ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced in October 1818, extracted from the London Gazette. Ashworth, J. Manchester, innkeeper Adams, J. S. Newcastle-under-Line, merchant Bovill, J., and G. J. de Witte, London, merchants Bartells, T. London, wine and spirit merchant Butler, J. A. Blackheath, master-mariner Barnes, J. Cinderford, Gloucester, coal-merchant Bateson, J. Armley Hall, Leeds, merchant Brun, P. F. le, London, chemist Buckley, J., and J. Marland, Ashton-under-Lyne, and T. Medhurst, Manchester, cotton-manufacturers Crowther, W. London, watch-manufacturer Chivers, W. London, master-mariner Davy, D. G., and S. A. Snowden, Plymouth Dock, drapers Day, R. London, oil-broker Dibdin, J. Camberwell, Surry, victualler Dennett, J. Carrisbrooke, Isle of Wight, builder Graves, J. Southwark, hop and seed-merchant Haddan, W. London, tea-dealer Harper, J. London, bookseller Hawkes, T. C. Okehampton, Devon, banker Jackson, J. Easingwold, York, merchant Johnson, J., and J. Smith, Middlesex, linen-dra Lock, G. Welchpool, Hereford, grazier Lees, Lewis, Newton Moor, Lancaster, cottonspinner Lloyd, R. London, warehouseman Mitchell, W. Plaistow, Essex, and London, cord wainer Parsons, T. Westminster, breeches-maker Raven, C., and D. Chettleburgh, jun. Norwich, wine and spirit-merchants Rebbeck, J. Bradford, Wilts, clothier Richards, W., and H. B. Richardson, London, factors Raven, J. and G., and R. Lloyd, London and Rees, R. Chatham and Gravesend, draper Ransom, T. London, lace-manufacturer Scholes, S., and W. A. Docker, Manchester, calico-dealers Sykes, G., and J. Pope, Huddersfield, merchants Sheppard, J. Gainsborough, and R. Sheppard, Boston, corn-factors Slack, W. Liverpool, woolstapler Schwabacher, J. London, toy-merchant Snuggs, J. W. A. London, spirit-merchant Singer, S. Kensington, haberdasher Twynam, T. Plymouth, flour-factor Ventrees, J., and R. Emmerson, Newcastle, cheesemongers Walters, J. Tredegar, Monmouth, grocer Whitby, W. London, tea-dealer Whittenbury, W. Manchester, cotton-dealer Wilson, J. London, bookseller Wilson, T, Morton, Lincoln, grocer Wild, J. Rochdale, Lancaster, glass-dealer Whitmore, W. London, cordwainer ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced in October 1818, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. SEQUESTRATIONS. Beattie, W. Langholm, innkeeper Carswell, D. Paisley, shoemaker and leather merchant Lauder, J. Kelso, baker and vintner Penny, W. Glasgow, merchant Robinson, J. Edinburgh, general-agent. DIVIDENDS. Cooper, D. Glasgow, haberdasher; by J. M'Ewen, inerchant there, 7th November Doull, T. Wick, merchant; by A. Coghil, mer chant there, 25th December M'Intosh, L. Tain, draper; by H. Murray, banker there, 25th November Mackenzie, H. Mid-Garty, merchant; by C. Sutherland, merchant in Golspie, 7th December Scott and Macbean, Inverness, merchants; by J. 1817. Dec. 19. At Cochin, David Seton, Esq. to Miss Virginia Top. 1818. Jan. 10. At Madras, Major James Brodie, of the 11th Madras native infantry, to Miss Eliza Thomson. Aug. 1. At Fort Augusta, Jamaica, Lieutenant C. Holland Hales, of the 2d West India regiment, to Catherine Ann, eldest daughter of Capt. M Pherson, of that regiment. Sept. 26. At Paris, Francis Sitwell, Esq. Barmoor Castle, in the county of Northumberland, to Harriet Augusta Manners, St James's Street, London. 30. At old Overton, Leicestershire, Hugh Price, Esq. of Castle Madoc, in the county of Brecon, to Sophia, youngest daughter of the late Francis Brodie, Esq. Oct. 1. At Seven Oaks, William Lambard, Esq. eldest son of M. Lambard, Esq. of Seven Oaks, Kent, to Harriet Elizabeth, fifth daughter of Sir James Nasmyth, Bart. of Posso, in the county of Peebles. Oct. 1. At the Chateau de Denacre, in France, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Greenock, Permanent Assistant-Quarter- Master General, to Henrietta, second daughter of Thomas Mather, Esq. 6. At manse of Marnoch, William Stuart, Esq. of Inverugie, to Helen, youngest daughter of the Rev. William Stronach of Marnoch. 7. At Corry, Skye, Lieutenant Duncan Henry Mackenzie, of the Madras horse artillery, to Mary, second daughter of Lauchlan M'Kinnon, Esq. of Letterfearn. 8. At Barcaldine, the Rev. Mr Hugh Fraser, minister of Ardchattan, to Miss Maria Campbell, daughter of the late Alexander Campbell, Esq. of Barcaldine. 13. At St Andrews, the Rev. Robert Macnair, minister of the parish of Ballantrae, to Jane, second daughter of Principal 20. At Whitburn Church, David Barclay, Esq. son of Robert Barclay, Esq. of Bury Hill, in the county of Surry, to Maria Dorothea, eldest daughter of the late and sister of the present Sir Hedworth Williamson, of Whitburn Hall, in the county of Durham, Bart. At Knocknalling, the Rev. Thomas Cannan, minister of New Spynie, Morayshire, to Margaret, daughter of David Kennedy, Esq. of Knocknalling. 24. At Foss, Joseph Stewart Menzies, Esq. of Foss, to Margaret, only daughter of the late Mr James Pollock, Edinburgh. Nov. 2. At Biggar, the Rev. Alexander Jack, Dunbar, to Elizabeth, daughter of James Hamilton of Badensgill, Esq. Lately. At Glasgow, Capt. Forrester, of the Hon. East India Company's Bengal artillery, to Miss Hill, daughter of the late Mr Alex. Hill, merchant in Stirling. DEATHS. Aug. 29. Aged 62, at Banner Cross, near Sheffield, Lieutenant-General Murray. At Stirling, William Arnot, Esq. of St Petersburgh. Sept. 5. At St Kitt's, the Right Hon. James Edward, Lord Cranstoun. 17. On his passage home from India, Lieutenant Cameron Macpherson, late of the 49th regiment. 22. At Trowan, near Crieff, Mrs Marjo ry Fraser, widow of the late Hugh Fra ser of Tomavoit, Inverness-shire, aged 97. 25. At Haylands, Isle of Wight, Captain Nagle Lock, royal navy, second son of Rear-Admiral Lock. 26. At Newton, Mrs Elizabeth Whimes, widow, at the advanced age of 102 years. Until a week before she died, she could read the smallest print without spectacles. 29. At Norton Court, in Kent, the Right Hon. Lady Sondes, only daughter of Richard Milles, Esq. of North Elmham, in Norfolk, and Nackington, in Kent. F.R.S. At Ramsgate, Finlay Ferguson, Esq. 3. In her 79th year, the Right Hon. Lady Northwich, widow of the late and mother of the present Lord Northwich. 4. At Cunninghamhead, Mrs Col Reid. 6. At Kensington, the Hon. Mrs Gourburn. 7. At the house of Sir Andrew Lauder Dick, Bart. Fountainhall, Captain Andrew Brown, R. N. of Johnstonburn. 10. At Haddington, Mr Charles Herriot, teacher, formerly a bookseller in the Parliament Square, Edinburgh, aged 69. 11. At his scat at North-Court, Isle of Wight, Captain Bennet, R. N. in his 48th year. 13. At Handsworth, Staffordshire, in the 116th year of her age, Ann Smallwood, widow. She was born in 1702, the year Queen Anne came to the throne. She was the mother of 15 children, the eldest of whom now living is 80 years old. She had been nearly blind a few years, but all her other faculties she retained to the last. -At Glasgow, the Rev. Dr Balfour, of the Outer High Church. He was suddenly taken ill while walking on the street, and, being carried into the house of a friend, he survived only a short time. Few have been so clear in their great office, or fulfilled more conscientiously the sacred duties of their situation. During a ministry of forty years, he pursued, with undeviating rectitude, the sacred line of his duty. No extraneous object, no temptation of wealth or distinction could induce him to swerve from the path he had formed. His was no cold or languid system, but the warm effusions of a well regulated mind, deeply impressed with the truths of revelation, which he inculcated with the most sedulous diligence, and, in his own person, he was a bright example of every Christian virtue. In him the institutions for the dissemination of the scriptures, the propagation of the gospel, and the general advancement of religion, ever found a zealous patron, and to them his loss will be incalculable. Living, he was respected, honoured, and admired, and his death will occasion a chasm which it will be difficult to fill. 13. At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Macnab, spouse of Archibald Robertson, M.D. 16. Catharine, wife of Robert Davidson, Esq. advocate, Professor of Law in Glasgow College. 17. At Newton-Green, Ayr, aged 28, Lieut. Maurice Crawford, R. N. At Lockerby, Mary and Bridget Chalmers, two sisters, the one in the 70th, and the other in the 60th year of her age. 18. At Kirkness, Henry Clephane, Esq. writer to the signet. At Fisherrow, Mr William Balantyne Crichton, of the Customs. At Chatham, the Rev. Mr John Knott, many years minister of the Baptist chapel of that place. 19. Near Dublin, in the 56th year of her age, the Right Hon. Catherine, Lady Mount Sandford, daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir Oliver, and relict of the late Lord Mount Sandford. 20. At Hillhead House, Lasswade, Alexander Macdonald, Esq. of Boisdale, in the 58th year of his age. At Ayr, John Campbell Crawford, Esq. of Doonside, late Commander of his Majesty's ship Wrangler. At Perth, Thomas Black, Esq. late Provost, and Collector of the Customs. 22. At Morpeth, Andrew Marjoribanks, Esq. Deputy Commissary-General 23. Admiral Lidgbird Ball, of an apo plectic fit, celebrated for his discoveries in the South Seas. 24. At London, Dr R. Clarke, late of the royal navy. 26. At Edinburgh, Mrs Eliza Hunter, daughter of the late William Hunter, Esq. of Glenormistoun, and spouse of William Campbell, Esq. writer to the signet. At Minto-House, Roxburghshire, the Right Hon. William Elliot of Wells, member for Peterborough. Mr Elliot, though connected with Scotland by descent and property, was born and educated in England. Intimate, in early youth, with the son of Mr Burke, he was soon distinguished by the friendship of that great man, and by that of his celebrated scholar, Mr Windham. With him the bright soeiety of their friends and followers is nearly extinct. 30. At Edinburgh, Anne, daughter of Mr Young of the Excise. Lately, In the 58th year of his age, M. D'Olof Schwartz, perpetual Secretary to the Academy of Sciences, Professor of Botany, member of many learned societies, Knight of the Polar Star and of Wasa. Since the death of Linnæus, he was the first botanist of Sweden, and one of the most distinguished in Europe. Two plants perpetuate his name. Death of Sir Samuel Romilly -This universally lamented gentleman died by his own hands on the evening of Monday the 2d current, at his house in London. Grief for the death of his lady, for whom, during her long illness. his mind had been distracted with alternate hopes and fears, drove him to despair; and in a fit of insanity, in the temporary absence of his daughter, whom he had sent qut of the room to call his nephew Dr Roget, he sprung from his bed, and cut his throat in such a manner as to occasion death in a few minutes. Sir Samuel had six sons and one daughter, who, in the course of a few days, were thus left orphan, under circumstances the most afflicting. The intelligence of this catastrophe excited, throughout the country, one general feeling of the deepest sorrow; a tribute which was, indeed, due to the memory of so excellent a person, who was truly a pattern of public as well as private worth. Every one who heard was struck dumb by the intelligence; or had only power, for the moment, to utter some ejaculation of astonishment; for it was naturally thought that Sir Samuel Romilly, from his character, his acquirements, and still more from the nature of his pursuits, calculated, of all others, to engross the mind, and secure it against the overwhelming influence of depressing thoughts, would have risen superior to this adverse stroke. In the successful practice of an honourable profession, and in the higher pursuits of a legislator and a statesman, he had gained all in which comfort and happiness are thought to consist. His circumstances were of course flourishing; he was respect. ed and beloved by all classes; such was the universal impression of his worth, that even calumny was disarmed, and shrunk abashed from the elevation of his virtuehe was reckoned an example for all others -a standard of public purity--and with all those advantages he was of the most amiable disposition-endowed with all those mild and endearing qualities which give so fine a finish to public characters, and render them at once objects of reverence and of love. When we think of all this, and at the same time of the lamented end of this great character, the mind is filled with amazement, mingled with a certain sort of dismay. Where, we naturally ask, are the boasted resources of science and philosophy? Is this the end of a 1 that is great and glorious in the gifts of nature and fortune? Could they give no comfort to their unfortunate possessor, nor save him trom the last extremity of a distracted intellect? These are no doubt gloom and uncomfortable reflections; but they are naturally suggested by the subject, of which, considered in all its tragical circumstances there is no alleviating view on which the mind can repose from feelings of unalloyed bitterness and regret. In the House of Commons, Sir Samuel Romilly experienced all the respect which was due to his talents, and the universal impression which prevailed of his unblemished integrity added weight to his arguments. His style of speaking was, we are informed, simple and unornamented— his object appeared rather to convince than to dazzle his hearers-with this view, reason was the only weapon he employed-it was the basis of his eloquence, which was calm, but not cold, and naturally rose when it was called forth by a suitable cause inte energy and passion. His views, on all questions of general policy, were uniformly liberal, humane, and enlightened; he appeared to have thoroughly emancipated his mind from the trammels of his profession, which, as is truly remarked by a great man, is not calculated, unless in persons very happily born, to open and liberalise the mind in the same proportion that it quickens and invigorates it. Sir S. Romilly, however, was one of those persons destined by nature to rise above the prejudices of his order his reasonings were those, not of a lawyer, but of a legislator and a statesman, philosophical and comprehensive. Every one must recollect his humane and temperate efforts for the amendment of our criminal code-the calmness and moderation with which he combated ob jections-and the just and enlightened maxims of policy which he laid down as the basis of his proposed improvement. In this respect also, the moderation of his views was remarkably exemplified, as he laboured with such perseverance to succeed in those questions which had nothing in view but the good of the community at large, and which had no reference whatever to party interests. He was, indeed, in all respects, a finished character, and the universal esteem in which he appears to have been held by men of all parties, is the most satisfactory testimony that can be given to the eminent qualities, both moral and intellectual, with which he was endowed. George Ramsay & Co. Printers, Edinburgh. EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, AND LITERARY MISCELLANY, BEING A NEW SERIES OF The Scots Magazine. DECEMBER 1818. CONTENTS. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Destitute Imprisoned Debtors 549 Translations from the Italian550 REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Florence Macarthy, an Irish Tale. By Lady Morgan......................--551 Memoires et Correspondance de Madame d'Epinay (Concluded)-556 Shipwreck of the Oswego (Concluded) 558 ORIGINAL POETRY. Stanzas. (By a Lady.)-Scottish Freedom-To Mrs W. -r, on her Birthday-On a New Born Infant....... 562 LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Queries circulated by the "Education Committees" of the House of Commons, and of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.-Fisheries in Sutherland.-- Antiquarian Discoveries in Italy.New Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa.-Progress of Christianity in the South Sea Islands, &c. &c. Works preparing for Publication 563 567 Monthly List of New Publications569 MONTHLY REGISTER. Description of a Fossil Tree discovered near Penicuik-(with a Plate) Notices of Mr Hazlitt's Lectures on the Comic Genius of England, now delivering at the Surrey Institution: LECTURE FIRST.-On Wit and Humour ~540| Births, Marriages, Deaths..............................587 EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY. |