■ Robert Abercieen Esq; of Lower June i. At Halleaths, M. Babington, — Mr John Smith merchant in Glas- B»*h?. i .; June —. The Countess of Eglintcffl. of • daughter. ia. At London, the Hon. Mrs Keith Elphinstone, of a daughter. •I. Mrs Burnet of Elritk, of a daughter. Deaths. April 18. At Paris, sieoTge Le.Cltro, Count de Bufton, Lord- of Mombatt, Marquis ofRougemon t, Visit, of Quincy, Ititendant of the King's gardens and cabinets of .natural history,-Membex .of the French Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and of the Royal and Literary Societies of Berlin, Peterstairgh, Bologna, Florence, Edinburgh, Philadelphia, Dijon, &«. He was one of the most elegant writers m France in point of stile; a man of. uncommon genius, and surprising eloquence.. The most astonishing' 'ihterprtter of nature f \kit perhaps ever existed f be might have ■said, je tie dois q>' a moi fettl ttmte ma rtr nominee. Posterity will certainly place him amongst the greatest men that nave •adorned Lewis the XIVth's age. He was buried at St Mrdard. 19. MifsMarg. Johnston, daughter of «'- 20. At Kirkntss, Mrs Helen Douglas, a I. At Dundee, in the 90th year of a 1. Mrs Hay, wife t6 Mr John Hay' accomptant in Edinburgh* .■ ^ - »a. William M'Dowall, Esq; of Gatehill, accomptant in the Bank of Scotland's office at Dumfries. 44. Mr Robert Beaumont, son of Mr • ai. Miss Jemima Rachel Drumrcond, t/lay 6. At Odiham, Hampshire, Mr «. AtJEdradour, Mrs Uaiberri* tf E» Page ASGsLL, Lady, letter from Air, experiments touching the salu- called, 197 Alexander Selkirk, anecdotes of 360 Africans, curious funeral ceremony ot the 336 Anthony St. his services In a Portu- production of 43 Court of Session, question respecting privileges of the members of 13 Collins' ode on the superstition of the Highlands 303 Cecilia, daughter of a Turkish empe- to the 418 Charters, extracts from a sermon by Dream, a Ongular one, and corres- Page Distillers in Scotland, Appendix, 13,15 Dundas , journal of the Right Hon. - • A. 48 Dialogue between TaflbandVoltaire,33i iJi.io, 34,SS:, Elan Stalker, castle of 153 Edinburgh Royal Society, institution of • iSo Edward III. anecdotes of 311 Education, remarkable establishment of at Paris - 33* Examinations, new guide to A. 67 the respiration of * lot Flattery, essay on 34 j Foreign literary publications, 376,453 Grotto of the Fairies at St Bauzile 191 Hunter on the stricture and anatomy of Whales • 45 Humph. and JÆendo2a, the boxen A. 6 winter 01 - 86 Howard, anecdotes of Mr 96 Hope, H. Esq; hints for regulating his studies - 134 Hastings' trial, A. 18, 31 Hunting excursions of Asoph Ul Dowlah, • 1JJ Hutton's new theory of the earth 183 Hume, letter from, to Sir John Pringle, • • - 340 ————— observations on 368, 414 the -"■" - I2e Ireland, moving bog in • 337 Johnson's Letters to Baretti • 347 Skie - - 349 Johnson's Page Johnson's character, by himself - 316 !taly, literary amusement in, 350 ndia Bills, comparative statement of the - 411 Levelling, a spirit of, one of the diUinguishing marks of the present times - 9 Lamentation over an unfortunate ani- of - - 75 Leather, new method of tanning 88 one - A. 17 Lavas of the Lipari islands, • 263 the - - 185 London cries, observations on the 361 Lazowflti's tour in Switzerland 405 Letter on the cultivation of national History, - - 416 Letter from a country elder 415 Mequinez and Fez, account of 15 Morocco, of the inhabitants of the Empire of, - 18 Musical phenomenon, - 77 Mountains, on the structure of, 933 Metherie's view of the state of natural knowledge, - - 444 Ned Drowsy, a story, - 397, 381, O'Kelly, character of - 105 Original letters, 140, 159, 221, Orang Owtang, • 219 Orange,'seizure of the Prince of 413 character of the late King of, 38 Poetry, 66,147, ai?, 306, 386, 466 vindicate his character, 73 ■ 1' Anecdotes of 427 Phenomena of nature, on the efficient causes of, - 123 Potofi, mines of, discovered 170 Perth Bridge, • 333 Past on his marriage, - 1ST Passions, observations on the '31? Pumice stone, on the nature of, j:7 Spanish flocks, method of managing Agriculture, - iJ Savarys Tetters on Egypt, strictures on - fl Salt water, experiments respecting the purification of, - ><>? Sheridan, R. B. memoirs of, l't Stuart, Athenian, memoirs of 177 Smellic's eflay on instinct, '''• Salmon-fishery, letter concerning the 141 of • *J9 Statute law of England, letter con- top of, . - 40 Tales, 6j, 143, 443, *97» 3Sl Trenk, memoirs of Baron, sjO Times and Seasons, talent for discern- marks on this opinion, ll Ton, or Follies of fashion, A. Jl Tristram Shandy, letter concerning jU inhabitants of America, 52, 82,1(7 sort of tjl Whitaker's vindication of Queen ■ , remarks on s Whales, on the structure and eco- |