1810.] 
As some workmen: were lately employed 
in removing what is commonly in that coune 
‘try called a Cairn of Stones, lying in an 
closure called “ the Deer’s Park,” .on the 
estate of Balgonie, belonging to the Earl of 
Leven, for the purpose of making a road 
betwixt Markinch and M lilltown, Ba!gonie, 
they dug up two parthera uros, fall of ha- 
‘man bones, in a calcined state, as white as if 
they had newly sufered the action of the 
fire, One of the urns (the largest) was of a 
circular conical shape, two feet deep, and 
fifteen feet wide at the month. ‘Lhe other 
was not exactly of a conical form; it was 
somewhat flattened at the bottom, and was 
an octagon, and on every corner there was 
represented a human face, while the other 
around the mouth had Roman cnaracters, but 
which had suffered: so much frem the hand 
of Time, as not to be properly known, 
Married.] AtEdinburgh, Lieutenant co- 
Jonel Alexander M‘Gregor Murray, of the 
6th regiment of foot, to the Lady Charlotte 
Ano Sinclair, second daughter of the Earl of 
Caithness. | 
Died.) At Greenock, Lieut. Roderick Mac- 
Jeod, of his Majesty’s ship Minotaur. He was 
at to his rank from a private station, as 
the reward of his merit. 
At Queensferry, in the 91st year or his 
age, Mr. M*‘Ballam, surgeon. The early 
part of his life was spent in the service ef his 
OUD: At. the le ea atiack on 
Sarthagena, in the year 1741, he wes landed 
to do duty as an assistant-surgeon to the 
troops,along with the celcbrated Dr. Sniollett, 
then also an asvistant naval surgeon, of whom 
he always spoke tn terms of high esteem. 
At Edinburgh, the Rev. David Savile. 
In the bah of Keig, Peter Anderson, 
aged 115 years. He was first married in the 
95th year of his age, and had four children, 
three of whom, w ith their mother, are now 
‘alive. 
even his bodily eke till witkin a sort 
time ot his death, and wasavery tall, stra’ ght, 
‘stout, well-made man ; his acquaintances ob. 
serving, that they knew no difference in his 
appearance for the last sixty years. He 
gained his livelihood chiefly as a travelling 
chapman: old books were his Btu come 
‘modity. 
In Old beeen in the @1st year of his’ 
age, James Clark, esq. of Lillycorthy. Be- 
sides considerable sums to his rejations, he 
bequeathed 5001. as ‘a fund for the annual 
purchase of coals tg the poor of Old Aber- 
deen, 1001. to the infirmary, 1001 to the 
Lunatic Asylam, and 1001: ro the Poor 
House of Aberdeen. 
‘At Edinburgh, Mr, ‘David Herd, writer, 
28. He was a most accurate investigator of 
Scottish literature and antiquities, and en- 
joyed the friendship or acquaintance of nearly 
all the eminent artists and men of letters 
who have flourished ia Edinburgh during the 
‘a aL ity years, 
North Britain—Death Abroad: 
He retained his mental faculties, and ° 
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At Aberdeen, in the 69th year of his age, 
Mr. James Chal.ners, printer to the city and 
university, and printer and proprietor of the 
Aberdeen, Journal, which he conducted 
with uncommon ability, and steady and loyal 
consistency of principle for the long space of 
forty-six years. Few men have departed life 
in the city.of Aberdeen with more unfeigned 
regret by a most numerous-and highly-re- 
spectable circle of friends, to whom he was 
endeared by the best virtues that adorn social 
life—inflexible integrity, steady friendship, 
a disposition elevated, humane, and chari- 
table, a cemper unusually cheerful, and a mes 
mory rich in anecdote and information, chiefly 
of the literary.kind. His father, who culti- 
vated his profession for some years in London 
in the printing-office of Mr. Watts, (where he 
had the celebrated Dr. Franklin for his fellow 
journeysaan,) was afterwards ranked among 
the literary printers of his time, and at his 
death was recorded as a gentleman, ‘* well 
skilled in the learned languages.??. His fa- 
ther was the Teev. James C. professor of 
Divinity in the Marishal College, who died 
in 1744. About the year 1740 his son re~ 
turned from London, and in 1746 established 
the Aberdeen Journal, at the close of the 
memorable Rebellion, during which he was a 
considerable sufferer from his attachment to 
the House of Hanover. Hisson, the subject 
of this article, was born in March 1742, and, 
after a classical and academical education at 
‘Marishal College, removed to London, and 
improved himself in the typographical art, 
both there and at Cambrid -e, until September 
1764, when the death of his father put him- 
in possession of the establishment in his na- 
tive city. Although now*engaged in’a busi- 
ness which afturded but little relaxation, and- 
with the cares of a numerous family, he found 
leisure fo. indulge his love of literature b 
that extensive course of reading which ren- 
dered him a valuable member of the literary 
socreties of the place, With many of the 
professors of both Colleges; and particularly 
with the late Drs. Campbell, Gerard, and 
Beattie, he formed an intimacy which death 
only dissolved. Hail he been’able to devote 
more time tostudy, it was universally thought 
by all who knew him, that he might have ex- 
celled in any branch of polite iicratore: As 
a man of business he was more generally 
known for his unvaried integrity, industry, 
and BenEateys which recommended him to 
“the confidence and friendship or men of the 
highest rank and superior attainments. In 
1769, he married. Miss Margaret Douglas, 
youngest’ daughter ef Mr. David D. of Lon- 
doa, by whom he has lef t four sons and six 
daughters, 
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DEATH ABROAD. 
Mr. John Clarendon Smith, a young lands- 
cape painter and engraver, of considerable’ 
talent and first-rate promise, died a short time 
since, on his passage from the island of Madeira, 
where he Wer for tile recovery of his health. 
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