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Saturday 3rd June 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At 40 Frederick Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs John M Bryden, of a son.
At 6 St Vincent Street, on the 31st ultimo [May], Mrs William Murray, of a son.
At 120 Constitution Street, Leith, on the 2d instant, Mrs John France, of a daughter.
At York Place, Perth, on the 1st instant, Mrs TW Lorimer, of a daughter.
At the Brewery, Chard, Somerset, on the 30th ultimo [May], the wife of William Tucker Toms, Mayor of Chard, of a daughter.
At Mantes, on the 24th ultimo [May], the wife of Robert Kirkpatrick Howat, younger of Mable, Kirkcudbrightshire, of a son and heir.
At the island of Mauritius, on the 24th ultimo [May], the lady of Sholto James Douglas Esq., of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At St George's, Hanover Square, London, the Hon. Montague Peregrine Bertie, only brother of the Earl of Lindsay, to Felicia Elizabetha, sole surviving daughter of the Rev. John Earle Welby, of Hareston, Leicestershire.
At 6 Glanville Place, Edinburgh, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. AW Brown, Mr Walter B Sheriff, manufacturing chemist, Glasgow, to Eleanor, third daughter of the late Mr Robert Sleigh.
At 5 Salisbury Place, on the 2d instant, Patrick Wilson Esq., to Jane, eldest daughter of the late William Milne Esq.
At Peffer Mill, Liberton, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Dr. Tweedie, Mr George Morrison, late baker, Howe Street, Edinburgh, to Agnes, third daughter of Mr Peter Thomson, farmer.
At the Albion Chapel, London, on the 30th ultimo [May], by the Rev. Thomas Binnie, the Rev. John McFarlan, BA (minister in the chapel), to Jane, only daughter of George Hall Esq., Bishopsgate Street.
At Calcutta, on the 29th March, lieutenant J Newell Young, 3d Bengal European Regiment, to Frances Jemima Erskine, eldest daughter of Mr and the late Lady Frances Jemima Goodeve of Clifton, and niece of the Earl of Mar and Kellie.
DEATHS [01]
On the 31st ultimo [May], the Hon. Alberta Denison, the infant daughter of Lord and Lady Londesborough.
At 13 Castle Street, on the 29th ultimo [May], aged 94, Louisa, sister of the late William Adam of Blair-Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court.
At 36 North Hanover Street, on the 29th ultimo [May], Jane, wife of Mr John R Cameron, of this city, now in Australia.
At Edinburgh, on the 1st instant, Miss Margaret Newbigging, daughter of the late Robert Newbigging Esq., writer, Lanark.
At 18 Elm Bank Crescent, on the 1st instant, George Thomson Esq., incurance-broker, Glasgow. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Rosewood Cottage, on the 30th ultimo [May], Mr George Smith, of Messrs James Smith & Co., cork-merchants, Edinburgh.
Suddenly, on the 30th ultimo [May], Mr Robert Purves(?), farmer, Emmerscleugh.
At Gowan Bank, Linlithgowshire, on the 31st ultimo [May], Isabella Grant, wife of Walter Gowans Esq., much and deeply regretted.
At East Linton, Haddingtonshire, on the 1st instant, William Walker, innkeeper.
At Almond Bank, near Perth, on the 1st instant, Mr Thomas Walker of the Agency Office, Edinburgh.
At Portsoy, on the 29th ultimo [May], Mrs Elizabeth Wood, daughter of the late Lieutenant James Wood, RN, and relict of the late Lieutenant George Young, RN, aged 68.
At Ivy House, Stranraer, on the 25th ultimo [May], Anne Campbell McNair, second daughter of the late Lieutenant-General John McNair CB.
At Gress, on the 28th ultimo [May], Mrs Catherine Robertson, widow of Lewis McIver Esq.
At Brompton, on the 19th ultimo [May], Lieutenant William Hulme Hooper RN, aged 27, author of "Ten Months amongst the Tents of the Tuski" and "Incidents of a Boat Expedition to the Mackenzie River".
Drowned, on the 19th ultimo [May], at Scutari, Turkey in Asia, Lieutenant William Macnish, 93d Highlanders, son of Dr William Macnish, late 63d Regiment.
At his residence, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, on the 15th March, Mr William Grieve, merchant, Macquarie Place (late of Edinburgh), aged 28 years.
At Lyttelton, New Zealand, on the 17th February last, David McCan Laurie, youngest child of the late Patrick Laurie Esq., of Urral, Wigtonshire.
Wednesday 7th June 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At 35 Moray Place, on the 4th instant, the wife of T Gilzean Rose Innes Esq., of Netherdale, of a daughter.
At 13 Howe Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs Mowbray, of a son.
At 23 Claremont Crescent, on the 6th instant, Mrs Harvey, of a daughter, still-born.
At 35 Frederick Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs Robert Macfarlane, of a son.
At 142 Princes' Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs J Sinclair, of a son.
At Easter Road, Edinburgh, on the 1st instant, Mrs John Wilson, of a daughter.
At Laurence Law Cottage, Greenlaw, near Edinburgh, on the 1st instant, the wife of William Cruickshank, MD, Staff-Surgeon First Class, of a son.
At St Andrews, on the 4th instant, the wife of Captain F Hutchinson, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Edinburgh, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Nisbet, Mr WRD Gascoyne, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr William Wilson, wine-merchant, Edinburgh.
At Edinburgh, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. WH Gray of Lady Yester's, Mr Stephen Bryson, to Maria Mary Theresa, youngest daughter of Mr Roderick Chisholm.
At 27 Regent Terrace, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. dr. Glover, William Westgarth Esq., to Ellison, daughter of the late John Macfie Esq.
At Edinburgh, on the 6th instant, Mr David Hamilton, plumber, Dunse, to Susanna Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr Joseph Tyson, hatter, Dumfries.
At Portobello, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Hew Scott of Anstruther, Mr James Scott, postmaster there, to Mrs Helen Small, relict of Mr Alexander Johnston.
At Croys, Kirkcudbrightshire, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. George Greig of Kirkpatrick-Durham, James Moffat Esq., agent for the British Linen Company Bank at castle-Douglas, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Robert Skirving Esq., of Croys.
At St James's, Westbourne Terrace, London, on the 1st instant, GM Stopford Esq., Lieutenant KE, son of Admiral the Hon. M Stopford, to Caroline Mary, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir JF Burgoyne GCB.
At Christ Church, Ealing, Matthew James Turnbull, MD., of Coldstream, to Janet Eleanor, only daughter of the late Robert Bedford Esq., Ealing.
DEATHS [01]
At 22 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, on the 3d instant, Catharine Gray, second daughter of Thomas G Scott Esq., writer to the Signet, aged seven years and eight months.
At 3 Ainslie Place, on the 3d instant, Frances, youngest daughter of the late William Roberts Esq., banker in Glasgow. Friends will please accept this intimation.
At 2 Shakspeare Square, on the 31st ultimo [May], Robert, eldest son of Robert Smart, spirit-dealer.
At Mary Cottage, Trinity, on the 5th instant, John Clark, fourth surviving son of the late Mr William Ferrier, book-binder, Edinburgh.
At Drylaw Mains, on the 1st instant, Miss Eliza Flint.
At Fixby Cottage, Corstorphine, on the 3d instant, Rear-Admiral John G Graham of Coldoch, near Stirling, deeply regretted by all who knew him. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At the house of his brother, Galashiels, on the 2d instant, the Rev. James Pringle, of the Nest Academy, Jedburgh.
Saturday 10th June 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At 41 York Place, on the 8th instant, Mrs William Gibb, of a daughter.
At 18 Manor Place, on the 6th instant, the wife of the Rev. RH Stevenson of St George's, of a daughter.
At 5 Randolph Place, on the 8th instant, Mrs Matthew Wallace, of a son.
At Waulkmill, on the 7th instant, Mrs Millar, of a daughter.
At Criel, Lochfinehead, on the 5th instant, Mrs Archibald Macfarlan, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 48 Moray Place, on the 6th instant, James Dalmahoy Esq., late HEICS, to Helen Balfour, youngest daughter of the late Alexander Ainslie Esq.
At 61 York Place, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Dr Keith, St Cyrus, Thomas Keith MD, Edinburgh, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Johnston Esq.
At St Bernard's Cottage, Edinburgh, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Dr Tweedie, Smith K Seth Esq., Commercial Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, to Margaret, third daughter of Andrew Little Esq., of Blainslie.
At 8 Annandale Street, Edinburgh, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Glover, Mr George Wilson, writer, Edinburgh, to Isabella Jamieson, daughter of Mr Charles Dalgety.
At Edinburgh, on the 9th instant, Mr David McNeilie Chancery, Register House, eldest son of the late David McNeilie Esq., WS., to Jemima, daughter of the late Mr James Lapsley, Edinburgh.
At Rosehall, Newington, on the 6th instant, George Gibson Esq., CE, to Maria, youngest daughter of the late Archibald Fullarton Esq., of Glasgow.
At Dunfermline, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Henderson, brother of the bride, Mr George Murray, Preston, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr Robert Henderson, Dunfermline.
At Banff, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. FW Grant, Mr AF Bowie, Edinburgh, to Isabella, daughter of the late Mr Robert Anderson, builder, Banff.
At 8 Abercromby Place, Glasgow, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. John Clark, Abernethy, Mr Robert Murdoch, Iron merchant, to Hannah, eldest daughter of Mr Laidlaw.
At St James's Scotch Church, Swallow Street, London, on the 5th instant, the Rev. William Macpherson, minister of Kilmuir Easter, Ross-shire, to Anne catharine, eldest daughter of John Duncan Esq., of London, and grand-daughter of the late Captain David Ross of Milncraig, Ross-shire.
At the British Embassy, Brussels, on the 3d instant, John Cornelius Craigie Halkett Esq., 45th Regiment, eldest son of Charles Craigie Halkett Inglis Esq., of Cramond, to Matilda Justine, fourth daughter of Duncan Davidson Esq., of Tulloch.
DEATHS [01]
At 5 Randolph Place, on the 8th instant, the infant son of Mr Matthew Wallace.
At Southfield, Corstorphine, on the 4th instant, Marion Porteous, wife of Mr James Stenhouse, much and deeply regretted.
Suddenly, at Cousland, near Dalkeith, on the 6th instant, Mr George Reid, contractor, Cousland, much regretted.
At Binny House, on the 7th instant, John Stewart Esq., of Binny.
At Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the 1st instant, Sophia Sarah Geraldine, youngest daughter of Sir John Muir Mackenzie of Delvine, Bart., aged two years and four months.
At Ramsay, Canada West, on the 6th ultimo [May], in the 66th year of his age, the Hon. James Wylie, one of the Members of the Legislative Council of Canada.
At Bhangulpore, Bengal, on the 7th April, Robert Brown Graham Esq., son of the late Dr William Graham, of Newington, Edinburgh.
Wednesday 14th June 1854
FATAL ACCIDENT [01]
On Monday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Ann Currie or Wilson, an aged fisherwoman, while employed drawing a net along the pier at Newhaven, missed her footing while near the edge and fell down to the under gangway. She was so severely injured on the head that she died in about three hours.
HIGHLAND EMIGRATION - On the evening of Thursday last, upwards of 300 persons, men, women, and children, sailed from the Broomielaw in the steamer Commodore for Liverpool, where they will be shipped on board a vessel for Australia. They are principally from the Isles of Skye, Mull and adjacent neighbourhoods. The same steamer carried upwards of 150 persons, from various places in Scotland, who were intending emigrants to the gold regions on their own resources.
BIRTHS [01]
At 79 Great King Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs John Ross, of a daughter.
At 11 Nelson Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs William Ivory, of a daughter.
At 9 Charlotte Square, on the 8th instant, Mrs George Dundas, of a son.
At 62 North Hanover Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs John Burke, of a son.
At Edinburgh, on the 10th instant, the wife of Archibald Alexander Esq., 7th Hussars, of a son.
On the 8th instant, Mrs Frederick Schenck, of a son.
At 2 Cassell's Place, Leith Walk, on the 8th instant, Mrs Anderson, of a daughter.
At Newlands Cottage, Kerse of Falkirk, on the 9th instant, the wife of Mr FP Donovan, ship broker and forwarding agent, of a son.
At Kirkcaldy Railway Station, on the 10th instant, Mrs George Napier, of a son.
At Pratis, Fifeshire, on the 7th instant, Mrs Anderson, of a daughter.
At Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor Square, London, on the 7th instant, the wife of Captain Sir James Clerk Ross, RN, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, on the 5th(?) instant, Lord Milford, to lady Jane Howard, fourth daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wicklow.
At 17 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. JR Campbell, Mr James McKenzie, to Frances Matilda, eldest daughter of Mr Peter Sinclair.
At 25 Gayfield Square, on the 9th instant, James Wilson Esq., writer, Falkirk, to Jane, second daughter of the late James Mackay Esq., of the Inland Revenue.
At Eden Bank, Grange Road, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. Henry Wight, Mr David Lindsay, painter, to Christina, youngest daughter of the late Mr Thomas Robertson, Manderston, Berwickshire.
At Dunragit, Wigtonshire, on the 5th instant, William Sutherland McDougall, of Ousden Rectory, Suffolk, to Grace Maria, third daughter of Sir James Dalrymple Hay of Dunragit, Bart.
DEATHS [01]
Suddenly, at 1 Alva Street, on the 12th instant, Mr Charles Forbes, late bookseller.
At 2 Bellevue Terrace, on the 10th instant, Mr Alexander Crichton, late printseller. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 120 Constitution Street, Leith, on the 10th instant, Agnes Stewart, wife of Mr John French.
At Portobello, on the 12th instant, aged eight weeks, the infant son of Mr Isaac Scott, Braehouse, Edinburgh.
At Craigielands, on the 9th instant, William Younger Esq.
At Gifford, East-Lothian, on the 9th instant, Mr James Sligh, merchant there. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Wester Broomhouse, Dunbar, on the 7th instant, George Nelson Esq.
At Bridge of Allan, on the 30th ultimo [May], Mr Robert Gibson, Inspector of Poor, Peebles, much regretted.
At Ventnor, on the 3d instant, Mrs CC Graham, relict of Thomas Henry Graham Esq., Surgeon Hon. East India Company's Bombay Service.
Saturday 17th June 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At Connanght Place, London, on the 13th instant, the Countess of Rosse, of a son.
At Penhurst Castle, Kent, on the 11th instant, the Lady De L'Isle and Dudley, of a son.
At 43 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, Mrs Aue(?), of a daughter.
At Inveresk, on the 1st instant, Mrs Smith, of a daughter.
At Brechin, on the 9th instant, Mrs George C Scott of Springfield, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 10 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Mr Duncan, Mr Edward Black, surveyor, to Jane, second daughter of John Alexander Esq., builder.
At Glasgow, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Norman McLeod, Mr Russell Cullaloe, Fifeshire, to Isabella, daughter of Mr Butchard, late of Broombrae.
At the Park of Drumquhassell, Stirlingshire, on the 13th instant, James Gray Esq., merchant, Liverpool, to catherine Georgina, youngest daughter of the late Robert Govane Esq., of Park.
At the National Scotch Church, Regent Square, on the 16th(?) instant, Alexander Duncan, Glasgow, to Margaret Adamson, third daughter of David Blyth Esq., London.
DEATHS [01]
At Stuart Hall, county Tyrone, on the 10th instant, the Earl of Castlestuart, in his 70th year.
At 16 London Street, on the 16th instant, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Carmichael, one of the masters in the High School of Edinburgh. Friends are requested to accept this intimation.
At 5 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, on the 14th instant, Janet Spence, relict of the late George Lauder, plumber, Edinburgh.
At Dean Park, on the 16th instant, Andrew Gibson Esq.
At Rose Cottage, Trinity Road, on the 10th instant, William Wightman Esq., harbour and railway contractor. Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At Dundee, on the 11th instant, Mrs Lydia Stewart, widow of the late Mr Aaron Lithgow, shipowner, Dundee.
At Lethcote House, on the 9th instant, John Chalmers, the infant son of William Forbes Esq.
At Glasgow, on the 11th instant, Mr James Macnab, formerly of the Glasgow Constitutional and Glasgow Herald.
At Catton Hall, Derbyshire, on the 15th instant, the Right Hon. Henry Tufnell, late MP for Devonport.
At Athens, on the 26th ultimo [May], after four days' illness, Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., Lieutenant RN., of her Majesty's ship Leander.
Killed accidentally by the falling of a spar, on board HMS Leander, at Athens, on the 4th ultimo, Mr Alexander Millar, of Edinburgh.
Wednesday 21st June 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At the rectory, Great Stanmore, on the 15th instant, the Lady Ellen Gordon, of a son.
At 17 Melville Street, Edinburgh, on the 17th instant, the wife of MD Hunter Esq., of Anton's Hill, of a son and heir.
At 16 Grove Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Edward Thomson, of a son.
At 16 Greenside Place, on the 18th instant, Mrs James Brodie, of a son.
At 7 Fyfe Place, Edinburgh, on the 20th instant, Mrs Andrew Thomson, of a son.
At Easter, Duddingston Lodge, on the 17th instant, Mrs WR Baillie, of a daughter.
At Sweet Hope, on the 20th instant, Mrs James Stewart (of Melbourne, Victoria), of a son.
At Kircaldy, on the 14th instant, Mrs John Jeffrey, of a daughter.
At South Shields, on the 15th(?) instant, the wife of A Legat Esq., MD, of a son.
At Peel Terrace, Sheffield, on the 19th instant, the wife of George Stewart Esq., manager of the North of England Insurance Company, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Comely Green Place, on the 14th instant, Mr James Anderson, write, to Janet, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Jameson Esq., Edinburgh.
At 15 Nicolson Square, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. David Croom, George Kedslie, of Hebron Bank, Canaan, Morningside, to Margaret Harley, eldest daughter of the late Mr David Harley.
At 95(?) Grange Place, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. AR Bonar, Mr WD Radley, commercial traveller, to Elizabeth Marshall, eldest daughter of Robert Anderson.
At 10 Cassells's Place, Leith, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. George R Davidson, Mr Charles MacGlashan, accountant, Edinburgh, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Young, Esq., shipowner, Montrose, and relict of the late Mr Francis Spittal, Leith.
At Portobello, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. George Deans, Mr Donald Cameron, wholesale stationer, Edinburgh, to Ellen Grace, youngest daughter of the late Robert McDonald Esq., tobacconist, New York.
At Halls, Penicuik, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. David Duncan, Howgate, Mr Alexander Gardiner, farmer, Brotchrigg, to Anne, daughter of the late Mr Adam Davidson, Kirknewton Mains.
At Durie Vale, Fifeshire, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. James Gillan Alford, Aberdeenshire, John Charles Wilson Esq., west Park, Prinlaws, to Elizabeth Davidson, only daughter of the late George Grant Esq., Cullen.
At Kinross, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. William Peters, AM, John Wright Williamson Esq., Sherriff-Clerk of Kinross-shire to Catherine Stedman, daughter of the late James Stedman Esq., of Whinfield, and widow of Alexander Lennox Esq., late merchant in Glasgow.
At 7 Mansfield Place, Glasgow, on the 13th instant, William Brown Esq., banker, Glasgow, to Susan, daughter of William Robertson Esq.
At Coldingham, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Andrew Henderson, Mr Thomas Renton, to Jane second daughter of Mr Alexander Craig.
At St Mary's Chruch, Clonmel, on the 13th(?) instant, by the Rev. Charles Fry, William J Normand Esq., of Drysart, Fifeshire, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late Gerald Fitzgerald Esq., Resident Magistrate.
DEATHS [01]
At Maple Durham, Oxfordshire, on the 14th instant, the Rev. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, rector of that parish, and chaplain to the Queen, in his 50th year.
At Summerhall Brewery, Edinburgh, on the 17th instant, Mrs William Robertson, aged 71 years. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 21 Coates Crescent, on the 12th instant, Mary Jane, youngest daughter of the late Lieutenant-General William Farquhar, Hon. East India Company's Service.
At her house, 20 Ann Street, Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, Miss Mary Robinson Cumine, daughter of the late Archibald Cumine Esq., of Auchry.
At her house, 47 Bristo Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Scott, relict of the late Mr Alexander Scott, painter, Edinburgh.
At 11 Aberdeen Street, Paisley, on the 19th instant, Mrs Anne M Wade, relict of the late Very Rev. Dean Wade.
At Bellevue, Ross-shire, on the 15th instant, Duncan Simpson Esq., in his 83d year.
At Versailles, on the 12th instant, Mary, daughter of the late Alexander Duff Esq., and wife of Charles Wilkinson Esq.
24th June 1854
SUICIDE [01] Yesterday forenoon, a man named Edward Carse, lodging in Bell's Wynd, committed suicide by throwing himself from a window three storeys high. He was formerly a clerk, but had been out of employment for some time, and destitution is supposed to have led him to destroy himself.
THE CHOLERA [01]
This dreadful scourge has appeared in Perth, several cases having already terminated fatally. Cholera has again made its appearance at Barrhead. During last week four fatal cases occurred. At Dalry four cases occurred last week, of which three proved fatal. Some days since a smack left Glasgow for Oban, with a sick passenger, who ultimately died of cholera. On the vessel reaching Ardrishaig, the two men belonging to her, father and son, were both ill of the disease.
BIRTHS [01]
At Tilney Street, on the 19th instant, the Countess of Airlie, of a daughter.
At 58 Broughton Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs James Young, of a daughter.
At West Union Villa, Grange Road, Edinburgh, on the 21st instant, Mrs Robert Paterson, of a son.
At 10 Beaumont Place, on the 23d instant, Mrs H Ross, of a daughter.
At Kirkliston, on the 19th instant, Mrs David Johnston, of a son.
At Grangemouth, on the 21st instant, Mrs Archibald Gaule, of twins - son and daughter.
At Kelso, on the 22d instant, Mrs WM Mackenzie, of a son.
At 9 Royal Terrace, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, Mrs James Mutter, of a daughter.
At St Andrews, on the 19th instant, the wife of William Hunter Campbell Esq., of Demerara, of a son.
At the Manse of Arbroath, on the 15th instant, Mrs Irvine, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At St John's Episcopal Chapel, Edinburgh, on the 29th(?) instant, by the Rev. John Horne, MA, of Balliol Collage, Oxford, brother of the bride, John Campbell Esq., of Possil, to Elizabeth Williamson, younger daughter of Donald Horne Esq., of Langwell.
At 5 Randolph Cliff, on the 21st instant, James Johnston Esq., MD., to Anna Ramsay Douglas, youngest daughter of the late Archibald Douglas Esq., advocate.
At Alloa, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Mr More, Mr Charles Lindsay, plumber, Edinburgh, to Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Mr Michael Smith, Alloa.
At the Manse, Whithorn, on the 21st instant, James Johnston Esq., of Sands, to Margaret Johnstone Young, youngest daughter of the Rev. C Nicholson.
At 31 Morrison Street, Kingston, Glasgow, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Robert Bremner, Mr George Crawford, late of the 80th Regiment, to Margaret Wilson Sharpe, second daughter of the late Walter Sharpe, Excise officer.
At Manse of New Deer, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. James Cruden of Tyrie, the Rev. James Wilson, minister of Savoch, to Isabella, third daughter of the Rev. James Welsh.
At the Manse of Old Machar, on the 15th instant, Frederick Fuller Esq., Professor of Mathematics, King's College, Old Aberdeen, to Ann Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert Smith, senior minister of Old Machar.
At Berwick Church, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. George Hans Hamilton, vicar of Berwick, Thomas Scott Esq., Beal, Northumberland, to Jessie Hay, relict of David Hay Esq., MD, Edinburgh.
At Christ Church, St Marlyebone, London, on the 15th instant, Peter Alexander, to Christian, third daughter of Mr J Mackay, of Long Hope, Orkney.
At Upton Nervet(?) Church, Berkshire, on the 20th instant, the Rev. Charles McGhee Keith, Epi-copal minister, Mairne, to Elizabeth Madeline, youngest daughter of the late Dr Thomas Christie, Cheltenham.
DEATHS [01]
At 9 Heriot Row, on the 22d instant, Thomas youngest surviving son of Alexander Stevenson Esq., writer to the Signet.
At 7 Drummond Street, on the 17th instant, aged 86(?), Janet Tweedie, relict of Mr William Cossar, baker, Leith.
At 84 Lauriston Place, on the 23d instant, John Stewart Esq., merchant in Edinburgh.
At Grangemouth, on the 23d instant, the infant son of Mr Archibald Gauls(?)
At Pitliver House, near Dunfermilne, on the 19th instant, Robert Scott Wellwood Esq., of Garvock.
At Dunira, on the 20th instant, Georgiana Catherine, eldest daughter of Sir David Dundas of Beechwood, Bart., aged 11.
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