Charles Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs A McNiven, of a son and daughter.
At 73 Great King Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Philip Davis, of a daughter.
At Polton Mains, Lasswade, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Philip, of a daughter.
At Stoncarn, Hamilton, on the 1st instant, the wife of James Brown Wharrie Esq., MD, of a son.
At Aird Lamont, on the 1st instant, the lady of Archibald James Lamont of Lamont Esq., of a daughter.
At Montrose, on the 28th ultimo, the lady of Major Rennie, 81st Regiment, of a daughter.
At Inverailort, on the 29th ultimo, the lady of Duncan Cameron Esq., of Inverailort, of a daughter.
At St Helena, on the 14th March, the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Gore Browne, CB., of a daughter.
Near Sympheropal, in the Crimea, on the 28th March, Mrs Andrew Neilson, of a daughter.
At Melbourne, on the 11th January, the wife of Horatio C Ellerman Esq, of a daughter, still born.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Dunoon, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. Alexander Stewart, Douglas, Mr William Thorburn, 23 Bernard Street, Leith, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late James Wilson Esq., Kinnox, Lanarkshire.
At Glenluce, Wigtownshire, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Pullar, United Presbyterian Church, Mr Gordon, saddler, Lisle Street, London, to Miss Maria Saunders, Glenluce.
At Peterhead, on the 28th ultimo, Commander Richard Sidney Smith, RN., to Vernona, eldest daughter of the late Rev. TG Torry Anderson, of Fawsyde, Kincardineshire.
At Brechin, on the 28th ultimo, Arthur Risdon Capel, Esq., youngest son of James Capel Esq., of Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park Gardens, London, to Mary Ann Jemima, third daughter of James Carnegy Arbuthnott Esq., of Balnamoon.
At Sydenham, Lake Shore, UC., on the 11th March, Mr Robert Grierson, farmer, to Janet Oliver, eldest daughter of the late James Usher Esq., SSC., Edinburgh.
At Maryfield, near Melbourne, Port Philip, on the 16th October, Patrick MacArthur Esq., to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John Westgarth Esq., Edinburgh.
DEATHS [01]
At 12 Royal Circus, on the 30th ultimo, Dame Charlotte Horsburgh, wife of Sir James Forrest, Bart., of Comiston.
At 10 Minto Street, Newington, on the 2d instant, Lieutenant-Colonel James Low, EICS, Penang.
At 2 East Newington Place, on the 29th ultimo, Hugh Pillane(?) Esq.
At 1 Alva Street, on the 1st instant, Christina Guise, widow of the late Alexander Thomson Esq., Captain 45th Regiment.
At 20 Hill Street, on the 2d instant, Mr John Tod, SSC. Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 21 Charles Street, on the 30th ultimo, the infant children of Mr A McNiven.
At 10 Nicolson Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs Mathison. Friends at a distance will please accept this intimation.
At 18 West Nicolson Street, on the 1st instant, Mr Daniel Robertson, merchant.
At 1 Brown Street, on the 2d instant, Margaret Muir, wife of Mr William Lillico, baker, aged 58(?) years.
At the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Henderson Row, on the 2d instant, Mungo Stewart Ponton, aged 16 years, fourth son of Mungo Ponton Esq., WS.
At Spring Garden House, on the 1st instant, of consumption in his 17th year, Byam McNeill Richard, only son of H Shaw, Esq.
At 6 Brandon Place, Glasgow, on the 30th ultimo, Christina Laura, wife of Walter Buchanan Esq., of Shandon, and eldest daughter of James Smith Esq. of Jordon Hill.
At Cork, on the 28th ultimo, Alexandrina-Anne, infant daughter of Professor Nicol, Queen’s College.
At Parramatta, new South Wales, on the 4th of January last, Bute Stuart Esq., MD., formerly if Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire.
8th May 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 8 Darnaway Street, on the 4th instant, the wife of David Johnston Macbrair Esq., of a daughter.
At 46 Charlotte Square, on the 1st instant, the wife of Frederick A Milbank Esq., of a son.
At Kirkcaldy, on the 6th instant, Mrs Ninian T Lockhart, of a daughter.
At Hermitage, Selkirk, on the 3d instant, Mrs Roberts, of a son.
At Dundolly, Lodden River, Port Philip, on the 24th December last, Mrs AC MacDougall, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 44 Howe Street, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Dr Arnot, Mr James Greig, Rose Street, to Isabella, eldest daughter of Mr John Wood.
At Glenarm Row, on the 30th ultimo, George Spears Thomson, MD., Glasgow, to Helen McCaul, only daughter of the late Robert Cowan, MD., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the University of Glasgow.
DEATHS [01]
At 21 Leopold Place, on the 6th instant, Alexander Laidley, aged eight, eldest son of Mr Alexander Mann, solicitor, Leith.
At 28 Gayfield Square, on the 7th instant, Miss Isabella Nasmyth.
At Leith, on the 4th instant, Mr Alexander Spence, agent for the Commercial Bank of Scotland.
At Seabank, Aberdour, on the 30th ultimo, in the 90th year of her age, Christian, last surviving daughter of the late Sir Robert Henderson, Bart., of Fordell, Fifeshire.
At Prospect Villa Academy, Rothesay, on the 3d instant, Mr WA Gibson. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Saddell House, Kintyre, on the 2d instant, L MacNeill Campbell Esq., of Kintarbert.
At New Park, Clapham, on the 3d instant, Anne, widow of General the Hon. John Brodrick, and daughter of Robert Graham Esq., of Fintry.
At 12 St James’s Square, London, on the 4th instant, John George Cochrane Esq., Secretary of the London Library, and formerly editor of the Caledonian Mercury.
12th May 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 2 Colme’s Street, on the 9th instant, the lady of Niel Griffiths Buchanan Esq., of Knockshinnoch, of a son and heir.
At 52 Queen Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs Simpson, of a son.
At 7 Brunston Place, Hillside, on the 8th instant, Mrs Allan, of a son.
At 16 Meadow Place, on the 8th instant, Mrs John Stewart, of a son, still-born.
At Bellevue Villa, Peckham Rye, near London, on the 7th instant, Mrs John Palmer Godby, of a daughter.
At 133 Rotherhithe Street, Rothergithe, London, on the 9th instant, Mrs George Carstairs jun., of a daughter.
At the east India College, Halleybury, on the 9th instant, Mrs W Empson, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At St Pancras New Church, London, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. LW dale, BA, Captain Joseph Redfern McDowell of Glasgow, to Emma, granddaughter of the late Thomas Delves Esq., of Tunbridge Wells.
At Liverpool, on the 5th instant, Francis W Olliphant Esq., artist, London, to Margaret Oliphant Wilson, authoress of “Passages in the Life of Mrs Margaret Maitland” &c.
At Corfu, on the 22d ultimo, Edward Charles Butler, HM 26th(?) Regiment of Foot, ADC., second son of John Butler Esq., of Kirby House, Berks, to Frances Guadalupe Felipa Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Henry George ward, GCMG, and Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands.
DEATHS [01]
At her house, Gloucester Place, on the 7th instant, Miss Euphemia Glassford, youngest daughter of the late John Glassford, Esq., of Dougalsroun, and of Lady Margaret Mackenzie, daughter of George, last Earl of Cromarty.
At 8 Mary’s Place, Edinburgh, on the 11th instant, Mrs Falconer.
At 16 Meadow Place, on the 9th instant, Helen Milne, wife of Mr John Stewart, of the Edinburgh News’. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Hermitage House, on the 8th instant, Thomas Hutchison Esq., of Carlowrie, merchant, Leith.
At 14 Commercial Place, Leith, on the 7th instant, of scarlet fever, Alexander, fifth son of Mr Robert Wright.
At Broxburn Park, Broxburn, on the 9th instant, Mr Andrew Gibson, surveyor, 3 Castle Street, Edinburgh. Friends are respectfully requested to accept of this intimation.
At Gleghornie, near North Berwick, on the 9th instant, after great and long-continued suffering, Mr Joseph Shepherd, farmer there, formerly of Newton of Charleton, Fifeshire.
At St Catherine Street, Cupar, on the 10th instant, Robert, son of Mr Andrew Taylor, bank agent.
At St Andrews, on the 5th instant, William Henry Murray Esq., late of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh.
At Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London, on the 7th instant, General Sir William Kevi(?) Grant, KCB., Colonel of the 2d (N.B.) Dragoons.
At College Green, Worcester, on the 4th instant, Cecilia Macdonald, eldest daughter of the late John Macdonald Kinneir Esq., of Kinneir and Sanda.
DEATH OF THE REV. ALEXANDER CLARK, OF INVERNESS.
The death of this clergyman took place at Glasgow on the morning of the 6th instant, Mr Clark, who had been complaining, had retired to Rothesay, in the hope that a few weeks of rest and relaxation would restore him to health, but, whilst there, an attack of bronchitis (the third which he had had within the year) sapped his remaining strength, and he expired at Glasgow, as above stated, in the vain attempt to reach his home.
15th May 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At Grosvenor Square, London, on the 11th instant, the Countess of Verulam, of a son and heir.
At Belgrave Square, London, on the 12th instant, the Marchioness Camden, of a daughter.
At 1 Randolph Cliff, on the 11th instant, Mrs James Gowans, of a daughter.
At 17 Dublin Street, Edinburgh, on the 13th instant, Mrs James Campbell, of a son.
At 28 Gayfield Square, on the 12th instant, Mrs JK Watson, of a son.
At 39 George Square, on the 10th instant, Mrs Charles J Brown, of a son.
At Clyde View, near Glasgow, on the 10th instant, Mrs Henry Bell Irving, of a daughter.
At 16 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, the wife of the Rev. Norman Macleod, of a daughter.
At Grove Place, Camberwell, London, on the 11th instant, Mrs Robert Legat, of a son.
At Laventor, Totness, on the 2d instant, the wife of Edward Tyrrell Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 24 Society, Brown Square, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Dr. WL Alexander, Francis Wilson Esq., of the Bank of England, Liverpool, to Jeanie, youngest daughter of the late Mr Archibald Wilson, merchant, Edinburgh.
At St Matthew’s, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, on the 11th instant, Chadwick Francis, fifth son of the late Malcolm Rymer, Esq., of Edinburgh, to Dorothy, youngest daughter of FC Harris Esq., of the Admiralty, Somerset House.
At Kalindghee, on the 27th March last, John Brigham Esq., surgeon 14th Madras Native Infantry, to Anna, only daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Rose, 92d Highlanders.
DEATHS [01]
At Escrick Park, on the 9th instant, Paul Beilby, Lord Wenlock aged 67.
At Leamington, on the 8th instant, the Hon. Margaret Speirs, relict of Archibald Speirs Esq., of Elderslie.
At Edinburgh, on the 12th instant, William Thomson, MD., Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Glasgow.
At 8 Howe Street, on the 14th instant, Mr Carstairs, fruit-merchant, aged 48 years. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 41 Clerk Street, Edinburgh, on the 12th instant, Mr William Frier, sen, aged 77. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At High Street, Kilmarnock, on the 18th instant, Margaret Smith, second daughter of the late Mr James Smith.
Killed in action with the Kaffirs, at Fuller’s-hoek, on the 11th March, the Hon. Henry Wrottesley Lieutenant 43d Light Infantry, fourth son of Lord Wrottesley, aged 23.
FATAL ACCIDENT [01]
On Wednesday a painter named James Hunter, while on a ladder painting the cross-beam of one of the booths of the new Abattoir, at Fountainbridge, fell from the ladder by which he was supported to the ground, a height of about fifteen feet, and was so severely injured that he died in a few minutes afterwards.
19th May 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At Thirlestane, Selkirkshire, on the 12th instant, the Hon. Mrs Dalrymple Hay, of a daughter.
At 3 Park Place, on the 14th instant, Mrs Hunter Blair of Dunskey, of a daughter.
At 5 Forth Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Wright, of a son.
At 4 Brown Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Reid, of a son.
At 8 Smith’s Place, Leith Walk, on the 18th instant, Mrs Davidson, of a son, still-born.
At Earnscleuch, on the 14th instant, Mrs Brydon, of a son.
At Wheatlands, on the 16th instant, Mrs A Dickson, of a son.
At Abbotsford Place, Glasgow, on the 15th instant, Mrs E McLellan, of a daughter.
At Greenvale place, Glasgow, on the 14th instant, Mrs Adam Monteith, of a son, still-born.
At Crieff, on the 14th instant, Mrs Ramsay, of a son.
At Udale House, Fortrose, Ross-shire, on the 14th instant, the wife of William Lautour Esq., of a son.
At 4 Westbourne Crescent, Hyde Park, London, on the 11th instant, the wife of Robert Johnston Esq., of Shieldhall, of a son.
At 2 Woodland Terrace, Clifton Hill, Birkenhead, on the 16th instant, Mrs Joseph Constantine, jun., of a son.
At Brampton, near Carlisle, on the 12th instant, the wife of the Rev. TH Hill, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At St Paul’s Episcopal Church, York Place, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. James Kilboe(?) Stuart, BA., Cantab(?), Christopher Matthew Shaw West Esq., Teddington, Middlesex, to Sarah Jane, eldest daughter of the late Rev. JWH Marshall, rector of Oringdean, Sussex.
At Durris House, Kincardineshire, on the 12th instant, Lyttelton Holyoake Bayley Esq., barrister-at-law, youngest son of Sir John Bayley, Bart., of Poet’s Corner, Westminster, to Isabella, eldest daughter of Anthony Mactier (?) Esq., of Durris.
DEATHS [01]
At 67 Great King Street, on the 16th instant, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr Robert Wilkie.
At 13 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, on the 6th instant, Mrs Mary Ross, relict of John Smith Esq., surgeon-dentist.
At 2 Barony Street, on the 14th instant, Agnes Hume, youngest child of Mr George Wight, aged nine months.
At Oakfield House, West Arthur Place, on the 17th instant, Christina Dorward, wife of Mr Thomas Dickson, Inspector of Markets.
At Woodgrove, Morningside, on the 18th instant, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr John Wright.
At 6 Wellington Place, Leith, on the 17th instant, Ann Arthur, aged nine, eldest daughter of Alexander Mann, solicitor.
At Joppa, on the 18th instant, Mr William Clay, eldest son of the late John Clay Esq., Berwick.
At Corstorphine, on the 15th instant, Margaret Ann Allen, wife of HD Dickie Esq., Edinburgh.
At Grangemouth, on the 13th instant, Mr George Arnot, Collector of HM Customs, Grangemouth.
At Haddington, on the 9th instant, Mrs Thomas Yule.
At his father’s residence, Longcarse, on the 16th instant, Mr Alexander Wingate, bookseller and postmaster, Alloa.
At the Manse, Beith, on the 13th instant, the Rev. George Colville, DD.
At his residence, the Lodge, Bedford, on the 13th instant, Nicholas Fitzpatrick Esq., MD., late of the Royal Artillery.
On the 11th instant, whilst bathing at Holstone, Cornwall, the Rev. Henry Scudamore Barr, of Exeter, in his 36th year.
On the 23d ultimo, Edward Mackinlay, aged 14, second son, and on the 10th instant, Henrietta Florence Octavia, aged 4, youngest daughter of Edward Potter Esq., Cramlington, Northunberland.
At the Nunnery, Isle of Man, on the 3d instant, Colonel Goldie Taubman, late of the Scots Fusilier Guards, grandson of the late General Goldie of Goldie Lea, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.
In Virginia, US of America, on the 22d ultimo, John Graham, only surviving son of the late John Graham Esq., of Low House, Cumberland.
22nd May 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At 48 Eaton Place, London, on the 18th instant, the Countess of Galloway, of a daughter.
At 33 Parkside Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs David Cownie, of a son.
At East Ray, Rothesay, on the 16th instant, Mrs James Browning, of a son.
In Argyllshire, on the 16th instant, Mrs Campbell of Kilberry, of a daughter.
At Cornhill House, on the 18th instant, Mrs Handyside, of a son.
At 5 Belgrave Square, London, on the 17th instant, the wife of James Clerk, Esq., younger of Penicuik, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At St Thomas’s Church, Howrah, Calcutta, on the 5th ultimo, by the rev. Principal Kay, Robert Spear Begbie Esq., of Moulmein, to Margaret Eleanor, second daughter of Captain George Lyon, Aberdour House, late of the 2d Life Guards.
DEATHS [01]
At 1 Royal Circus, on the 21st instant, Alexander Wood Esq., writer to the Signet, youngest surviving son of Lord Wood.
At 9 Howe Street, on the 20th instant, Ann Richardson Dickson, wife of Thomas Hamilton, architect.
At 4 Park Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs Margaret Thomson, relict of the late Alexander Galloway Esq., merchant, Edinburgh.
At 21 Alva Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs Euphemia Tower, relict of George Tower Esq., Aberdeen, in the 80th year of her age.
At 5 Clarence Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs Margaret Ramsay.
At Edinburgh, on the 17th instant, Mrs Major Robertson of Cray, Perthshire.
At 80 Regent Street, Portobello, on the 12th instant, Mrs Ann Napton, aged 84.
At Newland Rig, parish of Borthwick, on the 17th instant, Mr Henry Graham, youngest son of the late Dr. Andrew Graham, of dalkeith.
At Linlithgow, on the 13th instant, in her 17th year, Agnes, youngest daughter of Mr Andrew Ramsay, nurseryman there.
On the 10th instant, Mrs Janet Abercrombie, relict of the late Alexander Dingwall Esq., of Rainneston, Aberdeenshire, in her 81st year.
On the 11th instant, John Lumsden Shirrefs of Blairmormond, Aberdeenshire.
At Liverpool, on the 18th instant, Mrs Margaret Crawford, relict of John Crawford, Esq., HMC., Greenock, and eldest daughter of the late William Balfour, MD., LRCS, Edinburgh.
At Torre Molinos, near Malaga, on the 6th ultimo, Henrietta Augusta, fourth surviving daughter of Patrick Boyle, Esq., aged six years.
At Stratford-on-Avon, CW., North America, on the 13th ultimo, Mr Robert Brunton Ewart, eldest son of the late Mr Ewart, 64 Princes’ Street, Edinburgh.
26th May 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At Charleville Forest, Tullamore, on the 16th instant, the Countess of Charleville, of a son and heir.
At Berkeley Square, London, on the 19th instant, Lady Lindsay, of a daughter.
At 41 Eaton Place, London, on the 18th instant, Lady Agnes Duff, of a daughter.
At 4 Bellevue Terrace, on the 24th instant, Mrs J Logan Aikman, of a daughter.
At 17 West Nicolson Street, on the 23d instant, Mrs Dunnett, of a son.
At Whitehouse, Duke Street, Leith, on the 23d instant, Mrs P Wilson, of a son.
At 2 Pitt Street, Portobello, on the 23d instant, the wife of Richard C Smith Esq., of Oporto, of twin sons.
At Niddry Mains, Linlithgowshire, on the 21st instant, Mrs Millar, of a son.
At Causewayhead, near Stirling, on the 24th instant, Mrs John Mackenzie, late of Demerara, of a son.
At St Andrews, on the 10th instant, Mrs Stuart Grace, of a daughter.
At Vellore, Madras, on the 26th March, Mrs Lieut. WW Wotherspoon, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 18 Monor Place, Edinburgh, on the 21st instant, Mr James Scott, ironmonger, 24 Howe Street, Edinburgh, to Helen Lockhart, second daughter of Mr Alexander Reid, Edmondstone.
At St John’s Church, Liscar, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. John Tobin, MA., Mr Alexander Falkner, son of Andrew Falkner, Esq., Edinburgh, to Miss Mary Ormcrod, daughter of the late Mr Patrick Ormcrod, of Liverpool.
At Colombo, Ceylon, on the 6th ultimo, William C Miller Esq., to Jemima, second daughter of Alexander Bell Esq., Aberdeen.
DEATHS [01]
At Linton Park, Kent, on the 21st instant, the Right Hon. James Mann, earl Cornwallis, aged73.
At Edinburgh, on the 24th instant, the Right Rev. Bishop Carruthers, Vicar-Apostelle of the Eastern District of Scotland.
At Edinburgh, on the 22d instant, Mrs Sarah Hamilton, relict of James Brown Esq., of London.
At her house, 13 Pilrig Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs Janet Brown, relict of the late John Lawson Esq, of Cairnmuir.
At Monkton House, near Musselburgh, on the 23d instant, Elizabeth Simpson, wife of James Moore Esq., Armagh, Ireland.
At Torryburn, Fife, on the 20th instant, Isabella, daughter of the late Mr John Cunningham, silver-plater, Edinburgh.
At 4 Woodside Place, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, David Chapman Esq.
At her house, in Paton Place, Galashiels, on the 21st instant, Mrs Elisabeth Gill, wife of the deceased Robert Gill, manufacturer.
At Lawers, on the 18th instant, Mrs William Boyd Robertson Williamson of Lawers.
At Clapham, Surrey, on the 24th instant, Mr Charles Clapperton, aged 86.
At Bradford, Yorkshire, on the 21st instant, the infant daughter of Mr James Law.
At Madeira, on the 19th ultimo, Henrietta Christian, second daughter of James Wardrop Broughton Esq., MD.
29th May 1852
BIRTHS [01]
At Madeira, on the 19th ultimo, the Hon. Mrs Charles Napier, of a daughter.
At 19 Buccleuch Place, on the 20th instant, Mrs Aitken, of a daughter.
At 18 Gardner’s Crescent, on the 25th instant, Mrs Collie, of a son.
At 65 Lauristion Place, on the 24th instant, Mrs Darling, of a son.
At 153 Union Street, Aberdeen, on the 25th instant, Mrs Kilgour, of a son.
At Testebourne(?), Southampton, on the 25th instant, Mrs John A Callander, of a daughter.
At New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, on the 16th February, the lady of Lieutenant Rowland Webster, 72d Highlanders, of a daughter.
MARRIAGE [01]
At the Consulate, and afterwards at the British Chapel, Oporto, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. E Whiteley, Charles Balfour Esq., son of James Balfour Esq., of Edinburgh, to Maria Ermclinda(?), only daughter of Robert Wodehouse Esq., of Oporto.
DEATHS [01]
At 28 Regent Terrace, on the 28th instant, in the 79th year of his age, William Erskine Esq., late of Bombay. Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At Edinburgh, on the 27th instant, Mr George Miller, formerly of Inverkeithing. Friends will be pleased to accept of this intimation.
At Corstorphine, on the 25th instant, Mary Ellen, infant daughter of Mr James Laing, Portobello. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Torryburn, on the 20th instant, Isabella, second daughter of the late Mr John Cunningham, silver-plater, Edinburgh.
At Darnock, Roburghshire, on the 25th instant, Anne Veitch, daughter of William Brydone Esq., RN., in the 16th year of her age.
At Allar’s Crescent, Hawick, on the 23d ultimo, Margaret, aged three years, and at the same place on the 26th instant, Jane, aged seven months, daughters of Mr James Dalgleish, bookseller.
At 8 Albert terrace, London, the Hon. John Coventry, in the 63d year of his age.
At Brighton, on the 26th instant, the Hon. John C Talbot, QC., aged 46.
On the 26th instant, in the 34th year of her age, after a prolonged illness, ensuing on measles, the lady of Sir Lucius O’Brien, Bart., MP.
At Greenwich, on the 24th instant, in the 30th year of his age, Archibald Grahame Esq., advocate, eldest son of Archibald Grahame Esq., of Great George Street, Westminster.
DESERTION OF WIVES AND CHILDREN [01]
In the Sheriff Court on Thursday at the instance of Mr J Thomson, Inspector of Poor, St Cuthbert’s, John Gibson, labourer, was charged before Sheriff Jameson with the desertion of his wife and seven children winder ten years of age, who had become burdens on the poors’ funds. From the evidence adduced it appeared that Gibson had left his family at Echo bank in November last, and since which he had been working in Lanarkshire and earning good wages. The charge was found proven, and after a suitable admonition by Sheriff Jameson, he was sentenced to pay a fine of £7, or to suffer forty days’ imprisonment. We understand he has gone to jail.
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