criminals had been brought from the iron room into the hall. After the arrival of the Magistrates and Ministers, a psalm was sung, in which the unfortunate young men joined, with the most fervent devotion; this was followed with a prayer by the Rev. Mr Andrew Thomson.-The 130th psalm was then sung, which was, in like manner, followed with a prayer by Dr Campbell. About 20 minutes before three, the procession then moved from the tolbooth, in the following order :— The Moderator and a party of the High Constables. The city officers bareheaded. The four Magistrates in their robes, with white gloves, and their rods of office in their hands. M'Intosh and Sutherland were dressed in blue coats and pantaloons, with white vests, and Macdonald in a blue jacket and white trowsers. They were all bareheaded, by their own desire, and wore white gloves. In this manner, the procession moved in a slow and solemn pace from the tolbooth to the scaffold. On their arrival at the gibbet, some time was spent in singing and prayer by Dr Fleming. The 5th hymn was chosen for this occasion. About half-past three, the clergymen took leave of the prisoners, who immediately mounted the fatal drop. The executioner having then performed his duty, they took a last farewell of each other, shaking hands with great warmth and affection. In a few minutes the signal was given by Sutherland, when they were all three launch ed into eternity. The great bell immediately began to toll, which, joined to other circumstances, struck inconceivable awe into the minds of the spectators, many of whom took off their hats, and remained uncovered. After hanging the usual time, the bodies of the prisoners were cut down, and, being put into coffing, were conveyed into the tolbooth. The Magistrates and Constables retired into the Council Chamber. Before the soldiers left the street, the gibbet and scaffold were taken down, and, at half-past four, the whole was over, and the street cleared. Besides the 400 of the Perthshire militia who were on the streets, there was a guard of the Renfrewshire militia round the scaffold; and a picquet of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, consisting of 200 men, were stationed in the Parliament Close. The 1st regiment of Edinburgh Local militia was in Hunter's Square, and a troop of the 6th dragoon guards in the Riding School, Nicholson's Street. Parties of constables, policemen, and the city patrole, were also stationed in proper places to preserve order, and the peace of the city. Ever since these unfortunate young men received their sentence, their behaviour has been in every respect suitable to their unhappy situation. Macdonald was wholly uneducated, and could neither read nor write. He was, however, much assisted by Sutherland, who had received a better education. They expressed the deepest penitence, and confessed their guilt as to the robberies, but M'Intosh denied all knowledge of the murder. Their conduct to the last was devout but firm, and they met their fate with a singu lar firmness and resignation. The execution of these young men being intended as a dreadful example, to be remembered for years to come, every thing was studiously contrived to impart, if possible, additional solemnity to a scene in itself sufficiently awful; and the interesting appearance of those who were to suffer the heavy judgment of the law; their extreme youth; their modest deportment; their fervent devotion while on the verge of eternity; the great array of the civil and military power, called out to witness or assist the execution of the law; with a thousand other circumstances, worked up the minds of the spectators to an inconceivable pitch of pity. The criminals Macdonald and M'Intosh, were cousins german, and were both bred shoemakers; Sutherland was a painter. Macdonald was rather a stout fair lad, above 18 years of age. Sutherland was a slender young man, with black hair and a smooth face. McIntosh was not much. above 16, neatly made, and with an interesting countenance. The crowd assembled on the occasion was immense both of men and women. They They collected from all quarters in great multitudes, rushing forward, under the blind impulse of curiosity, to witness the shocking spectacle, and to lay up horrors to haunt their imaginations for months to come. Such a concourse of people never came together on the streets of Edinburgh, every place which could command a view of the procession, or place of execution, even the tops of the houses, and balconies of the Tron and High Church, being filled with spectators. CARLETON-HOUSE, April 16, 1812. The following address has been presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent; which address his Royal Highness was pleased to receive very graciously : TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE May it please your Royal Highness. its commencement it has been glorious te the British name. The auspicious opening of your Royal Highness's administration gives us the firmest confidence that, under your government, the glory, the prosperity, and the happiness of this great empire will not only keep their customary and splendid course, but will descend to our posterity with increasing lustre. Signed in our name, by our appointment, and in our presence, and the seal of our said city is hereto affixed, this 8th day of April, 1812, WILLIAM CREECH, Lord Provost and Chief Magistrate. [Presented by the Right Honourable William Dundas.] APPOINTMENTS. [From the London Gazette.} CARLTON-HOUSE, March 31. The Prince Regent has been pleased to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually observed in regard to installation; and to give and grant upon George Granville Marquis of Stafford, Francis Marquis of Hertford, William Earl of Lonsdale, Richard Marquis Wellesley, Charles Duke of Richmond, and James Duke of Montrose, Knights Elect of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, respectively, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to Knights Companions of the said Most Noble Order, as if they had been formally in stalled. In common with all his Majesty's subjects, we lament the continued indisposi tion of our venerable and beloved Sovereign; who, through so many happy years, has proved himself the father and the friend of his people. But we feel this national calamity the less, while we see the government of the empire entrusted to a Prince, who, with his Father's firmness, unites his Father's zeal for the public welfare; and whose determined adherence to patriotic principles, and to views of impar tial usefulness, we are well persuaded that neither the clamours of faction, nor the His Royal Highness the Prince Regent in misrepresentations of party will ever shake, We beg leave to offer our humble congratulations on the splendid events by which the era of your Royal Highness's government has been distinguished. We rejoice especially in the success which has attended his Majesty's arms in Spain and Portugal. Looking with peculiar interest to the great struggle which is there maintained against the common enemy of in dependence and social order, we revere in your Royal Highness the determined supporter of so noble a cause: we trust that it will prove in its issue not less favour At the Court at CARLETON-HOUSE, the 8th of April, 1812. PRESENT, Council. His Royal Highness in Council declared Henry Viscount Sidmouth Lord PresiPrivy Council, and his Lordship took his Ident of his Majesty's Most Honourable place at the Board accordingly. His Royal Highness appointed Charles Chetwynd, Earl Talbot, to be Lord Lieu tenant of the county of Stafford; his Lord ship this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon. CARLETON-HOUSE, April 9. The Prince Regent was this day pleased able to the interest of Europe, than from to confer the honour of Knighthood on Humphrey Humphrey Davy, Esq. L. L. D. Secre WHITEHALL, April 11. The Prince Regent has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. James George Earl of Courtown, to be Captain of his Majesty's Band of Pensioners. The Prince Regent has been pleased to present the Rev. James Farquharson to the church and parish of Alford, in the parish and presbytery of Alford, and county of Aberdeen, void by the death of Mr Thomas Birnie. 22. The Prince Regent has granted the dignity of a Knight, to Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Fletcher, f the corps of Royal Engineers. May 2.-The Prince Regent has granted unto his Grace Henry Charles Duke of Beaufort, K. G. the office or place of Constable of his Majesty's Castle of St Briavals, tind warden of the Forest of Déan, in the county of Gloucester. 4. The Prince Regent has been pleased to allow the following gentlemen to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword, conferred on them by the Prince Regent of Portugal, on account of their meritorious services in Portugal, viz: The Hon. Edward Paget, Lieut.-Gen. of his Majesty's forces, Colonel of the 80th Regiment of foot (or Staffordshire Volunteers) and Representative in Parliament for Milbourne-Port, in the county of So On the 18th of April, Archibald Campbell, Esq. of Blythswood, was elected Member of Parliament for the burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Kintore, and Inverury, in the room of the Right Hon. William Dundas, now Member for the city of Edinburgh. The Marischal College of Aberdeen have conferred the degree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev. James M'Lean, Minister of Gorbals, Glasgow. The University of Glasgow have elected the Rev. Dr Gibb, ministér of St Andrew's parish in that city, to be Dean of Faculties. The University of Glasgow have conferred the degree of Doctor in Theology on the Rev. Robert Boog, one of the ministers of Paisley; the Rev. James Leslie, minister of Fordoun; the Rev. John Stir ling, minister of Craigie; and the Rev. John Gilchrist, one of the ministers of Greenock. The University of Glasgow have conferred the degree of Doctor in Laws on the Rev. John Black, minister of Coylton, and on the Rev. William Muir, A. M. BIRTHS. Aug. 10. 1811. At Columbo, Ceylon, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel, the Hon. Patrick Stuart, 19th foot, a son. April 4. 1812. At Glengary House, the Lady of Colonel Macdonell, of Glengary, a daughter. 5. The wife of S. Smith, of Carsington, Derbyshire, a boy. She was married in June last, and was then only 13 years and 4 months old. 7. At Winchburgh, Mrs Allan of twins. At Edinburgh, Mrs Maitland Gibson, of Cliftonhall, a son. At 58, Queen's Street, Mrs John Wilson, Elleray, a son. 8. At Hollingwood, Lancashire, Peggy, the wife of Samuel Booth, a poor weaver, was delivered of three children, all girls, and likely to do well; they have called them Faith, Hope, and Charity. Scarcely fifteen months have elapsed since she was brought to bed on twins. 9. Mrs Swan, St John's Street, a son. 14. At Alloa, the Lady of James Ure, Esq. Collector of the Customs, a son. 16. In London, the Lady of Colonel F. W. Grant, M. P. a son. 17. At Ayr, Mrs Dr Maclagan, a son. 20. At April 2. At London, John M'Lean, Esq. of Carriacou, to Miss Jessie Urquhart, youngest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Urquhart, minister of Rosskeen, Ross-shire. 3. At Arngibbon, Perthshire, the Rev. John Sommers, minister, Thornhill, to Euphemia, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Forrester, Esq. of Arngibbon. 4. At London, John W. H. Brydges, Esq. of Wotten Court, Kent, to the Right Hon. Lady Isabella Anne Beresford, daughter of the late, and sister to the present Marquis of Waterford. 6. At Southampton, Major General Lindsay, to Miss Janet Bailie, youngest daughter of the late Alexander Baillie, Esq. of Dochfour. 10. At Edinburgh, John Tawse, Esq. Advocate, to Miss Elizabeth Somerville Dickson, youngest daughter of the Rev. Mr David Dickson, one of the ministers of this city. 11. At London, Major S. G. Newport, to Priscilla, eldest daughter of the late, and sister of the present Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart. of Norton Convers Hall, Yorkshire. At London, Sir Humphry Davy, to Mrs Apreece. 13. At Leith, William Jaffray, Esq. to Miss B. Strong, daughter of the deceased Robert Strong, Esq. merchant in Leith. 14. At Ardoch, Henry Home Drummond, Esq. younger of Blair-Drummond, to Miss Christian Moray, eldest daughter of the late Charles Moray Stirling, Esq. of Abercairny. At Castletown, George Dunlop, Esq. merchant, Leith, to Miss Margaret Rennie, daughter of the deceased John Rennie, Esq. Castletown. 15. At Manse of Belhevie, the Rev. Robert Scott, minister of Glenbucket, to Mary, second daughter of the late Rev. James Forsyth, minister of Belhevie. 20. At Glasgow, Mr Joseph Allison, merchant there, to Miss Margeret Macdonald, daughter of Archibald Macdonald, Esq. of Ord, Skye. 21. At Helensburgh, Donald M'Dougal, Esq. merchant, Greenock, to Miss Catharine M Lachlan, daughter of the late James M Lachlan, Esq. of Stronehulin. At Greenock, James Hunter, Esq. to Miss Susan Robertson, daughter of George Robertson, Esq. 23. At Edinburgh, Alexander M'Kenzie, of Scotsburn, Esq. to Miss Jane Henderson, second daughter of the late John Henderson, Esq. of the 100th regiment. 25. Mr John Hay, jeweller, Leith, to Anne, daughter of Mr John Morrison, Edinburgh. 27. At Edinburgh, Patrick Tennent, Esq. writer to the signet, to Miss Margaret Lyon, youngest daughter of the late Hugh Lyon, Esq. of Wester Ogle. At Edinburgh, Thomas Fraser, Esq. writer, Dumfries, to Miss Lawson, daughter of William Lawson, Esq. late of Grith-head. Sept. 6. 1811. At Madras, Charles Foote, late commander of the Piedmontaise frigate; and on the 20th, Captain Dawson,' who lately went from England, and succeeded Captain Foote in the command of that ship. 7 March 27, 1812. At Grantown, in Strathspey, John Grant, in the 92d year of his age, without sickness or pain, but mere decay of nature, in the perfect use of his faculties, and to the last, clear and collected. 29. At Kilbryde Castle, Sir James Campbell, Bart. of Aberuchill, in the 89th year of his age. . 20. At Fdinburgh, Mrs Mary Hamilton, widow of James Hamilton, Esq. of Stevenson, Lanarkshire. -- In Dublin, at a very advanced age, Walter Redfoord, Esq. A man of singu-, larly respectable character; originally from Roxburghshire, but had been about 50. years in Dublin. - At Beaconsfield, Mrs Burke, relict of the celebrated Right Hon. Edmund Burke. At London, William Campbell, Esq. of the Transport Office. 31. At Dumfries, Mrs Mary Ferguson aged 78, relict of Mr David Ferguson, late in Murraythwaite. At Kirkintilloch, Mr John Freeland, one of the Magistrates of that burgh. April 1. Mr James Campbell, Kilbride, near Dumblane, aged 98. At Dorking, in Surrey, Sir Frederick Evelyn. He was one of the oldest members of the Jockey Club. Miss Evelyn, his only sister, survived him but one day. 1 At Craighill, Perthshire, Miss Margaret Ratray, of Craighill. At Banff, James Duff, Esq. late of. Maderia. Mr Raphael Smith, one of our first He possessed engravers in mezzotinto. great taste and talents in his profession. At Dalgoner, the Rev. Philip Morrison, minister of the gospel at Balmaghie, in the 83d year of his rge. -- At Polarton, Carlow, at an advanced period of life, Sir C. Burton, Bart. 2. Mr F. Collinson, of Askgill, near Middleham, an eminent jockey and trainer, and highly esteemed by the noblemen and gentlemen of the turf. 3. At Lawthorn, Janet Reid, aged 103 years. 4 At Newton-upon-Ayr, Mr William Reid, late Bailie of that place, aged 52. 30. At Kimbolton, in Huntingdonshire, (Easter Sunday), as the Rev Mr Codling was preaching from the 17th, 18th, and 19th verses of the exviiith 'psalm—“ Į shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over unto death. Open unto me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord" he suddenly stop pea short, and exclaimed, "I can't!Iupholsterer, Lawnmarket. can't!" and immediately sunk down in the pulpit, and almost instantly expired. The deceased was only thirty-two years of Marjory, eldest daughter of Patrick Irvine, Esq. of Inveramsay, W. S. At Leith, Mr Robert Kemp, late soap manufacturer. age. At Kinghorn, Mr William Reikie, at the advanced age of 79 years, during 38 of which, he discharged, with universal satisfaction, the duties of Postmaster. 5. At Edinburgh, Mr Henry Martin, 6. At London, Thomas Fydell, Esq. one of the representatives in Parliament for Boston, aged 71 years. At Edinburgh, Miss Janet Inglis, daughter |