1825.] 
: SCOTLAND. 
A white porpoise was shot lately off Mill- 
port, the first ever seen by the oldest fish- 
ermen,. 
A short time since, two young whales 
were left on the sands in Aberlady bay, and 
not being above Jow water mark, were taken 
possession of by the country people, as their 
indisputable right. 
Married.) JW. Black, esq., m Kirkaldy, 
to Rachael, daughter of the Rev. J. Law, 
Kirkaldy—At Edinburgh, R. Duke, esq. 
to Eliza, only daughter of the late Capt. L. 
Oliphant, of Kinnedder—At Kelso, A. 
Campbell, esq. to Jane, eldest daughter of 
the late T. Barstow, esq.—At Edinburgh, 
J. A Trimmer, of Turnham-green, Mid- 
dlesex, to Henrietta, daughter of the late 
Rey. J. Fielding, of Denbigh-house—Mr. 
A. Turnbull, Leith, to Christian, fifth 
daughter of Mr. J. Thomson, of the Cess 
Office, James-street-—J. Romanes, esq., of 
Lauder, to Isabella, daughter of the late J. 
Bason, esq. of Heriot’s-hall— At Glasgow, 
J.W. Macturk, m.v. of Bradford, to Catha- 
rine, only daughter of the late J. Ruther- 
ford, esq, of Craigon, Kinrosshire—The 
Rey. J. Smyth, to Margaret, daughter of S. 
Davidson, esq. surgeon, Culross—At An- 
cram-house, the Rev. G. Elliott, son of the 
Right Hon. H. Elliot, to Williamina, 
youngest daughter of the late P. Brydone, 
esq.— At Glasgow, R. Monro, esq. to Miss 
Maria Mackenzie. 
Died.| At Edinburgh, 85, the Right 
Hon. Francis, Earl of Mar, who so lately 
was restored to the ancient and illustrious 
peerage of his ancestors. His Lordship is 
succeeded by his son, J. Thomas, Lord 
Erskine and Garioch, now Earl of Mar— 
At his house, in Thurso, Capt. J. Hender- 
son, of the Ross, &c. militia—In the Isle 
of Man, 71,. Lieut.-Col. W. Cunninghame, 
formerly of the 58th regt. of foot— At Ellies- 
town, Mrs. Tulloh, relict of the late T. 
Tulloh, esq., of Elliestown—At Newton 
Manse, the Rev. T. Scott, minister of New- 
ton. : 
A dinner was given at Ayre, to the Mar- 
quis of Hastings, on Wednesday the 7th 
of September, for which the public rooms 
in the public buildings of that town were 
fitted up in a yery splendid style. The 
Earl of Glasgow, Lord-lieutenant of Ayr- 
shire, was in the chair; the Marquis of 
Hastings, the Lord Justice Clerk, Sir A. 
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Cathcart, and other distinguished characters 
took their seats on his Jeft hand; and the 
Duke of Portland, Lord J. Stewart, the 
Provost of Ayr, Sir J. M. Cunninghame, 
&e. &c., on the right.—Sir H. D. Blair 
acted as Croupier, with Lord Rawdon, and 
the Earl of Eglinton being seated on his 
right and left. More than one hundred 
noblemen and gentlemen of the highest 
rank and distinction in the county, filled 
the seats surrounding the tables. 
IRELAND. 
Lately, the workmen who were excavating 
the new canal near Clonfert, in the county 
of Galway, discovered in the large bog a 
wooden road, about six feet wide, formed 
on large piles of timber, and running in the 
direction of the Shannon. It lies about 
four feet under the present surface of the 
bog; the length of it is not exactly ascer- 
tained, only about a mile of it having as yet 
been opened. The workmanship appears to 
be of the rudest description. 
Married.] W. Turner, esq., of Dublin, 
to Miss Pinnell, of St. Michael’s hill, Bris- 
tol—At Stillorgan, the Right Hon. Lord 
Muskerry, to the daughter of H: D. Grady, 
esq.— At Cork, M. Price, esq. to Harriet 
Louisa, second daughter of Major Arm- 
strong, of Holy Cross Abbey, Thurles. 
Died.| At Dublin, 80, W. Troy, esq., 
brother of the late titular Archbishop of 
Dublin; M. Fitzgerald, esq—At Newry, 
the Right Rev. Dr. O’Kelly, Roman Ca- 
tholic Bishop of Dromore—At Lissanour 
Castle, county Antrim, Mrs. Macartney 
Hume, niece and heitess to the late Earl of 
Macartney. 
A very remarkable animal, of the vermes 
order, was lately discovered among some 
potatoe haulm at the orchard of P. Blanch- 
field, esq., of Clifden, county of Kilkenny. 
It is about six inches in length, and its 
diameter is about two. It is curiously 
formed at both ends of the body. The eyes 
are very minute, and the feet, which are 
some black, and others yellow, and are 
fourteen in number, are very small. It 
has a small yellow horny tail, with a black 
spot at the extremity, growing from the 
centre of the last joint; and there are two 
broad horny substances under that joint, by 
which it seizes and firmly grasps small sub- 
stances. It is constantly in motion, but is 
becoming less lively than when first found. 
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