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late Robert Kirk, Esq. of Welham Lodge, Leicestershire.—At Edinburgh, George White, Esq. one of the magistrates of that city, aged 70. Mr White has held the office of magistrate four times, besides various other important stations in the town-council. He has left the following legacies to charitable and pious institutions; thus evincing the same desire for their prosperity and extended utility after his death, to which he so amply contributed during his life: To the Edinburgh Bible, Missionary, and Gaelic School Societies, £150 each; Destitute Sick Society and Magdalene Asylum, £100 each; the poor of Bristo Street congregation, £120; the free school of Bristo congregation, £100; and Orphan Hospital, £50.—At Dumfries, Elizabeth Rose Laing, youngest daughter of Dr John Laing, physician there.—13. At Milton, Urr, Mr John Copland.—At his house in Bedford Square, London, Sir William Fraser of Leadclune, Bart.—At Torbreck, in the 76th year of her age, Mrs Ann Russell, the lady of Alexander Fraser, Esq of Torbreck.—At his seat, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, in his 86th year, George Dempster, Esq. many years representative in parliament for St Andrews, &c.—At Melville-house, Jane, Countess of Leven and Melville.—At Edinburgh, Miss Blair Richardson, eldest daughter of the late Mr William Richardson, solicitor-at-law, aged 69.—At Blackethouse, Mrs Mary Bell, relict of Mr Christopher Smyth of Eastfield, at the advanced age of 91 years.—At Inverness, Mrs Marjory Fraser, spouse of Mr Alexander Tolmie, merchant, Glasgow.—At Glasgow, of typhus fever, Mr William Gardner, jailor.—At Perth, John Rutherford, Esq. writer, procurator-fiscal of the county of Perth.—At East Dalry, Mrs Shirreff.—16. At her house in York Place, Edinburgh, Dowager Lady Sinclair of Murkle.—At Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Moncrieff, daughter of the late Colonel George Moncrieff of Reidie.—In the 25th year of his age, at the house of Dr Winterbottom, Wistoe, near Shields, on his way to London from Dumfries-shire, of which he was a native, George Macaulay, Esq. collector of the customs at Sierra Leone, grandson of the author of the History of St Kilda, and near relative of the celebrated Zachary Macaulay, Esq. London.—17. At Springwoodpark, Mary, daughter of the late Admiral Sir J. Douglas, Bart. Miss Douglas, who had been for some time in a delicate state of health, was induced, by the genial warmth of the weather on the day of her decease, to walk within the grounds of Springwoodpark, on the margin of the river Teviot; and two ladies, who were the only spectators of the scene, happened to be on the opposite side, under the ruins of Roxburgh Castle. They observed her stoop, as if to pick something from the ground, when she lost her balance and fell into the river. A female relative, who followed to join in her walk, heard the alarm from the ladies on the other side, and procured the help of workmen who were near. The body was taken out after having been five or six minutes immerged, and the best medical assistance was immediately applied; but alas! the spirit had quitted its tenement of clay.—At St Andrews, Lieut.colonel John Macgill, late of his Majesty's 19th regiment of foot.—18. At Edinburgh, Mr William Millar, No 7, St James's Square, aged 55.—At Edinburgh, in his 64th year, Mr Thomas Dewar, late merchant there.—20. At Edinburgh, in her 22d year, Sarah Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Robert Preston, Esq, of New Sydney Place, Bath.—At Powder Hall, Mrs Christian Simpson, wife of Captain Rattray.—21. Isabella, youngest daughter of Dr Gregory, physician in Edinburgh.—At Edinburgh, Mrs Janet Montgomerie, matron of the Royal Infirmary. She held this situation for several years, and performed its various and laborious duties with great integrity and unabated zeal for the benefit of the charity, till within a few days of her death. Her remains were attended to the place of interment by the managers and office-bearers of the institution, as a mark of the high respect they entertain for her memory.—In Misses Erskine's house, Lauriston Lane, after a very long and severe illness, Mrs Miller, aged 71 years, housekeeper to the late Rev. D. John Erskine of Carnock, and, since his death, to his surviving daughters. She lived in the family for more than 47 years.—After a lingering illness of from nine to twelve months, Mrs Jean Kidd, spouse of Mr James Thom, Buccleuch Pend, Edinburgh.—24. At Edinburgh, much regretted, Mr David Davidson, of the Exchequer.—25. At Edinburgh, Charles, infant son of John Tawse, Esq.

Lately—At Mount Hindmost estate, Clarendon, Jamaica, Mr Charles Masson, son of Mr James Masson, Calton Hill, Edinburgh.—At her house, Great Portland Street, London, Miss Jane Elliot, daughter of the late Robert Elliot, Esq. of Midlemmiln.—On his passage to Ceylon, in his 25th year, Lieut.-colonel Erskine, youngest son of Lord Erskine.—At London, the Rev. Joseph William Daniel, one of the officiating clergymen of the Roman Catholic chapel in Virginia Street, who fell a victim to the typhus fever in the discharge of his sacerdotal duties.—At Cannock, in Staffordshire, in the 89th year of his age, Mr John Sheet, said to be the only remaining soldier of those employed under General Wolfe at the siege of Quebec. He had occupied a farm at Cannock for about fifty years.—At London, Lieutenant-colonel Ward, of the Bombay establishment.—At London, the Right Hon. Lady Mary Ker, in the 72d year of her age, third sister of his Grace the late John Duke of Roxburghe.