Dec. 1. At Whitehaven, Sarah Scott, aged 100 years. Her husband died about two years ago, at the age of 105.

2. Aged 67, Matthew Robinson, sexton of the parish of Foston, Yorkshire; being found extended lifeless in a grave, which he had commenced digging in perfect health. - At Ketten Hall, James Hay, Esq. of Linplum.

-At Montrose, Mr David Christison, in the 68th year of his age.

3. At Tenby, in South Wales, William Hamilton, Esq.

4. Suddenly, the Rev. William Elder, of the Associate congregation of Newtown, in the 62d year of his age, and 37th of his ministry. On the Sabbath preceding he assisted in dispensing the Lord's Supper to a congregation in the neighbourhood; on the Thursday he preached at a district meeting of the Bible Society in his own congregation; and on the morning of the Saturday, while at breakfast, he instantly expired.

6. At Aberdeen, Peter Gordon, Esq. of Abergeldie, aged 68.

8. At Peterhead, Mrs Harlaw, wife of John Harlaw, Esq. aged 71.

9. At Newabbey manse, the Rev. William Wright, in the 88th year of his age, and 51st of his ministry.

At Bath, Jas. Ker of Blackshiels, Esq. 10. In the 65th year of his age, Mr John Buchanan, late merchant, Glasgow.

At Chorley, Lancashire, Mrs Margaret Sigston, wife of Hugo Arnot, Esq. of Balcormo.

11. At Acton House, Middlesex, John Dalzell Douglas, youngest son of Henry Alexander Douglas, Esq.

12. At Glasgow, Miss Janet Patoun, aged 88 years, daughter of the late Rev. Mr Patoun, Renfrew.

13. At Dundee, John Guild, Esq. in the 77th year of his age, late Provost of that burgh, much and justly regretted.

At No. 1, Great King Street, Edinburgh, Mr William Pringle, Assistant Surgeon R. N. only son of Mr S. Pringle, builder.

14. At Edinburgh, aged 30, Mr William Brydon, writer.

15. At Edinburgh, Dr Daniel Rutherford, Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh.

At Dumfries, William Heron, Esq. of Duncow, much respected.

ed a profound and universal feeling of regret throughout the whole circle of his acquaintances and friends. His abilities and attainments were of no ordinary cast. His eloquence in the pulpit, and his sagacity as an ecclesiastical lawyer, were generally acknowledged, but, from the unobtrusive character of the man, the vastness of his genius, and variety of his acquirements, were known and appretiated only by a few private and literary friends. When, in the hours of retirement, he unfolded to them the ample stores of his mind, his conversation was indeed a treat, rich in varied and delightful instruction. In theology especially, the Doctor was deeply skilled. It was a maxim of his, that every man should unceasingly labour to become an adept in his particular profession, and in practice he completely exemplified that maxim. He was intimately acquainted with the history of the church, and of the various sects, and schisms, and tenets, that prevailed within its pale, in ancient and modern times. His views of Christian truth, however, were not taken from the doctrines of that system, or the dogmas of this polemic, but were chiefly formed on a critical examination, and a careful comparison of the sacred text. And though these views were quite at variance with the fume and fury of the popular theology of the present day, they perfectly harmonised with the tone, and temper, and doctrine of the gospel, as exhibited in the gospel itself. The friend who bears this feeble testimony to the merits of the departed would have a melancholy pleasure in expatiating on the many estimable traits of his private character, but being necessarily limited in an article of this kind, he must conclude by declaring, in a single sentence, that the death of this able and excellent man has deprived the poor of a humane benefactor, his vicinity of a kind and social neighbour, his relatives of an attentive and affectionate friend, and his professional brethren of a faithful counsellor and enlightened guide!

16. At his house, 118, Prince's Street, Edinburgh, Robert Fullarton, Esq.

At Spoutwells, James Buchan, Esq. late of Huntingtower.

17. At his house in Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London, the Hon. Charles Finch.

At his house, 14, Hart Street, Edinburgh, James Stewart, Esq. late of the island of Grenada.

20. At his house, Laurieston Place, Edinburgh, Mr John Martin, of the Chancery Office, Edinburgh.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Alice Plenderleath, relict of the late James Grant, Esq. merchant in Edinburgh.

24. At her house in George's Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Ann Rutherford, widow of the late Walter Scott, Esq. writer to the signet. Lately, in the Friar's Vennel, Dumfries, aged 75, Bridget Constable, wife of Deacon Johnston, blacksmith, who is left, at the age of 87, to lament the loss of a partner, to whom he had been united in marriage and cordial affection for no less than fiftyfour years and a half.

At Ringwood, Mr Christopher Cobb, aged one hundred and two years, who lived in the reign of three kings; he was many years a merchant in the Newfoundland trade.

At Horsley, Gloucestershire, John Sheppard, Esq. He has left L. 400 to the Gloucester Infirmary, and L. 1000 3 per cent. Consols to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

At Lanark, in the 79th year of his age, Mr James Hamilton, late farmer at Jerriswood.

At Brussels, at an advanced age, Lord Edward Bentinck, brother to the late and uncle to the present Duke of Portland.

At his house, the Stirling Castle, in the parish of Trelawney, island of Jamaica, aged 62, William Sawyers, Esq.

Lieut. James Colclough, late of Tintern, in the county of Wexford, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. M'Gregor. The gallant exploit of this young officer, in defending and saving his general, when surprised at Portobello, is fresh in the recollection of the public. Upon that occasion he was singly opposed to three Spanish officers, whom he slew at the bed-chamber door of M'Gregor, who had thus an opportunity to leap out of the window, and effect his escape by swimming to the Hero, which lay at a short distance from the shore.Lieut. Colclough followed, but in the descent from the window he sprained his ancle. He had previously received a severe wound in the hand, in the encounter with the Spanish officers. Lieut. Colclough suffered much from his wound and sprain; about a fortnight after he was seized with the yellow fever, of which he died in ten days. Lieut. C. was in his 20th year. He sailed last Christmas from the Thames, with General M'Gregor, in the Spanish patriotic service.

Within a few hours of each other, Mr John Green, of Bromyard, in Hertford. shire, and Elizabeth, his wife. Their united ages amount to 160 years. They had been married 59 years, and had 22 children in less than 19 years.

At Godalming, Nicholas Loftus, Esq. formerly Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th regiment of dragoon guards, in the 80th year of his age.

At London, a few weeks after his return from India, Robert Stewart, Esq. of the Honourable East India Company's medical service, third son of the late Robert Stewart, Esq. of Ballechin.

At Paris, Mrs B. Wallis, the wife of Lieutenant-General Bayley Wallis, and sister of Sir Robert Wilson, M. P.

At Paris, suddenly. Capt. John Doig, late of the 21st regiment.

On his estate, Mount Pleasant, Dominica, John Lowndes, Esq. aged 64, Surveyor-General of the island.

I TAKE the liberty of addressing your Lordship on a subject which occupies, at this moment, a considerable share of public attention; and I do so in the full confidence that, when the improvement or embellishment of this city, or, indeed, when the public interest in any respect is concerned, I shall have a most attentive auditor in your Lordship. I am further induced to place your Lordship's name at the head of this letter, in consequence of a belief, which I trust is well founded, that your Lordship is disposed to think favourably of the plan recently brought before the public, I mean that of restoring the Temple of Minerva, commonly called the Parthenon, as the National Monument of Scotland, Your Lordship's support on this occasion, is considered of much value by all persons of taste and public spirit in Edinburgh, in consequence of the experience which they have had of the judgment, the activity, and disinterestedness which have marked so many successful measures in which your Lordship has been engaged.

So much has already been written upon this subject, that it seems superfluous to enter again into a minute consideration of it; but I beg your Lordship's attention to some points

upon which the public seem not to be quite agreed, although the question has been very much narrowed by the frequent consideration it has met with during the last twelve months. The delay also which has arisen in the choice of a model and a situation has been productive of advantage, by allowing people time to reflect and to inquire into the merits of an undertaking so foreign to their ordinary thoughts. The effect seems to be, that, with a few exceptions, only one opinion prevails as to the objects, and very nearly a universal opinion as to the plan and position, of the National Monument,

These objects are, to commemorate the glories of the late arduous and honourable war, by some trophy cal culated duly to minister to so splendid a retrospect; and which shall tend, by its magnitude and prominence, to keep alive that ardent, generous, and invigorating sentiment of national honour, to the influence of which we owe all our prosperity; whether that consist of military triumphs, of civil liberty, or of domestic security and peace: and it ought to be such that, by its symmetry and beauty, our national taste may be improved, and thence our national manners still further dignified and refined. These are lofty objects, even when consider ed with reference to ourselves: but every true lover of his country, whatever be his station or his party, must desire to transmit such ennobling sentiments to his posterity; and though history will certainly dwell with due energy upon the great events of our