95 
Scotland, 
Aug. I, 
•J. Palin, of Lay Hall, for the.best crop of 
turnips; to Mr. Ri Matthews, rear Mold, 
for the best cart stallion ; and to John Wynne, 
esq. of Roylon, for the best bull.—A pre¬ 
mium of two guineas to Mr. J. Rowland, of 
Pentre Clawdd, for the best sow pig. Three 
guineas to Edward Swinnerton, of Salatyn, 
for having brought up the greatest number of 
children to industry, without any parochial 
assistance; and one guinea more for being a 
member of a friendly club or society, under 
•the regulation of the Act of Parliament.— 
Two guineas to Mr. John Rowland, of Pentre 
Clawud, for the best fleece or short wool, ofi' 
across between the Spanish and P.yland; — 
cind one guinea .more for producing a fleece of 
long wool, off a cross betwen the Old Shrop¬ 
shire and Spanish. 
lilcrrltd.^ Thomas Tiiomas, esq. of Penci- 
crig, to Miss Guynne, o-f Lianelvveth Hall.— 
A. Oswestry R. Povall, esq. to Miss Sarah 
O we n. 
R. Walker, esq. or Fulham, Bucks, to 
Miss Eleccker, of Gwemhayled, accompanied 
by great local fcsti^ities. 
‘ Died.] At Fron, 6.3, the Rer. R. Wil¬ 
liams. 
At Bottwnog, the Rev. N. Owen. 
A-t Hcllywell, Mr. R. Jones. 
At Denbigh, Tbomas Peake, esq. 
At Plascock, 52, Mr. Watkin Samuel. 
At Ty Isa, Mis. Roberts. 
At Rhual, Thomias Griffith, esq. an up¬ 
right magistrate, and a man of superior qua¬ 
lities and attainments. 
. At Ruthin, Mrs. Catharine Griffith, ge¬ 
nerally regretted. 
SCOTL AKU. 
Died.] In Duinfrieshire, Rear-Admiral 
Duneas, 64. 
Edinburgh numbers lpo,145 inhabitants. 
At Edinburgh, suddenly, tlie Right 
Hor. Robert Blair, Lord i resident of the 
Court of Session, He had before dinner taken 
his usual walk in tlie meadows, and, upon 
returning home, was seized with illness near 
George’s-square, where he lived: with as- 
s'stance he readied his own house, and shortly 
expired. He was the son of the Rev. Mr. 
Blair, minister of Atheistonford, author of 
the celebrated poem of “The Grave ” He 
. pntered Advocate in 1764, and on the ap- 
]-roinlment of President Campbell to the 
Bench, lie succeeded the present Lord Chief 
Baron as Solicitor-General, in which office he 
continued till the year 1806. On the promo- 
lioii of :\ir R.c*berc Dundas to be Lord Chief 
Ear ;"i in 1801, he was unanimously cl'.csen 
by tire Faculty of Advocates to be their 
hlearr, in vvhkli honorable station he con¬ 
tinued till 1808, when he received the ap¬ 
pointment of Lord President of the Court cf 
Session, on the resignalicn of Sir Hay Camp¬ 
bell, esq. He was within a few months of 
2\) vears or age. He married Miss Lsabella 
Tidkyt. one of the sisters of. Lieutenant-Co- 
icnei John rlalkcc, by whom he had one son' 
and three daughters. To those who had the 
happiness of intimately knowing th« late 
Lord President Blair, and of seeing him in the 
intercourse of private life, enjoying and pro¬ 
moting all the innocent relaxations from se¬ 
verer duties, it may seem unnecessary to dwell 
upon other causes of regret. But the cala¬ 
mity which will be long and deeply felt by 
the country, is the loss of that rare union of 
great qualities which, after calling him forth 
into early notice, conducted him to the high¬ 
est honours of his profession, and exacted the 
palm of distinction from the common suffrages 
of h:s brethren during the whole course of a 
long and unblemished life. Of the first years 
of that life, or of the course of severe study 
by which he prepared himself to be what he 
became, little is known beyond the circle of 
his private friends; but never surely was 
there exhibited upon the great theatre of 
public business a more profound erudition, 
greater power of discrimination, nor a more 
stern ana invincible rectitude, combined with 
a degree of personal dignity, that commanded 
more than respect, even from his equals. 
If any one indeed were to be selected from 
many oreat features as peculiarly distinguish¬ 
ing his character, we should certainly be apt 
to fix upon that innate love of justice, and 
abhorrence of iniquity, without which, as 
he himself emphatically declared, when he 
took the chair of the Court, all other quali¬ 
ties avail nothing, or rather, they are worse 
than nothing ; a sentiment that seemed to 
govern the whole course of his public duty. 
In the multiplicity of transactions, to which 
the extended commerce of the country gives 
■rise, cases mus,t occur to illustra'e the darker 
side of the human character. Such questions 
seemed to call forth all his energy, and they 
who heard the great principles of integrity 
vindicated and enforced, in a strain of indig¬ 
nant eloquence, could scarcely resist the im¬ 
pression, that they beheld for a moment, the 
earthly delegate of Eternal justice. During' 
the short period for which his lordship filled 
the chair of the Court, it seemed to be his 
object to settle the law of Scotland upon great 
and permanent foundations. Far from seek¬ 
ing to escape from the decision of points of 
law under an affected delicacy, which he w'ell 
knew migiic be a cloak for ignorance, he' 
anxiously dwelt upon such questions; and 
pointed them out for discussion, that, by 
means of a deliberate judgment, he might fix 
a certain rule for tbe guidance of future 
times. With all his knowledge of law, his 
opinions upon these subjects were formed with 
singular caution, and what was at first 
thrown cut merely as adoubt, was found upois 
examination, to be the result of profound re¬ 
search, matured by the deepest reflection. 
But to enter into the merits of such a charac¬ 
ter, to describe the high sense of decorum, 
and the opposition to all affectation- and in¬ 
sincerity, which carried him through the 
straight line of professional duty, not seeking 
