r80r.] 
Poole, to Mifs E. Watts, of Ringwood.—» 
Mr. G. Read, of Dorchefter, to Mifs Clap- 
cott, of Blandford. 
At Toller, J. Arundel Hanne, efq. to Mifs 
Pope. 
Died.| Mrs. Churchill, of Collyton-houfe, ~ 
Dorchefter. 
At Beamintter, aged 82, S. Cox, ef. 
DEVONSHIRE, 
Married.] At Barnftaple, Mr. Sampfon, 
eldeft fon of John Sampfon, efq. barrifter at 
law, of Colyton, to Mils May, only daugh- 
ter of Captain May, of the royal navy. 
At Exeter, the Rev. E, Back, to. Mifs 
Wheeler, of Briftol. 
At Dartmouth, Mr. R. Newman, to Mif 
M. Teague. 
CORNWALL. 
” Married.) Mr. G. Simmons,’ of St, Erm, 
to Mifs Mugford, of Marther.—Mr. Maige, 
of Truro, to Mifs Roberts, of Probus. —The 
Rev. G. Fortefcue, rector of St. Melyan, to 
Mrs. Trofs, of Exeter. 
Died.} At Falmouth, in her 2if year, 
Milfs M. Hocken. 
Mr. W. Tinney, farmer, of -Lower St. Co- 
Jumb. 
At St, Germains, Mifs J. Andrew. 
WALES. 
Married.| At Lianewden, county of An- 
glefea, Captain J. Macdonald, of Lord Mac- 
donald’s fencible regiment, of the Ifles, to 
Mifs M. Hughes, youngeft daughter of W. 
Hughes, efq. of Plafcock.—The Rev, J. 
Jones, of Machynleth, to Mifs Williams, of 
Ruthin. —W. Jay, efq. of Rotterdam, to Mifs 
Thomas, of Ly{worner, Glamorganfhire.—R. 
Jones, efq of Swanfea, to Mrs. R. Manfel, 
widow of the late Captain Manfel. 
! Died.} Mr. E. Owen, of Feftiniog, county 
of Merioneth.—In his 57th year, Mr. W. 
Jones, attorney, of Builth, Breconfhire. 
At Pembroke, Mr. P. Llewellyn, poft- 
matter, 
SCOTLAND. 
Married | At Edinburgh, Mr. A. Torry, 
merchant, to Mifs E. Moir, daughter of J 
Moir, efq. writer to the ignet.-——-R. Fletcher, 
efq. to Mifs M. Graham, fecond daughter 
of the late W. Graham, of Gartmore, efq. - 
At Glafgow, Mr. A. Lamond, merchant, 
to Mifs E. Allan. 
~ Died.]- At Leith, Mr. A. Aitkin. 
At Aberdeen, aged 73, G.S. Keith, efg. 
At Dane Vale Park, W. S. Laurie, of 
Redcaftle, ely. 
On the 30th of May, at his country- -houfe, 
ohn Millar, efq. Advocate Profefiir of Law 
in the Univeriity of Glafgow ; a man~ well 
known in the literary world, and univerfally 
beloved, admired, and refpeéted by his friends. 
Mr. Millar was called to the bar in the year 
1760, and, from his well-known abilities, the 
greateft expectations were formed of his fuc- 
cefs; but having married early in life, he 
was foon after indeed to relinquith the flat- 
tering profpeéis which the bar prefented, for 
the more certain fituation of Profefior of Law 
in the Univesfity of Glafgow., ‘This chair 
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he filled for near forty years, in a manner 
highly beneficial tothe Univerfity, and moft 
honourable to himfelf; overcoming, by his 
abilities and the reputation of his leétures, 
all the difadvantages which Glafgow, from 
the abfence of the Courts of Juttice, muft 
lie under, as a fchool of law. Without any 
difparagement to the other Profeflors, of 
whom fome have acquired juft celebrity by 
their writings, and many are diftinguithed 
for learning, abilities, and tafte, it may be 
faid, that the Univerfity is, in a great mea- 
fure, indebted to his exertions, and thofe of 
his intimate friend and colleague, Dr. Adam 
Smith, for that high reputation for philofo- 
phical ‘difquiGition which it now enjoys. Mr, 
Millar taught two claffes of Civil Law; in. 
the firft, he delivered le€tures on the Infti- 
tutions; in the fecond, on the Panded¢ts of 
Juftinian. The writer of the prefent article, 
not being intended for the profeffion of the 
law, heard only the lectures on the Inftitu- 
tions. He divided the bufinefs of this clafs 
into two parts, of which the firft was an ex- 
planation and illuftration of the Dodtrjnes cf 
the Roman Law; the fecond, a general Treae 
tife on Jurifprudence. In ais latter courfe, 
he traced the progréfs of each of the civil 
rights, from its firft origin, in the natural 
feelings of man, through all its changes and _ 
improvements confequent on the advance- 
ment of fociety 5 noticing, and accounting 
for the variations and anomalies exhibited 
in the municipal laws of different countries. 
This line of inveftigation had probably been 
fuggefted to him, by the converfation. and 
writings of Lord Kaimes and Dr. Smith, 
whofe philofophical difquifitions he emulated, 
often perhaps furpafled. His account of the 
right of property cannot fail to be remem- 
bered by his pupils, as perhaps the moft come 
picte and fatisfactory difcuffion of the origin, 
progrefs, and completion of a civilright,which 
has yet appeared. Befides teaching the Civit 
Law, which was more peculiarly the duty of 
his office, he gave each feffian, a courfe of 
lectures, equally amufing and inftrutive, on 
Government,. He bezan with the rade and 
fimple government, if it deferves that name, 
which takes place, when a few families of 
favages unite together for their mutual de- 
fence. ‘He traced its progrefs as the fociety 
enlarged, as it paffed through the paftoral, 
agricultural and commercial ftates; and he 
marked its decline, when luxury enervates 
the minds of a people, and fubftitutes a fordid 
felfifanefs for that patriotifm, which alone 
can ennoble a nation. He illuftrated his doce 
trines by a rapid furvey of the Government 
of Athens, Sparta, Rome, France, and Ger- 
many, anda more detailed hiforical account 
of the Government of Britain; finifhing the 
courfe, by an account of the Theory (alas} 
how ¢iftant from the prefent praGice) of the 
Britifh Conftitution. Mr. Millaralfotaught, 
every fecond year, aclafs of Scotch Law, 
and; for'a few years before his death, he 
had delivered a courfe of le@tures on the Law 
of England, In thefe clafles; he joined, as 
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