May, W. Newgate-street, victualler. Maullin, T. Dudley, Worcestershire, nail-ironmonger. Miller, R. Minchinhampton, Gloucester, banker. Morton, T. Nottingham, lace-manufacturer. Mounsher, J. Leonard-street, Finsbury-square, merchant. Miller, C. Abchurch-lane, merchant. Otley, G. New Bond-street, tailor. Parker, T. Carincot Mill, Somerset, mealman. Pearson, J. Manchester, joiner. Petitpierre, L. and E. South-street, Finsbury, merchants. Pitts, T. and Collison, T. Beverley, York, woollen-drapers. Poole, R. Leeds, grocer. Russell, J. Rochester, wine-merchant. Savage, J. Broadway, Worcestershire, pig-dealer. Stevens, D. G. Harlow, Essex, linen-draper. Thompson, J. South Shields, ship-owner. Pottes, B. Charlton-row, Manchester, cotton-spin- Turton, W. West Bromwich, Stafford, coal and Richardson, M. Kirkoswald, Cumberland, butcher. ner. Raine, W. Padstow, mercer. Reed, W. Little Queen-street, oilman. Rickards, J. Dursley, Gloucestershire, clothier. Rose, I. Ibstock, Leicester, grocer. Ride, T. Ashton Keynes, Wilts, tallow-chandler. Rose, M. Berry Hills, Leicester, farmer. Ross, J. Charlton-street, Somers town, baker. Vall, W. jun. Brockworth, Gloucestershire, corn Weeks, J. Exeter, currier. Wood, J. Rugely, Staffordshire, miller. Woodburn, J. Birmingham, provision-merchant. Woolcock, J. Truro, draper. ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the Ist and 30th March, 1822, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Brown, Hugh, merchant and coal-master in Salt coats. Brown, Wm. of Lawhill, merchant in Saltcoats. Ferguson, Peter, jun. slater in Glasgow. Sorley, John, jun. iron-monger in Glasgow. Wood, William, sen. ship-owner and trader in Limekilns. DIVIDENDS. Braidwood, Francis, taeksman of Collalo quarry, and stone-merchant, residing in Edinburgh; a second dividend after 16th April. Brevet Coats, John, manufacturer of muslins, Glasgow; a final dividend after 3d May. Craig, Robert, the Company concern of, millers and grain-dealers in Partick; a dividend on 7th May. Ferguson, James, banker and writer in Stewarton; a second dividend on the 20th April, to be paid in John Shaw's, vintner, Stewarton. Hunter, Burt, and Marshall, late calico-printers at Cromwell Park, near Perth; a dividend after 16th April. M'Farquhar, Campbell, and Co. merchants in Glasgow; a dividend after 17th April. M'Intosh, Arthur, bookseller in Inverness; the first dividend on the 13th April to the creditors who have not already received it, but no second dividend. Saunders, James, printer and writer, Dundee; a dividend after 13th April. Wotherspoon, David, sometime merchant in Perth; a second and final dividend after 2d May. Young and Gordon, drapers and merchants in Dundee; a first dividend after 27th April. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. Lt. Col. W. Count Linsingen, Col. on 1 F. Continent of Europe 28 Feb. 1822. 12 L. Dr. Cornet and Adj. Sidley, rank of Lieut. 13 J. C. Lett, Cornet by purch. do. Lt. Hon. G. R. Abercromby, from 3d 14 Mar. 10 Dr. G. Capt. by purch. vice Erskine, Gren. G. W. O. Stanley, Ens. and Lt. by purch. vice Tinling, prom. 14 Feb. 26 Lt. and Capt. Thornton, Capt. and Lt. Ens. Visc. Chetwynd, from 52 F. Ens. Bt. Maj. Culley, Maj. vice Col. Copson, dead 9 Jan. Lt. O'Dell, Capt. do. Ens. Wyatt, Lt. do. R. Kelly, Ens. by purch. vice Le Mar chant, prom. 7 Mar. Lt. Urquhart, hart, from h. p. Rifle Brig. Lt. vice Sutherland, 92 F. 21 Feb. Kyle, Capt. by purch. vice Brooks, do. do Col. Ross, ret. Lt. Hill, Capt. by purch. Ens. Browne, Lt. by purch, R. Gibson, Ens. by purch. ret. do. Capt. Barclay, Maj. by purch. vice Lt. 7 Mar. do. do. do. rank of 2d Lt. during the period of their being placed under the command of Lt. Col. Pasley, of the R. Engineers, at Chatham, for instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining. A. C. Peat R. Forster W. Dickson Life Gds. Lt. by purch. vice Hud dleston 7 Mar. 36 Ens. Graham, Lt. by purch. vice Pea- 28 Feb. T. Alcock, Ens. by purch. do. Capt. Valiant, Maj. by purch. vice Bar, Assist. Surg. Thomson, from h. p. 60 7 Mar. 1822. Lt. Col. Smelt, 2 Ceylon R. Lt. Col. Ens. Armstrong, Lt. Lt. Briscoe, from h. p. 96 F. Lt. 25 Feb. do. 26 do. Sutherland, from 30 F. Lt. 28 Feb. 1822. do. do. 93 F. do. do. do. do. do. do. Russell, from h. p. 48 F. Lt. do. do. H. E. Copson, Ens, vice Armstrong 28 do. Capt. Nestor, from 12 F. rec. diff. with Capt. For- 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. Ross, 28 F. Major Fancourt, 34 F. Captain Wallace, 12 Dr. 21 Feb. 1822. Ensign Fleischer, Cape Corps. Cor. Drummond, Lt. vice Merry, res. Appointment Cancelled. Hosp. Assist. Walshe, from h. p. Deaths. 21 Feb. 1822. Maj. Gen. Richardson, Gov. of North Yarmouth BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. his being employed with the Company The undermentioned Cadets of the Hon. the East 25 Feb. 1822. Lenn, h. p. 110 F. Watford 15 Feb. 1829. 11 Jan. 28 Aug. 1821. 9 Jan. 18-2. Seward, 50 F. Jamaica Mar. Wright, ret, 14 Vet. Bn. Holmes Chapel, Cheshire 16 Jan. Lieut. Wilmot, h. p. 3 Dr. G. late of 4 Dr. Brigh ton. Jones, h. p. 62 F. Ennis, Clare 7 Feb. Ensign George Ross, 50 F. Jamaica Hubbard, h. p. 24 F. Wingfield, Berks Tydd, h. p. 59 F. 13 Jan. 2 Nov. 1821. Paymaster Abrams, ret. 12 Vet. Bn. Bushey 28 Dec. BIRTHS. 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 Aseog, 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 son. In Charlotte Square, the Hon. Lady Fergusson, of a daughter. 6. At Invermorriston, the lady of James Murray Grant of Glenmorriston, Esq. of a son. 7. Mrs Robert Nasmyth, St Andrew's Square, of a daughter. At West Anstruther, Mrs Conolly, of a daughter. 8. At the Mount, Harrow, the lady of Archibald Campbell, Esq. of a daughter. 9. At Kemnay-house, Mrs Burnett, of a son. At Newington, Edinburgh, Mrs M'Candlish, of a daughter. ter. At Great King Street, Mrs Lang, of a daugh At Hanover Street, Mrs Pringle of Symington, of a son. ter. 11. At 1, Market Street, Mrs Lyon, of a daugh 12. At Nottingham Place, the lady of R. H. Barber, Esq. of a son. 15. In Dominick Street, Dublin, the Duchess of Leinster, of a daughter. 16. At George's Square, Mrs W. A. Lawrie, of a son. 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 Abereromby 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 Adjutant Adams (Ensign), 60 F. 12 Feb. 182: 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. 14. 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 Runeorn, 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. 4 DEATHS. Jan. 5, 1822. At Crawle estate, St Thomas in the Vale, Dr. James Thomson, physician in Jamaica. Stuart. 6. At Nightingale Grove, Jamaica, Mr Andrew 12. At Kingston, Jamaica, Mr John M'Laren, surgeon, from Edinburgh. 15. 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. 24. 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. 5. 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 Campbell. 4. 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 66, Caleb Hillier Parry, M. D. F. R. S. &c. father to William Edward Parry, commanding the northern 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 Russia, Greece, Palestine, Egypt, &c. The Rev. 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 resident 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, Μ. Α. 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. 12. At Borrowstounness, 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 there. 14. At the Manse of Cortanchy, Mrs Sarah Ann Hunter Gourlay. At Edinburgh, Mr John Hogg of the Bank of Scotland. At Tillicoultry-house, in the 4th year of her age, Elizabeth Dalrymple, only daughter of Robert Wardlaw, Esq. At Kirkcudbright, Helen Wight, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr Hamilton, minister of the gospel, at Gladsmuir. 15. At Milton-house, George Moncrieff, Esq. At Redford, parish of Madderty, the Rev. James Andrew. At Edinburgh, Miss Elizabeth Dunbar, daughter of the late Sir William Dunbar of Hempriggs. At 1, Beaumont Place, Mrs Jean Turnbull, wife of W. Wilson, bookseller, Edinburgh tect. At Inverary, Mr Thomas Simpson, archiAt Banff, John Jeffreys, Esq. Collector of At Edinburgh, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Stewart, Royal Scots. Customs. At Kirkcaldy, Mr Robert Russell, merchant. 18. At Newington, Miss Greig, eldest daughter of Captain Charles Greig, of the Hon. East India Company's service. At Berwick, Mrs Isabella Hope, relict of Mr Adam Douglas, formerly of Ulston, Roxburghshire. 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. 22. At Clerkington, Governor Houston. At North Berwick, Mrs Brown, wife of the Rev. George Brown, minister of the Associate Congregation there. At Kirkeudbright, 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 Elderslie. 23. At Port Glasgow, Captain Hugh Douglas. 24, At Edinburgh, in the 92d year of his age, Mr Hugh Robertson, bagpipe-maker. 25. At her house, India-street, Mrs Clerk, relict 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. brake. 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. 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. He 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. 31. 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. LACRETELLE'S HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY. An entertaining and continued history 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 a sufficiently good opinion of themselves to rest confident, that no sophistry or irony could influence their sentiments. A work's being a continued one, is also a great claim to preference, people like to make use of the same guide throughout a long journey, 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 * 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. The French historians likely to be hereafter in the hands of general readers, are Sismondi and Lacretellesupposing that time and circumstances allow them to complete their plans. The former has but just commenced with the foundation of the monarchy -he has since, we perceive, been seduced by the example of Sir Walter Scott, to spend his time in the composition 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 Lacretelle 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 |