1827. Edward, Lord Harewood. The British peerage cf Lord Douglas of Lochleven is extinct, having been granted to his Lordship and his heirs male. 17. At Cathcart Mause, in the 69th year of his age, and 42d of his ministry, the Rev. David Dow, minister of that parish. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Christian Pyper, relict of Mr Robert Puller, Edinburgh. 19. At London, John Shaw, Esq. surgeon, se cond son of Charles Shaw, Esq. Ayr. 20. At her residence, Woodside, near Kelso, Lady Diana Scott, relict of Walter Scott, Esq. of Harden. At Edinburgh, Mrs Katharine Campbell, widow of John Yule, M.D. 21. At her house, in Forres Street, Mrs Ruther furd. At his house, Park Place, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, Esq. bookseller, Edinburgh. -At Herdmanston, East Lothian, Alexander, youngest son of Mr Peter Logan, St Katherine's Docks, London. 22. At Cherrybank, Captain James Fenwick, aged 72. At Balgray, Mrs Janet Goodsir, wife of Mr Andrew Liddell, ironmonger, Glasgow. 23. At Edinburgh, Maria Hay, wife of Dr John Thatcher. -At her house, Canonmills, Mrs Mary Farquhar, relict of Mr Campbell Denovan. -At his house, Leith, Mr Robert Paterson, late painter. At Hillhousefield, Mrs Christian Dow, widow of the late Rev. James Dingwall, minister of Farr. -At No. 10, Dublin Street, Mr Robert Aitchison, late farmer in Garrow, East Lothian, in his 75th year. At Corshellach, parish of Inveraven, Banffshire, Margaret Grant, aged upwards of 100 years. 24. At Oxford, Eliza, wife of Arthur Clifford, Esq. 25. At Cousland, Mr George Dickson, farmer. -At No. 2, Thistle Court, Mrs Murray. 26. At Broughty Ferry, Mrs Jane Aitken, widow of the Rev. John Russell, late of Muthill. -At Landhall, Alex. Smith, Esq. of Land hall. At Bolton, in his 74th year, Mr S. Cromton, who invented, 1788, the spinning machine called "The Mule," now so universally used by the cotton manufacturers. 27. At the residence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, in Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, after a few hours' illness, William Henry Adolphus, the infant son of Colonel and Lady Augusta Fitzelarence. At No. 41, George Street, Dugald Campbell, Esq. of Ballinaby. At his house, Racburn Place, Edinburgh, James Ballintyne, Esq. writer in Edinburgh. Thomas Junor, Esq. late of the Property Tax Office. Drowned, whilst bathing at Gravesend, Mr John Buchan, eldest son of Mrs Buchan, 3, Hill Square, Edinburgh. At Tranent, Mrs Kemp, widow of the Rev. Andrew Kemp, minister of Aberlady. 28. At her house in Frederick Street, in her 97th year, Mrs Janet Beckwith, relict of MajorGeneral John Beckwith, and daughter of the late Rev. Dr. George Wishart. -At Edinburgh, Sarah Stockton, wife of Captain Robison, Superintendent of Police. - At Xerez de la Frontera, Spain, George Charles, the infant son of G. Cranstoun, Esq. of that city, 29. At Ratho, the Rev. Dr Duncan, minister of Ratho, and Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. At Musselburgh, Andrew Heriot, Esq. late merchant, Glasgow. -At the Manse of Killin, the Rev. Hugh Macdougal, minister of that parish, in the 59th year of his age and 32d of his ministry. 30. At the Earl Fortescue's, in Grosvenor Square, London, Susan, Viscountess Ebrington. -At Remeldrie, Fifeshire, George Ballingall, Esq. of Ballankirk. 31. At Strathpeffer Wells, Mr Robert Arthur Monro, eldest son of Charles Monro, Esq. of Ber ryhill, writer, Stonehaven. 31. At Glasgow, Grace Doyle, wife of Mr Thos. Duncan, printer. Aug. At the Manse of Evie, the Rev. John Duguid, minister of Evic and Rendal. 1. At Kirkcudbright, very suddenly, Miss Wood, daughter of the late Ralph Wood, Esq, Keltonmains. -At Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, Right Hon. Alice Lucy Lady Vernon, spouse of Henry Lord Vernon, and daughter of the late Sir John Whiteford, Bart. of Whiteford. 2. At the Castlehill, Edinburgh, John Macdonald, aged 107 years; he retained possession of all his faculties to his dissolution. He was the identical person that met Flora Macdonald and the Pretender, Prince Charles Stuart, in their great distress, in the Highlands, as two ladies, and conducted them to the Virgin Well" to assuage their parched thirst, and afterwards escorted them to a gentleman's house, where they received protection, and he, to his surprise and admiration, discovered who they were; on which he ever after used to dilate with enthusiastic satisfaction and delight. 3. At Monti Catini, near Florence, Alexander Ramsay, Esq. formerly of the Hon. East India Company's Civil Service at Bombay. -At Ayr, Miller Ann, eldest daughter of the Hon. R. Rollo. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Gourlay, relict of Oliver Gourlay, Esq. of Craigrothie. -At London, in her 74th year, Catherine, widow of the late Harden Burnley, Esq. and mother-in-law to Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P. 4. At Eridge Castle, county of Sussex, the Hon. Lady Henrietta Neville, aged 39, only daughter of Henry, Earl of Abergavenny, K.F. &c. &c. 5. At Edinburgh, Jane, fourth daughter of James Cathcart, Esq. 6. Mr George Mather, Bristo Street. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Grace Grant, wife of Captain Joseph Spear, R.N. -At her house, Leopold Place, Mrs Ann Fyres, relict of John Thomson, Esq. naval officer, Leith, 8. At Viewfield, Trinity, Mrs Jane Buchanan, widow of Dr John Buchanan. At Chiswick, of inflammation, the Right Hon. George Canning, First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. 9. At Hermand, the Hon. George Fergusson, Lord Hermand. At Haddington, Alexander Hislop, late cloth merchant there. 10. At Hillhead, near Musselburgh, Robert Vernon, Esq. late of the Royal Scots Greys. At Dundee, Mr Thomas Donaldson, bookseller; and, on the following morning, his daughter Jane Williamson, aged 9 years. At Glasgow, Wm. Scales, Esq. writer, there. 11. At Holmes House, Roxburghshire, Lieut.Colonel James Dunsinure, formerly of the 75th regiment. At Archibald Place, Edinburgh, Mr Abram Combe. 12. At Edinburgh, in the 521 year of his age, Mr Alexander Lawrie, late Deacon of the Incor poration of Dyers. -At Worthing, in his 87th year, Dr Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle, a gentleman of great learning, and a most pious and exemplary divine. -At Quiddenham, the seat of her uncle the Earl of Albemarle, Mrs William Wakefield. At Edinburgh, Mrs Hannah Black, wife of the Rev. Dr Muir. At Pitt Street, Bonnington, Janet Simson, wife of Lieut. Andrew Smith, Royal Navy. 13. At Edinburgh, Miss Mary Stewart, last surviving daughter of the late John Stewart, Esq. collector of excise. 14. At Well Park, John Tennant, Esq. in the 82d year of his age. 15. At Edinburgh, Robert Welsh, Esq. of Collin. -At Dryburgh Abbey, Mr George Lyon, butler to the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan; and on the 18th, Mrs Lyon, his widow, who had previ ously been in good health. 16. At Woodside, East Lothian, Charlotte daughter of John Paterson, Esq. Gayfield Square, Edinburgh. 17. At London, John, Earl of Stradbroke, in the 78th year of his age. 18. At Braefoot, Mr Geo. Welsh, farmer. 19. At Ardtur, Appin, Captain Dugald Carmichael, on the half-pay of his Majesty's 72d regi ment. At Bombie Bush, Isabella, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander Hay, Borthwick Hopsrigg. 20. At London, Miss Jane Stevenson, daughter of the deceased Dr Alexander Stevenson, physi cian in Glasgow. - At Leith, Mr Adam French, wine merchant there, in the 85th year of his age. At Leith, Joanna Gordon, youngest daughter of John Kay, Esq. ship-owner. 21. At Luthrie House, Fifeshire, Charles Hill, Esq. of Luthrie. At her house, West Richmond Street, Mrs Amelia Perry, formerly of Montreal, Lower Canada. 22. At Helensburgh, Mr Henry Abercromby, writer, Stirling. At Edinburgh, William Cathcart, Esq. of Tours. 23. At 42, York Place, Edinburgh, William Sligo, Esq. 24. At Edinburgh, Mrs Jean Macgeorge, wife of Mr Robert Christie, tobacconist, Edinburgh. 25. At Trinity, near Edinburgh, Miss A. M. Duff, youngest daughter of the late Captain George Duff, Royal Navy. 26. At 31, Buccleuch Place, aged 31 years, Mrs Elizabeth Molyson, wife of Mr Alexander Deuchar, jun. merchant, Edinburgh. 28. At Oxenfordmains, Mrs Elizabeth Stevenson, relict of Mr David Hunter, farmer, Fala mains. -At Hammersmith, near London, Lord ArHis chibald Hamilton, M.P. for Lanarkshire. Lordship had so far recovered from his previous illness, that he was making arrangements for his departure for Scotland, but, unfortunately, the effects of a severe cold, caught from a too sudden exposure to the air, terminated his life. 29. At her house, No. 31, North Castle Street, Edinburgh, Miss Anne Macleod, daughter of the late John Macleod, Esq. of Macleod, Lately, In his tent, near Nagpore, East Indies, Lieutenant Dallas, son of Major Dallas, late of Macsilemystyn, Montgomeryshire. This promising young man was perfidiously murdered by his black servant, who had been blamed for bad conduct; the assassin escaped. Lately. Mr John Drummond, parochial schoolmaster, Comrie. Lately. At Winchester, the Right Hon. Lady Mary Murray. SIR HENRY MONCREIFF WELLWOOD, Bart. Aug. 9. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood of Tullibole, Bart. one of the Ministers of St Cuthbert's, in the 76th year of his age, and 56th of his ministry. In the death of Sir Henry society has lost one of its most respected ornaments, and our church the most dignified and venerable of its Functionaries. Though he has died full of years and of honours, his loss is not the less to be deplored. Uniting, in the highest degree, strong practical sense and wisdom with sterling rectitude of principle and undeviating consistency of conduct,-the most liberal and enlightened views with active and unwearied benevolence, and a deep sense of religion with a constant illustration of its doctrines in the unobtrusive piety of his life,-Sir Henry Moncreiff formed altogether an example and a model on which the members of his sacred profession might form themselves, and admirably calculated at once to dignify and elevate the character of a clergyman. There are other men of more brilliant and versatile ability, but for strength of judgment, and penetrating sagacity, he has left no equal. Far removed on the one hand from a lukewarm profession of Christian truth, he also evinced a disdainful repugnance to all fanatical zeal and morbid sentiment. Sincere in piety, and strict in principle, to a degree which few maintain, he also exhibited by his conduct, that a devout may be also a manly character; and that there is no necessary connexion between evangelical doctrine, and those weaknesses in the mob of its professors, which have covered the best of principles with unmerited reproach. his object to enforce. In the most ordinary sense of the word he would not be called eloquent, yet there breathed fervour in his address, which impressed his hearers with more than the force of oratory. They who have only read his sermons, can form no adequate idea of them as they were delivered. His manner, always impressive, became peculiarly interesting in the latter years of his life; and there was something peculiarly touching on those rare occasions when he appealed to the feelings. His writings are stamped with the character of his eloquence, and exhibit a ge nuine picture of the predominant quality of his mind, which consisted in a strong love of the useful, mixed with a contempt for the mere elegancies and graces of ornament. He never acquired, and probably never studied, that ease and variety of illustration which is requisite to constitute a popular author. As a preacher, Sir Henry Moncreiff was distinguished by enlarged and comprehensive views of scripture truths, as well as for the strict evangelical purity of his doctrine; and no one ever possessed in a higher degree the art of enforcing precepts in a manner at once striking and impressive. Vigorous musculine sense was his great characteristic; and it rather gained than lost its force by the homely dress in which it was sometimes clothed. He had evidently been a close and attentive observer of life; and he drew from the vast stores of his experience and observation, those apt and felicitous illustrations which impressed indelibly on the mind the precept or doctrine which it was His talents were more practical than speculstive, and accordingly it was in business and debate chiefly that he excelled. His manner in debate was pointed and direct; at once, without preface or explanation, he directed his attack against the weak part of his adversary, and ha ving shown the fallacy of his leading points adduced, took no notice of what was subordinate. Though by no means an eloquent speaker, and scarcely even a regular debater, he commanded the respect of his opponents, and the confidence of his friends, for a long period of time, abounding in contests which were keenly and ably discussed, principally by the weight of his personal character-by the manly fairness of his deportment, and the opinion entertained of the soundness and solidity of his judgment. The influence which he had acquired was merited, not only by his conduct as a leader in the Church Courts, but also by the management of the inquiries of committees, and in general business; the scheme of the Widows' Fund will remain a lasting record of his industry, talent, and benevolence. While friends venerate his memory on account of his private worth, his claims on the public regard are of no ordinary kind. He lived an exemplary member of the Church of Christ; of that capgregation over which he presided so long, he was a faithful and affectionate pastor. Printed by Ballantyne and Company, Edinburgh. EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. CXXXII. NOVEMBER, 1827. VOL. XXII. Contents. A PREFACE TO A REVIEW OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE, HORE ITALICE. No. V. RICCIARDA. BY UGO FOSCOLO, TO THE MEMORY OF LORD CHARLES MURRAY. BY F. H.. ON THE MONOPOLY OF THE LONDON RETAIL OBange Trade BY 531 556 571 585 586 587 EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, no. 17, prince's street, edinburgh; AND T. CADEll, strand, LONDON; To whom Communications (post paid) may be addressed. SOLD ALSO BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. CXXXII. NOVEMBER, 1827. VOL. XXII. A PREFACE TO A REVIEW OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE. REVIEWING, as a profession by which a certain class of men seek to instruct the public, to support themselves creditably in the middle order, and to keep their children from fall ing, after the decease of enlightened parents, on the parish, is at the lowest possible ebb in this country; and many is the once well-fed critic now an hungered. We think that we discern in this state of things, a beautiful proof of retributive justice. For, through the long space of how many revolving years, did the race of reviewers fatten, as it were, on the blood and tears of their poor voluminous victims! In what pitiable emaciation were poets, and other people of that description, seen crawling about, like half-starved flies in fear of the spider! and well they might, for the monster would suddenly let himself down upon the ephe merals, as they touched unawares the first invisible line of his vibratory net; and then fixing his fangs behind the ear that nodded in vain to heaven, would grimly regale on the sharp, shrill, thin, attenuated buz of the assassinated insect! What fierce, fieryeyed, bloated, little Tarantulas were en your critics! Earwigs were a xury to them-Bugs nothing. They deposited their eggs in every cranny in the worm-eaten holds" of the most obscure booksellers that lived in lanes, "And the land stank, so numerous were the fry." It would be tedious, perhaps, to trace the causes of the great and salutary change or revolution that has, within the last tenth part of a century, been gradually taking place in the Critical world-and which, there is every reason to believe, will be complete before Christmas. Suffice it to say, that the prime Agent of this event was Blackwood's Magazine. Christopher North, laying down his crutch, took up his besom. Away went all the spiders' webs from all the windowsand once more, there was a clear view of the skies. The spiders themselves were given to the winds, with all the wizened* fly-anatomies-and the air so filled with a divine ottar, distilled by vernal twilight, and gathered in urns placed within the rose-bowers of Buchanan Lodge, that Scotland, sprinkled far and wide, has been cleansed of the pest that threatened to depopulate her Poetry; and now all the Creatures of the Element again fearlessly "wave in the sun their bright coats dropt with gold." Dropping the images of Fly and Spider-Cobweb and Besom-we content ourselves with congratulating our country on the almost total extinction of the race of professional and periodical critics. A few of them, whom nature meant for better things-have publicly read their recantation-and be long no more to the Infallible Church. Many died of dotage in the prime of life-not a few, it is pleasant to think, See Dr Jamieson. 3 Y |