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the numerous fiudents attending Glafgow Cel- 
lege, and particularly for premoting the know~ 
ledge of medical fcience and natural hiftory, 
we have no doubt that every exertion will be 
made to accomplifh the benevolent defign of 
the liberal benefactor. 
_ 4# fubfcription has been opened at Edinburgh, 
for the erection of hot and cold Baths, at Porto 
‘Bello. According to the prefent plan, there 
will be eight hot and two cold baths, befides 
ether buildings, when completed, One thot- 
fand pounds, in forty fhares have been fub{fcrib- 
ed, the committee have given notice, wat they 
fhall proceed immediately to a¢complifh part 
of this plan, which will confift of two neat and 
commodious warm baths, and one cold bath, 
with dreffing rooms and other conveniences. 
Sufficient ground has been purchafed, for the 
the whole, and the remainder of the plan will 
be proceeded in as foon as adequate fubicrip- 
tions fhali be obtained. From the vicinity of 
Porto Bello to Edinburgh, the unequalled fine- 
nefs of the fea beach, and the elegance of the 
baths, there is every reafon to expect that they 
will greatly conduce to the health and pleafure 
of the inhabitants of that metropolis. 
On the 3d of September, the firft annual 
meeting of the Badenoch and Strath{pey farm- 
ing feciety, formed under the patronage of the 
Duchefs of Gordon, was held at Pedmain, and 
the company was both numerous and brilliant, 
confifting of the proprietors of the diftrict, with 
many other gentlemen and ladies in the neigh- 
bourhood, Lord Huntly and the directors affitt- 
ed by fome of the cattle dealers prefent, were 
judges of the bulls and tups exhibited ; and her 
Grace the Duchefs of Gordon, with the aifiit- 
ance of the other ladies, decided on the various 
articles of domeftic manufacture produced. Up- 
wards of 3o guineas were diftributed in. premi- 
ums, and five guineas were divided among the 
unfuccefsful candidates as an incitement to 
future induftry and exertion, 
The Earl of Eglintoun, has projected a plan 
for forming a harbour at the Caitle Craigs of 
Androffan, and carrying a canal from that place 
to the city of Glaigow, and this project he is 
making every exeTtion to execute. The advan- 
tages refulting from this plan, if carried ino 
effect, not only to the trade of the Clyde, but 
likewife the commerce of Ireland, muft be in. 
calculable -It is in the midft of a rich im- 
proveable country, abounding im coal of the bet 
quality as well as limeftone, and well watered, 
For want of a harbour at this place, fo faie and 
fo eafy of accefs, more property has been lott 
in a tew years by fhipwreck than wouldhare 
been required to complete it. At a n:eet- 
ing lately held at Saitcoats, the fum of 3ec0!, 
was fubfcribed for thepropoted ha: beur and canai, 
and the fubfeription for the fame purpoie at 
Glafgow alone amounts to 20,0>0l. 
" ‘Died.] “At St. Anarew’s, Jonn Rotheram, 
M.D. F.R.S. Ed. Profeffor of Natural Philo, 
fopky in that Univerfity. He bad difcharged 
the public duties of his office the preceding 
day, and {pent the evening as ufual with his 
family, apparently in perfect health; but in 
the morning was found expiring in his bed, 
ang po meé€ical relief was efiectual. He was 
Ireland, 
[ Feb. 1, 
a man of very extenfive learning; a pupil of 
Linngus and Bergman at the univerfity of 
Upfal, where ke graduated. The botanical 
fyftem of the former of thefe great men he 
fuccefsfully defended in a pamphlet of confi-, 
derable ingenuity. For feveral years before 
the death of Dr. Black, of Edinburgh, he 
was chofen, by that celebrated chemift, his 
affiftant in his public lectures. In the im- 
portant ftation which be afterwards filled, he 
difcharged his duty with diligence and credit, 
and will be much regretted by his colleagues 
and the Univerfity at large. 
At Craigton, Fifefhire, David Beatfon, ef. 
of Balbairdie. Mr, Beatfon was a young 
man of very promifing abilities, and the mott 
amiable difpolition. He had early devoted 
himfelf to the profefiion of a clergyman of 
the church of Scotland ; and, with this view, 
had cultivated, with more than common futc- 
cefs, not only the ftudies more intimately 
connected with his profefiion, but various 
other branches of literature and fcience. 
About two years ago, he was hicenfed to 
preach the gofpel, by the Prefbytery of Edin- 
burgh; and has fince, in various churches, 
exhibited in his difcourfes, an eloquence, 
perfpicuity, and folid judgment, which pecu- 
liarly fitted him for the pulpit. * His uncom- 
mon delicacy of mind, and his fixed averfion 
from every thing buftling and oftentatious, 
prevented his talents from being fo generally 
known as they deferved; yet has he lett 
among numerous acquaintances, and in a 
number of the moit eminent literary and phi- 
lofophical focieties of Edinburgh, {in fome 
of which he had attained the higheft ho- 
neurs), ftriking proofsof his extenfive know- 
ledge, and of his diftinguifmed talents for 
public fpeaking. As a companion, he was 
univerfally beloved. Few excelled him in, 
that heppy kind of pleafamtry, and lively 
de{cription of character, which delights all 
who hear it without wounding the ferking of 
any. The warmth cad conftancy of his at-’ 
tachments, and the manner in which he per- 
formed his filial duties, have left an indelible 
imprefhion in the breafts of thofe who were 
the particular objects of them. 
IRELAND, 
Died.| At St. Valeri, near Bray, aged 
73; Mrs. Walker. Her mind was pure and 
picus; her benevolence a@tive and unli- 
mitted; het maternal afeGion tender and 
unbounded ; and in the performance of con- 
jugat duties fhe was exemplary, Deplored 
by her children, and lamented by her friends, 
fhe paticd, by a gentle expiration, to Him‘ 
who fo difpofed ber heart agd her mind, as 
to render her a blefiing to his family. 
At Gloves, near Athenry, of a ‘fhort 
ilinefs, Mr. Dennis Ceorobee, of Ballindan- 
gin,aged 117, atruly honefiman, Heretained 
his faculties to the laft; and, until two days 
previous to his death, he never remembered to — 
have had any complaint or ficknefs whatever, 
tooth-ache only excepted. Three weeks be- - 
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