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Daily Prices of STOCKS, from 26th March to 25th April, 1822.

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All Exchequer Bills dated prior to July 1821 have been advertised to be paid off,

BANKRUPTS,

FROM MARCH 16, TO APRIL 12, 1822, INCLUSIVE.

N. B. In Bankruptcies in and about London, the Attorneys are to be understood to reside in Lon·ton, and in Country Bankruptcies at the Residence of the Bankrupt, except otherwise expressed,

The Solicitors' Names are between parentheses.

ABBOTTS, P. and R. Skinner-street, wine-merchants

(Heath, Temple

Atherton, W. Everton, brewer. (Hiode, Liverpool
Baker, W. Rew, farmer.

(Pring, Crediton

(Archer

Barnsby, T. Ossett Common, clothier.

Barthrop, W. senior and junior, full and Bradford, wool

staplers.

Bayless, J. Dunton, coal-merchant.

Lutterworth

Betham, G. master-mariner.

(Goodacre & Fox, (Tatham, Castle-street

Birmingham, F. Charles-street, brewer. (Miller, Castle

street

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Darke, S. W. Red-lion-square, picture-dealer. (Minchin,
Verulam buildings

Davidson, W. Philpot-lane, merchant. (Gregson and
Fonnereau, Angel-court
Davison, W. and Garnett, A. Liverpool, merchants.
(Crump

Day, H. and Holmes, R. Tottenham-court-road, linen-
drapers. (Hewitt, Tokenhouse-yard

Dean, R. W. and Cooke, T. W. Bethnal-green, brewers. (Coren, Salisbury-street

Duckworth, E. Ribchester, victualler. (Hartley, Burnley
Edwards, G. H. Craven-street, wine-merchant. (Williams
and Co. Lincoln's-inn

Evans, J. Sheerness, haberdasher. (Spence & Desborough
Firmstone, J. jun. Lower-Mitton, dealer. (Caser, Wol-

verhampton

Foulds, A. Loveclough, cotton-spinner. (Laycock, Ashton-
under-Line

Friend, J. Bristol, maltster. (Cary and Cross
Frost, G. Sheffield, cheesemonger.

(Willson

Furnival, W. and Hardy, J. Stratford-upon-Avon, cornmerchants. (Benukart, Leicester

Gaunt, W. Armley, cloth-manufacturer. (Furbank,

Leeds

Garnett, A. Liverpool, merchant.

(Law and Coates

(Morris, Man

(Sheffield, Great

Glover, E. Ilardshaw, shopkeeper,
Lancashire

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(Crump (Barucs, St. Heleus,

Cooper, R. Jabilee-place, grocer.

Prescott-street

Copland, W Sharrington, farmer.

Faulkner, Bedford-row

Corbett, E. Liverpool, common-brewer.

Croston, T. Westbroughton, manufacturer.
Joha-street

Dalmarie, G. Chandos-street, embroiderer. (Gaunt and

Loftus, Furnival's-inn

Good, P. P. Clapton, insurance-broker.
Wood

Handforth, D. Manchester, victualler.
Handford, W. Tavistock, linen-draper.

Hewelt

Harrison, J. Mount Terrace

(Stevens and

(Morris

(Bourdillon and

(Palmer

Hawkesley, J. Birmingham, merchant.
Herbert, R. and Buckmaster, W. St. Mary Axe, wine-mer-
chants. (Hodgson and Ogden
Hort, J. Great St. Helen's, coal-merchant.
Queen-street

(Steel,

Hoyle T., Lord J., Chatburn J., and Fothergill W. Man-
chester, calico-printers. (Shaw, Burnley
Hudson, W. S. George's-terrace, ship-owner. (Seale,
Covent-garden

Hughes, M. B. and Horton, J. Dudley, iron-founders,
(Wills, Birmingham

Ivatts, J. Gerrard's Hall, wine-merchant. (Jones, Size-la.
Jeaffreson, W. Framlingham, apothecary. (Edwards

Jeremy, D. St. Michael's-alley, linen-draper. (Richard-
son and Miller, New iun

Judd, G. Faringdon, cordwainer. (A'Beckett, Broad-str.
Jullion, J, Holborn, jeweller. (Hannam, Piazza Chambers
Keen, W. C. Mary-le-boue-lane, farrier. (Hamilton
and Twining, Soho

Kenyon, T. Prestwick, flour-dealer, (Chew, Manchester
Ketcher, N. Bradwell, shopkeeper. (Bunn, Brook-street
Kirkland, J. and Badenoch, J. Coventry, ribbon-makers.
(Webster and Son, Cheapside

(Russel

(Willis and

Lacey, J. Bristol, tea-dealer.
Leppingwell, K. Croydon, linen-draper.

Watson, Warnford-court

Loutten, G. West Teignmouth, rope maker. (Hore, Serle

street

Lightfoot, J. Eecleston, miller. (Barnes, St. Helens
Lye, W. Cheltenham, coal-merchant. (Winterbotham,
Tewkesbury

M'Clure, S. Wigan, shopkeeper.

(Gaskill

Maddock, R. and Tweed, J. Rosemary-lane, timber-mer-
chants. (Sweet and Co.

Major, J. W. Frome Seiwood, clothier. (Rotton
May, W. King's Head Tavern, Newgate-street, victualler.
(Clare and Dickenson

May, W. Newbury, maltater. (Smith, Reading
Miles, S. Ludgate-street, watch-maker. (Rosser & Jones
Miller, C. Abchurch-lane. (Sweet and Co.
Milthorpe, J. Pool, maltster. (Granger, Leeds
Monnington, W. Chepstow, grocer. (Haberfield
Murphy, P. Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, wine-merchant.
(Gaines, Caroline-street

Otley, G. New Bond-street, tailor. (Smith & Barkerfield
Parker, T. Carincott Mill, mealman. (Turner, Bath
Penrith, W. Bath, draper. (Clarke, Bristol
Petitpierre, F. South-street, merchant.

(Huchison,

Pickersgill, J.Wood-street, Spitalfields, silk-manufacturer.

Crown-court

Petitpierre, E. South-street, merchant.
Pexton, J. Skipton, innkeeper. (Alcock

(Huchison,

(James, Bucklersbury

Pickett, J. Caroline-street, builder. square

(Heard, Hooper's

ABBOT, J. Weymouth-street, April 27
Abbot, S. New-court, April 27
Abrahall, T. Noble-street, April 16
Abram, R. Liverpool, April io

Adams, S. & Wattleworth, J. J. Wal-
sall, April 20

A'Dean, H. Hertford, April 20
Adlington, L. Tottenham, April 27
Alport, T. R. Birmingham, April 23
Archer, J. Ware, May 11

Atkinson, P Rathbone-place, May 18
Atwood, A. Lymington, April 27
Baker, W. Ticehurst, April 30

Baker, J. Bath, April 27
Banes, T. Preston, April 29

Barker, T. and Hudson, F. Stratford,
April 16

Bass, J. Holbeach, April 13.
Baverstock, R. Brompton, April 20
Bennet, J. Blackburn, May 6
Bibby, R. Liverpool, April 26
Blanchard, R. Little Tower-hill, Apr.

27

Boyes, B. Tokenhouse-yard, April 6
Breeton, G. N. Devizes, May i
Brown, C. Dundee, April 27
Breeklip, J. Oxford, April 25
Bumpus, J. Holborn, April 13
Bursey, J. jun. Goodge-street, Apr. 13
Burrows, S. Miles-lane, April 27
Butler, S. Shirston Magna, April 20
Butt, T. Southampton, May 9
Callow, J. Princes-street, May 7
Cary, J. Raquet-court, March 23,
Apr. 16

Chambers, F. Stamford, April 29
Clark, J. Commercial-road, May 4
Clulow, E. New Mills, May 7
Cole, W. Sinaington, May 7
Collinson, E. Crooked-laue, April 30
Cope. P. Bridgnorth, April 22
Crowden, R. Knightsbridge, Apr. 16
Curtis, J. Fordingbridge, Apr. 23
Dauby, M. Oxford-street, Ápril 27
Deable, P. B. Welbeck-street, Apr. 27
Dobell, J. Cranbrook, April 23

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Scott, W. jun. Norwich, confectioner. (Keith
Simkins, J. Store-street, tailor, (Hunt, Surrey-street
Smethurst, J. sen. and Hindle, R. Torkington, calico-

printers. (Edge, Manchester

Standen, T. Lancaster, slater. (Lewthwaite and Son
Steele, J. Liverpool, chart-seller. (Smith and Weir,
Austin-friars

Steel, R. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship-broker. (Baker,
Nicolas-lane

Tate, W. Cateaton-street, bookseller. (Dickenson and
Sadgrove
Tickell, T. West Bromwich, iron-master. (Spurrier and
Co. Birmingham

Thomas, R. S. Hanbury, farmer. (Cutler, Droitwich
Tomlinson, J. Bedfordbury, linen-draper. (Nethersole
and Co. Essex-street

Trevaskise, J. Sidney-place, Commercial-road, tailor. (Hindman, Basinghall-street

Trowbridge, J. Shaftesbury, stocking-manufacturer.
(Bowles and Chitty

Turner, W. Leyton, borse dealer. (Griffith, High-street,
Mary-le-bone

Watton, W. Lichfield, brewer. (Greenway, Attleborough
Hall

Welsford, W. Tower-hill, merchant. (Woodward and

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DIVIDENDS.

Dolphin, E. Cheadle, May 2
Dunnage, H. Colchester, April 16
Durkin, W. & J. April 10, May 8
Edwards, L. O. Minories, April 18
Elgar, W. Maidstone, May 4.
Feize, G. Laurence Pountney-bill,
April 16

Fisher, F. Edgware-road, April 13
Foreman, J. Kettleburgh, April 30
Fosbury, W. Liverpool, and Bamber,
R. Dublin, April 23,
Fosbury, W. Liverpool, April 16
Foster, E. S. & T. Yalding, May 4
Fox, J. Dartmouth, April 9
Garner, J. Worcester, April 18
Gibson, T. jun. and Eaves, J. Liver-
pool, April 19

Gill, T. Little Tower-street, April 6
Graham, Sir R. London, April 9
Gray, T. T. Wardour-street, May 4
Hackett, R. Newport, April 20
Harrison, W. H. Farnsfield, May 1
Hart, J. Bath, April 29
Hartley, R. Ripon, April 17
Hillary, P. Mark-lane, May 11
Holland, S. Bexhill, April 26
Horsefall, J. Gildersome, April 30
Humphreys, S. Charlotte-str. Apr. 2
Johnson, T. Sheffield, April 10
Keating, A. Silversmith, April 27
Kirkman, C. F. Deal, April 27
Knowles, J. Liverpool, April 18
Langhorn, H. and Brailsford, W.
Bucklersbury, March 23
Lawrence, R. Minety, April 20
Levy, L. Great Prescott-street, April
13

Lincoln, R. St. James's-street, May 4
Lynn, T.Jerusalem Coffee-house, Apr.

23

Mason, J. Manchester, April 27
Marsem, S. Leadenhall-street, Apr. 27
Morgan, J. Stroud, April 10
Mowbray, A. and Wetherell, J. Dur.
ham, March 23

Newman, H. Skinner-street, Apr. 27

Ostler, J. Truro, April 24

Pasteur, J. L. Stony Stratford, June 1
Perkins, R. Lymington, May 18
Phillips, J. Hayes, May 20

Raistrick, R. Calverley, April 26

Ramscar, M. Bucklersbury, April 24
Redman, J. Oxford-street, April 27
Richardson, J. Liverpool, April 25
Roberts, J. Brongain, April 30

Sargent, T. Millbank-row, April 16
Sawyer, S. Ramsgate, May 1
Seapers, P. Maidstone, May 4
Sewell, S. Aldersgate-street, April 27
Shoobridge, C. Kensington, April 23
Smith, J. W. and Townley, T. May 8
Somersett, R. M. Marlborough, April
16

Spencer, T. Cumming-street, Apr. 20
Sperrin, T. Thornbury, April 30
Stackhouse, W. Blackburn, May 6
Street, J. F. and W. Bucklersbury,
April 27

Swanzy, J. Anstin-friars, April 16
Sykes, W. and Shackleton, T. White-
lion-street, April 16

Taylor, M. Rudby, April 11
Thompson, T. Camomile-str. April 30
Troughton J., Newcomb C. A., and

Troughton B., Coventry, April 18
Tully, F. Bristol, April 11
Tuck, B. Thrapston, April 12
Walker, J. jun. Axbridge, April 10
Walters, J. Studham, April 16
White, T. Brinklow, May 23
Whalley, G. B. Basinghall-str. April

27

Willis, J. Wardour-street, May 4
Wilson, J. Macclesfield, April 27
Wilson, W. R. Crown-court, Apr. 13
Wilson, W. Shakspeare Walk, May 21
Woodhouse, J. and M. Mincing-laue,
March 16, April 16

Woolfe, J. Birmingham, May 8
Worthington, H. and Rowlandson, W.
Bolton-le-Moors, May 9

INCIDENTS, APPOINTMENTS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, IN LONDON, MIDDLESEX, AND SURREY.

Millbank Penitentiary. From the Report of the Committee of the General Penitentiary at Millbank, just printed, it appears that "the number of prisoners for whom provision has been made in the Penitentiary, rather exceeds the intended number of 1000 (600 males and 400 females) than falls short of it. There were within its walls, on the 31st of December last, 708 convicts. The present number is 723; viz. 399 males and 324 females." -It appears farther, that the total earnings for the year ending 31st Dec. 1821, amounted to 60511. 8s. 6d. of which threefourths, or 45387. 11s. 4d. remained to the establishment; that the expense amounted to 27,2791. 12s. 2d. and, after deducting stores on hand, to 20,6791. 3s. Id. and the net expence, after deducting the prisoners earnings to 16,1401. 18s. 9d. Gold Coinage-It appears, that in the last year the amount of gold coinage at the Mint was 9,520,7587. 13s. 10d. In looking at the reduction of Bank of England notes in the same period, we find that in January, 1821, the Bank-notes in circulation varied from 21,571,7147. to 25,904,3571.; and that in January, 1822, the amount has varied from 16,566,720l. to 20,283,4801. It appears thus, that the addition made to the circulation by the gold coinage has been greater, by four millions, than the diminution by the reduction of the bank-notes, that is, always supposing that the whole of the gold coined has been thrown into circulation.

New Recorder.-On the 10th ult. the Lord Mayor held a special Court of Aldermen, at Guildhall, for the purpose of electing a Recorder in the room of the late Sir John Silvester, Bart. which was most fully attended, his Lordship, twenty Aldermen, and the Sheriffs, being present, when Newman Knowlys, Esq. Common Serjeant, was unanimously elected, and, being sent for, he attended and took the usual oath.

Execution.-The execution of Edward Cochrane, alias Cline, took place April 3d, at a quarter past eight o'clock, in front of the Debtors' Door in the Old Bailey, for an extensive burglary in the house of Miss Kelly, at Hendon. Three persons were concerned in this robbery, one of whom, W. Osborn, was to have suffered with him, but he received a respite, late on Sunday evening, during his Majesty's pleasure.

Improvements in the Temple.-Some very material alterations and improvements are taking place in the Temple. The Fountain Garden, as it is called, is widened to

nearly the whole extent of the court, and is to be divided into compartments, each forming a small shrubbery. The whole is inclosed with a handsome cast-iron railing, and the public path will be from New Court, through the heart of the New Garden, to the Knights Templars' Chapel.

Improvements.-Pall-mall East will be carried to St. Martin's church by the autumn of the present year. All persons possessing apartments in the King's mews, or in line with the intended improvements, are to remove immediately.

Westminster Abbey.-The beautiful and impressive appearance of the Abbey, in consequence of the aisles and the several monuments and tombs having been wholly cleaned, is remarkable; they all display as much freshness as if they were only just raised. The whole of the renovations and repairs reflect the greatest credit on those under whose superintendence they have been conducted. To secure the monuments from injury, by being approached too closely by the spectators, and also to secure an equal sight to all persons, neat railings are placed in different directions, so as to prevent the public from crowding too closely around any particular monument. Within the Poets' Corner entrance is placed a board, on which is painted the sums that visitors will have to pay (amounting in all to two shillings), who desire to inspect the curiosities on week days; and it informs the public that no extra remuneration is to be given; and any report of misbehaviour, or violation of these regulations by the servants of the Cathedral, will be received and attended to by the Dean or Senior Prebendary. This regulation, of course, abolishes the custom of making offerings at the shrine of General Monk, on the exhibition of which, after all demands had been paid, the public used to be exposed to new demands for the benefit of the attendants.

Anniversary Dinner of the Theatrical Fund at the Freemasons Tavern.-There are few public charities more interesting to a liberal mind than the association which has subsisted some years for the benefit of superannuated or indigent theatrical performers. At the anniversary dinner for the Drury Lane Fund, the Duke of York presided. Mr. Kean, as treasurer, delivered a speech which contained an appropriate tribute to royal beneficence. At the conclusion of his speech, the collection for the fund commenced, which soon amounted to thirteen hundred pounds. The King and the Duke of York were, as usual, distinguished by the munificence of

their donation; and never, perhaps, were sentiments of patriotism and loyalty more completely identified than at this Anni

versary.

Telegraphs. An immediate survey is to take place for the most eligible situation to erect telegraphs between London and Plymouth. A communication from the Admiralty to Portsmouth takes place directly, and each station is under the superintendance of a naval office.

Crime. It appears by an official account that the number of persons (males and females) committed for crimes and of fences in England and Wales, was in 1815, 7,818-in 1816, 9,091-in 1817, 13,932in 1818, 13,567-in 1819, 14,254-in 1820, 13,710-in 1821, 13,115-total in the seven years, 85,487 persons-of which number 7,683 were sentenced to death; (693 of whom were executed)-48,637 were transported, imprisoned, whipped, fined, pilloried, or kept to hard labour, &c. Total convicted 56,310-16,479 were acquitted-12,691 against whom no bills were found or prosecutors appeared. The decrease in crime in Norfolk was 26-increase in Suffolk 14.

African Institution.-The 16th anniversary meeting of this Institution is to be held on the 10th of the present month. The information received by it of the horrid crimes perpetrated in Africa, and on the high seas, by miscreants who make it their business to buy and sell their fellowcreatures, and of the alarming increase of this abominable traffic under the flags of France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands-is of such a nature, as to render it the duty of the Institution to give the utmost publicity to the facts which are constantly coming to their knowledge,

and to call the attention of the British nation, in a very particular manner, to the enormities now practised upon the persons of the helpless children of Africa; enormities never exceeded in the annals of oppression and cruelty. At the present moment vast numbers of innocent men, women, and children, are languishing in the hands of their tormentors; many are suffering a most cruel and lingering death, by suffocation in the holds of slave-ships; thousands are on their way to interminable slavery, to which they will infallibly be consigned, unless previously released by death, or rescued by the intervention of some merciful hand, from those dealers in human blood, whom the American Government has declared to be pirates, and who, instead of being protected and sheltered, ought to be branded by every civilized State as enemies to the human race.

chaplain to Lord Nugent, to hold the rectory of Yatton Keynell, together with the rectory of Castle Comb, both in Wilts.-The Rev. W. G. Judgson, M. A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Michael's parish, in that town: patrons, the Master and Fellows of that society.-The Rev. J. Lonsdale, M. A. late Fellow of King's college, Cambridge, appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c.
Captain Richard Thomas is appointed
Superintending Captain of the Ordinary at
Portsmouth; Captain Henry Davis and
Lieut. R, Gill are also appointed to the
Ordinary; Captain John Ayscough, to
the Ordinary at Plymouth; and Captain
Rathbone, C. B. to Chatham.-Lieut.
Spencer Smyth is appointed to the newly-
erected Semaphore Signal Station at
Portsmouth. Lieut. Edward Harris is
appointed to the Semaphore, at Chatley
Hill.-Captains Sir C. Burrard, Bart.
and W. J. Mingay, to the rank of Post
Captain. Lieutenants Digby Marsh, G.
Baker, George R. Lambert, Frederick
W. Beechey, Henry P. Hoppner, Charles
D. Acland, John Russell (B.) Coote Hely
Hutchinson, James Everard Home, and
Hon. Montague Stopford, to the rank of
Commander.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS
PRESENT PARLIAMENT.

Hamilton Stanhope, in the room of C.
Borough of Dartmouth.-The Hon. Jas.
Milner Ricketts, Esq. who has accepted

the Chiltern Hundreds.

City of Lincoln.-John Williams, of
Lincoln's Inn, in the county of Middlesex,
Sibthorp, Esq. deceased.
Esq. in the room of Coningsby Waldo

Births.] In Bolton-street, the lady of the Hon. T. Knox, M. P. of a daughter.-In Upper Grosvenor-street, the lady of the Hon. Capt. Knox, R.N. of a daughter.-Mrs. G. Stephen, of Broad-street-buildings, of a son.-At Walthamstow, Mary, the wife of W. N. Lancaster Esq. of a son.-At Commercial-road, Lambeth, Mrs. T. Lett, of a son. Mrs. C. Cutten, of Quality-court, Chancery-lane, of a son. At Clapton, the lady of Thomas Hankey, Esq. of a daughter.-In Old Burlington-street, Mrs. Pollen, of a son.-In Baker-street, the lady of Charles Phelips, Esq. of a son.-In St. James's-square, the Right Hon. Lady Vane Stewart, of a daughter.-At the Admiralty, Lady Osborn, of a son.

Married.] At Richmond, the Hon. P. B. Pellew, M. P. to Miss G. J. Dick, eldest daughter of M. Dick, Esq. of Richmond, and of Pitcarrow House, Angusshire.-At St. Margaret's, Westminster, Mr. W. EskThe Rev. T. Hooper, A. M. domestic rigg, of Walworth, to Anne, eldest daugh

PREFERMENTS.

ter of Mr. James Western.-At St. Magnus's Church, Mr. J. Freeman, of Millbank-street, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. G. Deane.-At St. Pancras Church, Mr. T. Morson, to Miss C. E. Pegram. At Mary-le-Bone Church, Capt. Charles Gill, C. B. R. N. to Harriet White, of Norton-street, second daughter of Capt. White, R. N.

Deaths.] In his 73d year, John Longley, Esq. Resident Magistrate of the Thames Police Office.-Mr. Richard S. Taylor, of Gray's Inn, solicitor.-At Upper Tooting, Thos. Brown, Esq.-At Brompton Park House, in the 84th year of his age, J. Vere, Esq.-At his house in Seething-lane, the Rev. W. V. Ireson, A. M. Lecturer of St. Clement's, Eastcheap. At his house, in Hammersmith, R. Radford, Esq. in the 68th year of his

age, one of his Majesty's Justices of the
Peace for Middlesex.-John Hill, Esq. of
Walcot-place, Lambeth.-In Vere-street,
Robert Still, Esq.- Nixon, Esq.

Warden of the Fleet Prison.-In North-
street, Westminster, Wm. Ellis, Esq.-
Donald Stewart, Esq. of Mile-end-road.
At Pentonville, Mr. J. Fidler, 91.—In
Tilney-street, Sir Henry Charles Engle-
field, Bart. in the 70th year of his age.-
In Dorset-street, Portman-square, Francis
Beaty, Esq.-In Margaret-street, Caven-
dish-square, John Dawes, Esq. of High-
bury.-At Kennington, T. Pitts, Esq. aged
59.-At his house in Bloomsbury-square,
suddenly, Sir John Silvester, Bart. Re-
corder of London.-Mitchell Smith, Esq.
of London-wall, aged 72.-At Belmont
House, Vauxhall, Mrs. Hannah Pollock,
aged 83 years.

BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS OF CELEBRATED PERSONS
LATELY DECEASED.

H. WILTON, ESQ.
Lately, whilst crossing the entrance-
hall of his residence, Henry Wilton, Esq.
mayor of Gloucester. He complained of
faintness, was instantly assisted to a
chair, in an adjoining room, and in a
very few minutes, although medical aid
was immediately administered, breathed
his last! The melancholy intelligence
was soon spread from one extremity of
the city to the other; and the grief which
was manifested from the highest to the
lowest, was an indubitable testimony of
the veneration in which his character was
held. An honourable member of the
learned profession of the law, a long and
extensive practice had rendered him more
than usually well versed in the jurispru-
dence of his country; which, joined with
inflexible integrity, and an unvarying up-
rightness of mind, enabled him to dis-
charge the arduous duties of chief magis-
trate in a manner peculiarly satisfactory
to his fellow citizens, and highly credi-
table to himself; whilst the social kind-
ness of his disposition, and the sterling
qualities of his heart, cemented the warm-
est attachment of a most extensive circle
of friends. Thus eminently qualified to
become generally beloved, it was only to
be expected that his sudden demise would
be as universally regretted; and there
has seldom been witnessed a more unani-
mous burst of sympathy than was elicited
on this occasion. Next to the consola-
tion which can alone be derived from the
Hand which inflicted the blow, it was
soothing to his surviving relatives to learn
the sympathetic feelings with which their
sorrows were regarded by those who knew
him. Mr. Wilton was in the 57th year of
his age.

SIR A. BOSWELL.

On the 27th of March, in the 47th year of his age, Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart. of Auchinleck. His death was in consequence of a wound received in a duel with J. Stuart, Esq. of Duncarn, which took place on the 26th at Auchtertool in Fifeshire. Sir Alexander was seconded by the Hon. J. Douglass, and Mr. Stuart by the Earl of Rosslyn.

The parties fired by signal, when Sir Alexander was mortally wounded in the right shoulder. Sir Alexander was carried to Balmuto House, the seat of the Hon. Lord Balmuto, at no great distance from which the duel took place, where he died. The ball by which the wound was inflicted entered the right shoulder, broke the clavicle of it, and injured the spine. Every medical assistance was immediately rendered by Dr. Wood and Mr. Liston, and afterwards by Dr. Thomson. It appears, that one of the partners, who had conducted the newspaper published in Glasgow, called The Sentinel, having been imprisoned for debt, on being liberated, immediately went and got possession of various private papers belonging to the copartnership, and delivered them to Mr. Stuart, or his agent. One of these, severely handling the private character of Mr. Stuart, was in the hand-writing of Sir Alexander, who was on his return from attending the funeral of his brother in London, when he received a communication from the Earl of Rosslyn, on the part of Mr. Stuart, which led to the fatal event. A profound and sincere regret for Sir Alexander Boswell is wide and general. Those who knew him best mourn for him most; and all the opulent and distin

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