not be considered as the passage boat of any particular ferry, and that if the Jury were of this opinion, they would give a verdict for the defenders; but if, on the contrary, they conceived the pursuers had proved that more than four boats were employed as ferry-boats, they were required to specify for how long, and at what time, and by what authority, they were so employed.

The Jury found a verdict for the defenders.

Natural Curiosity.-About the end of December last, while the workmen were en ployed in tirring the earth off the free-stone quarry at Woodhill, belonging to the Earl of Eglinton, in the parish of Kilmaurs, they found, at the depth of 174 feet from the surface, the remains of some huge animal, but so far decayed as to fall in pieces in the handling, except one tusk, nearly entire, a nother tusk broken into five or six pieces, and a small part of a bone, apparently part of a rib. The tusk that was most entire seems to be quite solid, and is twelve inches in girth, at the root end, thirteen inches about the middle, and eight inches and a half at the point or smallest end, and was at first 40 inches in length, but since reduced to 381, in consequence of sawing off part of a ragged end, in order to bring it to a regu lar face. It is bent pretty regularly into an are of a circle of 90 degrees, with a ra dius of about 24 inches at an average; and hence, from these dimensions, is equal to about 408 cubic inches in capacity; and as it weighs twenty pounds and a half avoirdupais, its specific gravity is of course a bout 1.39. It was found betwixt a stratum of extreme dingy, hard-coloured clay, that lay incumbent above it, and a stratum of gravel and round stones immediately below it, on which it lay, and some sea shells of that kind called clamshell were also found in the same place, but which fell at once into powder, on being exposed to the air. The workmen assert, that there was a very offensive smell emitted from the materials that lay next to these remains, and that a piece of what is supposed to be part of a rib still emits a most fetid effluvia when held to the fire. It is about eight inches long, one and one-fourth inch broad, and about one balf inch in thickness, by no means corresponding to the size of the tusk. The task is now in the possession of the Earl of Eglinton.

MISCELLANEOUS OCCURRENCES.

A final arrangement having now been made for forming walks through the King's Park towards Duddingston, the work has begun under proper superintendance. To

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Amicus fidelis,

Vir Bonus.

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ALUMNI,

Virtutis Memoriæ Studiosi.

George Stanfield, presently under sentence of death here for rape, has received a respite from the Prince Regent, till farther signification of his Royal Highness's pleasure...

We learn that the Earl of Fife is now establishing villages on different parts of his extensive estates, particularly near Keith, and upon the Lordship of Balveney, in Mortlach, and that he is giving every encouragement to all classes of settlers, by portioning off tracts of land, &c.

George Dempster, Esq. of Dunnichen, has erected, at his own expence, in a conspicuous place at Bonar Bridge, a tablet of marble, containing the names of the Parliamentary Commissioners appointed in the year 1803, to direct the making of about five hundred miles of roads through the Highlands of Scotland, and of numerous bridges, particularly those at Beauly, Scud

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del, Bonar, Fleet, and Helmsdale, connecting those roads, as a lasting memorial of the patriotic exertions of the Commissioners for Highland roads and bridges.

A desperate affray lately took place on Lord Blantyre's estate, near Haddington, betwixt three poachers and his Lordship's gamekeeper and two assistants. After a most determined resistance, in which shots were exchanged, and severe wounds given (one of the poachers having his arm broken,) two out of the three were taken into custody. This was mainly effected by the timely appearance of a countryman when the depredators had the best of the fight.

DAMAGE BY RAINS, &c.

Towards the end of December last, considerable destruction was occasioned in va rious parts of the country, by the overflowing of rivers, in consequence of heavy rains. The following accounts of the damage, extracted from the provincial papers, we have not till now had room to insert.

Hamillon, December 24. 1816.

In consequence of the sudden thaw of Saturday, and the rains which fell upon Sunday and Monday, the rivers Clyde and Avon were swollen to within a foot of their height on the 12th March 1782, covering the haughs to a great extent. About ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, the wooden bridge across the Avon, opposite to the estate of Ross, the property of Captain Aikman, was swept away by the impetuosity of the stream. The bridge was only erected this last spring, in the room of the stone one carried away by the flood in autumn 1815. A considerable number of sheep have been swept away by the current, as well as dung, turnips, &c. One person lost forty sheep, and it is feared the extent of the damage is not yet ascertained. The stone bridge across the Avon, near the village of Millheugh, was carried away on Tuesday se'ennight, as was also the mill-dam immediately below the bridge. Both bridge and dam suffered material injury last year, but were repaired in the spring. Several immense logs of wood, which had been fastened to the rock with large iron bolts, as a security to the dam, were wrenched from their fastenings, and carried down the Clyde as far as Bothwell-haugh, where they were driven ashore. The neat wooden bridge erected last summer by the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale over the Avon, opposite to Chatelherault and Cadżaw Castle, was also swept away by the overwhelming torrent; its span was about 120 feet, and was expressly erected for the purpose of preserving a communication betwixt the different parts of

his Lordship's extensive and romantic parks and stately oaks, so frequently visited by travellers, on account of the beautiful scenery. The low grounds near the Clyde, which had been tilled and planted with wheat, have also suffered materially, as in some places the water was nearly as rapid on them as within the usual limits of the river.

Langholm, Dec. 30.

Much alarm was excited here on Saturday night last, by the rapid rising of the ri ver Esk, owing to the sudden thaw of snow. The banks which had been its boundary for 100 years past, were overflowed, and the deluge swept away great quantities of potatoes, turnips, &c. which had been piled up in fields adjoining the river, in the dis. tricts of Eskdale and Eskdalemuir. At Langholm, where the Esk and Wauchope join, many of the inhabitants were obliged to escape by back-doors, windows, &c.; and at Melltown, about a quarter of a mile farther up, they were likewise obliged to desert their houses. The inundation swept away a number of small bridges; and amongst others a handsome wooden one, lately thrown across the Esk at Broomholm, by George Maxwell, Esq. of that place. Fortunately no lives were lost.

On Sunday 29th Dec. last, the Tweed being very much swollen by the heavy rains and sudden thaw which had taken place, thirty-seven yearling sheep, belonging to Mr Thomas Gilchrist, of Gainslaw farm, within the liberties of Berwick, which were feeding in a turnip field adjoining that river, were swept off by the current, and all drowned. There has not been such a flood in the Tweed for five years past.-Kelso Mail.

The river Eden rose, on Saturday Dec. 28th, to a height unprecedented in the memory of the oldest inhabitant of Appleby. The damage to the lands within its reach is immense: it ran like a torrent through the streets, carrying away with it six carts, which were standing in the coal-market, to the distance of three miles. Several hundreds of feet of wood were seen floating down the river, consisting of planks and trees torn up by the roots. Had it happened at almost any other season of the year, the damage would have been incalculable. Every hour brings fresh accounts of horses, swine, sheep, &c. drowned-the same day. great damage was done by the flood in the neighbourhood of Dalston.-The Caldew broke sundry yards of the bank at Dalstongreen, and carried away about 30 or 40 yards of the carriage road between Dalston and Hawkesdale. The damage is estimated at about £.50. Mr Hebson, manufac turer at Dalston, is the principal sufferer

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by whom the bank was elevated to a suffi

cient height; and very fortunate it was so, for if that had not been the case, tenfold damage would have been sustained.-Carlisle Journal.

The following account of a violent hurricane in the highlands of Perthshire, has al so been delayed for want of room :

Amairie, Dec. 3. 1816. Upon the 28th ultimo, about two o'clock P. M. we had here and in the neighbourhood the most violent wind that the oldest person in this country remembers. It continued incessantly till about half-past five o'clock in the evening, when it began to a bate. By that time several hundred old tress were torn from their roots; others gave way in the middle. Stacks of corn were blown down, and the corn and flax in the fields were carried to an immense distance, and a good deal never recovered. There is a part of our church demolished; many houses have been left unroofed, and some fell. During the storm, the wa ter in Loch Fraochie rose like showers of now and hail. Horses with loaded carts were here and there overturned. Such was the violence of the wind, that persons in the house were terrified to venture out, and those who were out were afraid to enter.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

Office-bearers of the Linlithgow and StirFingshire Hunt for 1817.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Hopetoun to be Preses.

Council The Honourable George Abercromby of Tullibody, John J. Hope John. ston, Esq. younger, of Annandale.

J. Boyd, Treasurer and Secretary. At the anniversary meeting of the New Club, on the 1st Feb. they voted a piece of pinte, value 100 guineas, to their Secretary, William Hagart, Esq. as a mark of their approbation of his conduct, and their esteem and regard for him.

Lionel Thomas Berguer, Esq. has been elected one of the Presidents of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, in the room of William Walker, Esq. M.D. resigned.

Mr Thomas Meek, writer in Glasgow, has been appointed by the Court of Session to be interim Commissary Clerk of the Commissariat of Glasgow.

The University of St Andrew's, at their ordinary meeting, held on the 1st February, conferred the degree of Doctor in Divinity on the Reverend George Burns, minister of the Scotch church, St John's, New Bruns

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The Right Hon. the Earl of Rothes has been pleased to present the Reverend J. M. Cunnynghame, A. M. minister of Newtyle, to the church and parish of Kinglassie, in the Presbytery of Kirkaldy, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Reid.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Aboyne has nominated and appointed Mr Burgess, assistant and successor to the Rev. George Brown, minister of Glenmuick, Presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil.

The Right Hon. Lord Archibald Hamil. ton has appointed Mr John Russell, preacher of the gospel, to be assistant and successor to the Rev. James Craig, minister of Dalserf.

Sir James Colquhoun, Bart. has been pleased to present the Rev. Peter Proudfoot to the church and parish of Arrochar, vacant by the death of the Reverend Mr Gillespie.

Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, Esq. of Logie Elphinstone, has been pleased to present Mr Henry Simson, preacher of the gospel, to the church and parish chapel of Garioch, in the Presbytery of Garioch, county of Aberdeen, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr Alexander Smith.

James Moray, Esq. of Abercairney, has presented the Rev. Alexander Maxtone, preacher of the gospel, to the church and parish of Fowlis Wester, vacant by the death of the Reverend John Murray of Ardbeany.

On Monday the 9th Dec. Mr George H. Brand, preacher of the gospel, was unanimously elected minister of the Chapel of Ease, Dunfermline, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. David Murray, presented to the second charge of Dysart.

On Monday, the 13th January, the Relief Congregation of Newlands gave an unanimous call to Mr Arch. M'Intyre, preacher of the gospel.

On the 15th Jan. the Associate Congregation of Auchterarder, vacant by the death of the late Reverend Robert Imrie, gave a most harmonious call to Mr Wm. Pringle, preacher of the Gospel, under the inspection of the Burgher Associate Synod.

gent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, taking into consideration the highly distinguished services rendered by Sir David Ochterlony, Baronet, a Major-General in the army, in the East Indies, and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, on divers important occasions, during a period of thirty-nine years, has been pleased to give and grant his Majesty's Royal licence and permission, that he the said Sir D. Ochterlony, and his descendants, may bear to the armorial ensigns of Ochterlony the honourable augmentations following, viz.-" On an embattled chief two banners in saltire, the one of the Mahratta States, inscribed Delhi, the other of the State of Nepaul, inscribed Nepaul, the staves broken and encircled by a wreath of laurel," with this motto to the arms, viz." Prudentia et Animo;" and the crest of honourable augmentation following, viz.—“ Out of an eastern crown, inscribed Nepaul, an arm issuant, the hand grasping a baton of cominand entwined by the olive branch."

Feb. 1. John Barrow, Esq. to be his Majesty's Consul in the provinces of Biscay and Guipuscoa.

3. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to express his approbation of the residence of M. Hugot, his Most Christian Majesty's Consul at Glasgow, being transferred to Edinburgh.

BIRTHS.

Dec. 9. In London, the Lady of John Craufurd, Esq. of Auchinames, a son and heir, and shortly afterwards of a still born

son.

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The Marchioness of Sligo, a daughter. At Portobello, Lady Elibank, a son. 15. At Newbattle Abbey, the Marchioness of Lothian, a son.

29. At Barrhead, the wife of a poor man, a nailer, was safely delivered of three fine boys, who, with the mother, are doing well. -Not 15 months ago she was delivered of twin boys, making five sons in less than fifteen months.

Nov. 9. At Langley Park, Capt. Thomas Ramsay, second son of the late Sir Alexander Ramsay, of Balmain, Bart. to Jane, daughter of the late Patrick Cruickshank, Esq. of Stracathro.

Dec. 9. At Howick Castle, Mr Lambton, to Lady Louisa Grey, one of the daughters of Earl Grey.

12. At Broadwater Church, Sussex, Edward Payne, Esq. of Broadwater, to Mrs Inglis Hamilton, relict of Col. Inglis Hamilton, of the Royal Scotch Greys.

17. At Edinburgh, Anthony Maxtone of Cultoqubey, Esq. to Miss Alexina Græme, second daughter of the late John Græme, Esq.

19. At Pittodrie, Alexander Forbes Irvine, Esq. of Schivas, to Margaret, daughter of the late James Hamilton, Esq. Edin. burgh.

Jan. 9. At Strone, Capt. William Came ron, 79th regiment, to Miss Jean Cameron, daughter to Captain Donald Cameron of Strone.

13. At Broadfield, Wm. Macknight Crawford, Esq. of Ratho, to Jane, second daugh. ter of the late John Crawford, Esq. of Broadfield.

Jan. 1. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Wm. Stuthert. Esq. of Cargen, a son and heir. 11. The Lady of J. N. Macleod, Esq. of twin daughters,

- Lieut.-Col. Sir Guy Campbell, Bart. eldest son of the late Lieut.-General Colin Campbell, to Frances Eliz. eldest daughter of Montagu Burgoyne, Esq. of Mark Hall, Essex.

21. Thomas Boswall, Esq. of Blackadder, county of Berwick, to Lucy Anne, eldest daughter of Robert Preston, Esq. of New Sidney Place, Bath.

Jan. 22. The Earl of Longford, to the Lady Georgiana Lygon, daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Beauchamp.

23. At Musselburgh, Major John Sutherland Sinclair, of the royal artillery, to Frances, youngest daughter of Capt. David Ramsay, of the royal navy.

30. Isaac Nicholson, merchant in London, to Anne Grace, eldest daughter of George Kinnear, Esq. banker in Edinbugrh.

Feb. 3. A. Donaldson Campbell, Esq. merchant, Glasgow, to Miss J. Maria Dunlop, daughter of Col. Dunlop, Househill.

6. At Delvine, Robert Smythe, Esq. of Methven, to Susan, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Bart.

11. Sir John Anstruther, of Anstruther, Bart. M. P. to Jessie, third daughter of Major-General Dewar of Gilston.

DEATHS.

June 26. 1816. At her brother's house, London, in the bloom of youth, Janet, eldest daughter of the late Reverend John Urquhar of Mount-Eagle, minister of Fearn, county of Ross.

August 26. At sea, on his way to Britain, Alexander Cameron, Esq. late a Captain in the 79th regiment of foot, and youngest son of the late Ewan Cameron of Glenevis, Esq.

Oct. 13. At Stockholm, the disbanded soldier Nils Oerlirberg, at nearly the age of 117. Even in his 113th year he often walked a mile, and was only confined to bed one month before his death.

16. Sir James Leith, the Governor of Barbadoes. He was attacked on the 10th if October with a fever, which proved fatal to him on the 16th.

Dec. 6. At the manse of Kinglassic, Fifetire, the Rev. James Reid, minister of that arish, at the age of 85.

Elizabeth Burns, wife of Mr John Bhop, overseer at Polkeinmet, and daughof the celebrated Robert Burns, and subject of some of his most beautiful

At the manse of Meldrum, the Rev. tenes Likly, minister of that parish, in the 7th year of his age, and 29th of his mistry.

10. At Aberdeen, Lieut. Nicholas Pateraged 78 years, 58 of which he served Majesty in different corps. 11. The Right Hon. Lady Catharine Grray, widow of the late W. J. Murray, qof Broughton and Kelly. Her Lady was the daughter of Alexander Stewart, Galloway.

At her house, in St Andrews, Mrs ay, sen. of Feduinch.

21. At Donaghadee, at the age of 90, Mr William Blein. He was interred by the side of his wife, Mary, aged 93, with whom he had lived in the utmost matrimonial comfort for 65 years, and whose death he only survived two weeks.

23. At Newton, in the 88th year of his age, Robert Hope, Esq. the most extensive farmer in the south of Scotland. His loss will long be severely felt by a numerous list of relations and friends. His door was ever open for the poor to enter the hospitable mansion, and his hand always ready to relieve their wants. His heart melted at the tale of woe, and his purse was always open to relieve distress.

24. At Rossie Castle, in the county of Forfar, Hercules Ross, Esq. of Rossie, in the 71st year of his age.

25. At her house in Abercromby Place, the Right Hon. Mary Hallyburton, Countess Dowager of Aboyne, widow of the late Charles Hallyburton, Earl of Aboyne, and daughter of James Earl of Morton, in the 80th year of her age.

28. At Callumkill, island of Islay, Capt. Godfrey Macniel.

30. At her house in Hart Street, Mrs Clunes, relict of Lieut.-Colonel Clunes of Crakaig.

31. At Burnturck, Alexander Low, Esq. late of Annfield.

Jan. 1. At Berlin, the celebrated chemist Klaproth, in the 71st year of his age.

2. At Foveran-House, Andrew Robertson, Esq. of Foveran, aged 86.

3. At Aird House, in Teanefilen, in the parish of Gairloch, at the advanced age of 96 years, justly and sincerely regretted by all her friends and acquaintances, Mrs Lilias Mackenzie, widow of the late William Mackenzie, Esq. of Gruinard.

4. At Farleyer, Robert Menzies, Esq.

10. At West Ham, George Anderson, Esq. merchant in London, third son of the late Dr James Anderson, author of many valuable works.

- At St Andrew's, the Rev. Dr Robertson, Professor of Oriental Languages.