At her house in St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh, the Right Hon. the Countess Dowager of Dalhousie.

At a very advanced age, at Rippon, in Yorkshire, Jefferson, the actor.-He was contemporary with Garrick on the London

At Cockermouth, in Cumberland, at the very advanced age of 86, Mr. William Gifford, Father of the English Stage since the days of the veteran Macklin. This Gentleman was the son of Mr. Gifford, proprietor of Goodman's-Fields

that great actor.

Mr. Sawyer, of the Angel Inn, London, while talking to a customer at his bar, suddenly drop ped down and expired. A messenger was. stantly sent with the melancholy news to a brother publican, and most intimate friend; whose family returned for answer, that he died at the same moment, and in the like sudden

manner.

In an obscure lane, in the Liberty, Dublin, a poor old man, who, for a great number of years, had been the victim of disease and the most deplorable poverty.-On taking off an old wig, which he constantly wore under his nightcap during his illness, some papers were found sewed up in the caul, which on inspection, proved to be bank-notes, to the amount of 9751. and in various parts of his tattered apparel 71 guineas and a half were found sewed up.-It was a fortunate circumstance that his only son, a private in the marines, arrived from Plymouth but four hours before his death, to visit him, and into whose hands the property fell.

At Vellore, in the East Indies, Captain David Willison, of the 23d regiment of native infantry, only son of Mr. Willison, printer, in Edinburgh; one of the sufferers in the unfortuate insurrection of the native troops in that fort.

At Kintore, Mrs. Eliz. Farquhar; and, on the next day, her husband, Mr. Alexander Farquhar, for many years senior bailie of that burgh. They were both about 82 years of age, and had been married upwards of 50 years. They had often expressed a wish that the one might not survive the other, and they were buried together on the same day in one grave,

- Suddenly, Mr. Richard Scarce, aged 90, formerly master of the riding-house in Bath.—He || voted at the last Nottingham election for a Representative for that town; and what is very remarkable he had the same silver buttons on his coat and waistcoat, and the same buckles in his shoes, that he wore on a similar occasion in the year 1745.

the introduction of Garrick. The younger Gifford also, in company with his father's Comedians, exhibited with Garrick at Ipswich, previous to making his debut in London. He performed for twenty years on the London boards with considerable success.

At Gateshead, Mr. Charles Atkison. He was chosen by Lord Nelson to stéer his ship, the Victory, into the Bay of Aboukir, on the memorable first of August.

Kyd Wake, the printer, who, about the year 1795, was convicted of insulting the King on his way to the Parkament House, and suffered an imprisonment of five years for it. His death was occasioned by his being crushed between the wheel of a waggon and a post in Paul's Chain, St, Paul's Church yard.

At Inver, near Dunkeld, Niel Gow, in the 80th year of his age,-As a composer of Highland Reels few have excelled him; and his spirited performance of that favourite species of national music will be long remembered.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE Farmer's Letters are received, and will be returned if called for. Our Correspondent's communication from BrookGreen, is inadmissible.

An immense quantity of poetry has been received this month; as those to whom we are indebted for it will see that the greater part is not inserted, they cannot suspect that we have any private views in declining the trouble of returning it, or acknowledging the receipt of each particular article. In a word, such as are disposed to honour us with communications (which we desire it to be understood that we solicit, and from which the greater part of our Magazine is composed every month) must submit not only to the risk of having their favours rejected, but of losing them altogether, unless they keep copies, a precaution which we anxiously recommend to them.

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