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^r apartment, was sooq enveloped 

 ^H flames, and shortly after ex- 

 pired. 



j^n atrocious murder vras com- 

 mitted iu the parish of Craig- 

 nish, in Argylcshire, upon Allan 

 M'Lean, late of Barrakan, in that 

 narisli, who was stabbed with a 

 knive in the left side, in his own 



luse, of which he immediately ex- 

 ^ircd. John Campbell, at Ardla- 

 roch, in the same parish, charged 

 with the perpetration of this mur- 

 der, has made his escape : but strict 

 search is making after him. 



The foundation stone of the Hun- 

 terian museum, in the university 

 of Glasgow, was laid, in the 

 presence of the dean of faculties, 

 principal and professors of the uni- 

 Tersity. This building, which is to 

 be finished in the course of the year 

 1806", is intended for the reception 

 of the valuable collection of coins, 

 medals, paintings, books, MSS. ana- 

 tomical preparations, and a variety 

 of the most curious specimens in all 

 the departments of natural history, 

 bequeathed to the university of 

 Glasgow, by the late celebrated Dr. 

 William Hunter, a native of La- 

 narkshire, educated at that college, 

 and employed during a great part of 

 his life as physician to the queen. — 

 As this munificent benefaction was 

 intended for the improvement of tha 

 numerous students attending Glas- ' 

 gow college, and particularly for 

 promoting the knowledge of medi- 

 cal science and natural history, we 

 have no doubt that every exeriion 

 will be made to accomplish the be- 

 nevolent design of the liberal bene- 

 factor. 



27th. This morning, at a quarter 

 past 3, a fire broke out in the house 

 of Mr. Barr, tallow-chandler, Up- 

 per AdaiDS-strcct, lidg ware- road. 



Mr. and Mrs. Barr, with each an 

 infant in their arms, were rescued 

 by ladders j)laced against the win- 

 dows. The house was soon in a 

 blaze ; and a coachman, named 

 Fierce, was fortunate enough, at 

 the risk of his life, to rescue his 

 daughter, whom he carried down 

 stairs amidst fire and smoke. Re- 

 collecting that his wife remained 

 behind, he exclaimed, in an agony 

 of grief, " Oh! Betsy, Betsy, Bet. 

 sy !" To return as he came was 

 impossible, as the staircase was 

 completely enveloped Avith the 

 liames : but he had scarcely uttered 

 the above words, when one of the 

 windows in the two pair of stairs 

 front room opened, and the unfor- 

 tunate woman presented herself. — 

 Without a moment's hesitation, she 

 j)recipitated her.^elf into the street. 

 By the fall, her thigh was broken, 

 her neck dislocated, and she in- 

 stantly expired, in the presence of 

 her husband and daughter, who 

 were eye-A^ itnesses of her melan- 

 choly fate. The fire had by this 

 time got possession of every part of 

 the house, which presented nothing 

 but one entire blaze, and no hope 

 was left that any of the unfortunate 

 inhabitants that remained in it 

 could possibly escape. They con- 

 sisted of Mr. Adams, a coachman, 

 and his Avife, an elderly lady, and 

 her two grandsons, fine lads, and 

 two young men, servants out of 

 place, all of whom, to the number 

 of seven, melancholy to relate, fell 

 victims to the fury of the (lames. — 

 Next morning, at 9, a great num- 

 l)er of people assembled at the ru» 

 ins, in e.xpecta^ion of seeing the fire- 

 men searching for the uufortunate 

 suflerers; but, on finding that, as 

 the houses were not insured, the 

 firemen were not obliged to under- 

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