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tenfively concerned in it. He was the firtt 
who introduced into that manufa€ture the 
improved method of Bleaching by means of 
Muriatic Acid ; and he generoufly communi- 
cated the refult of his long, important, and 
expenfive experiments to the trade at large, 
which they acknowledged by making him a 
prefent of a handfome piece of plate. —In pri- 
vate life he acquired and retained the attach- 
ment and regard of a numerous circle of 
atic who fincerely regret his death. 
 Fochabers, Mr. William Kellman, 
102. He was a millwright’‘ and carpen- 
ter, and continued to work at his trade 
till within three weeks of his death. 
: At Dunfermline, Robert’ Scotland, efg. 
of Middiebank. ° ; #8 
At Port Patrick, Adam Gordon, efq. 
le€tor of the cuftoms. 
At Linlithgow, James Taylor, ef. fherift 
fubftitute of that gounty. - 
At Glafgow, John Robertfon, efq. mer- 
chant. 
‘ At  Shirgarton-houfe, 
Harvie, efq 
At Paifley, Mrs. Agnes Finlay, write, of 
James Howe, ot of Grange, near Kilmar- 
nock. 
At Burnti fland: Mifs Charters, daughter 
of the late Samuel C C., ef. 
At Dumfries, Lieutenant Richardfon, of 
the Weftmorland militia. 
At Whitecroft, in the county of Dum- 
col- 
Perththire, John 
fries, Robert ender, a: of . Cleugh-_ 
head, 85. 
At] his feat near Sdifiueen, Sir William 
Forbes, ‘bart. In this gentleman, who has 
tous clofed a long and honorable life, fociety 
has to bewai!l a lofs which will not be foon 
or eafily fupplied. Sir Wm. F. was one of 
the diftinguithed few whom Providence feems 
to have de%tined to purpofes of the highef 
dignity and ufefulnefs, by combining, with a 
lation of ¢ great influence in fociety, the beft 
attributes of the underftanding, and the no- 
bleft qualities of the heart. Born to the in- 
heritance of an ample fortune, he early de- 
voced himfelf to the improvement of the 
commercial interefts of his country, and was 
the founder, in conjun€tion with the late Sir 
James Hunter Blair, of the well known banks 
ing eftablifhment, which now bears their mu< 
tual- name. In this fituation, the views of 
Sir William Forbes were never direéted to 
the confiderations of perfonal advantage, un- 
connected ‘with the welfare of the commu- 
nity. - His liberality and indulgence were un- 
bounded in the numerous cafes of mercantile 
tranfa&tions which came under his view, .of 
which his luminous and expanfive mind had 
firft afcertained that the objects were judicious 
and honeit and many who now enjoy the 
comforts of independence; we doubt not are 
confcious, - that they might yet have lingered 
in the Struggle -of ‘ife,:-but for the confiding 
liberality of Sir William Forbes. - The fup- 
port and encouragement of all public concerns 
engaged much of the attention o; this genuine 
North Britain. 
[April 1, 
patriot; andin public and private charity his 
liberality was at once exemplary and unoften- 
tatious. Many are the children of forrow 
who blefs his bounteous hand and fympa- 
thifing heart, whofe relieved diftrefles are 
known only to themfelves. In the inter- 
courfe of private fociety, and in the bofom of 
his family, the qualities of Sir William Forbes 
were not lefs amiable, than thofe of his pub-~ 
lic fituation were honorable and ufeful. In 
his youth he had devoted much of his time 
to the ftudy of elegant literature; and, during 
the courfe of his long life, he never loft fight 
of thofe liberal purfuits which early affociation 
had endeared to him, and which, while they — 
relieved the preffure of his more {erious avo~ 
cations, lent a diftinguifhed g grace to his cha- 
rater. Hefunited, in a degree which has 
feldom been attained, that acutenefs and dif- 
crimination which are conferred by a know- 
ledge of mankind, with the information of 
the fcholar, and ae cour ty elegance of th¢ 
gentleman; but in him the fafcination of 
manner arofe from the genuine feelings of 
his heart: he was polite and condefcending- 
becaufe’ he was humane and benevolent 3 he 
was open and gracious, becaufe he was can- 
did and fincere. Sir William Forbes was 
one of the earlieft members of the celebrated 
Literary. Club, which boafted amongft its 
other illuftrious affociates, the names of John- 
fon; Reynolds, Garrick, and Burke. He fur- 
vived many of thefe eminent men, and, we 
believe, has left few of the original aE 4 
behind him: The literary leifure of his lat- 
ter days ‘was devoted to the fulfilment of a 
tafk for which he was peculiarly fitted; we 
allude'to his account of the life and writings 
of his friend Dr. Beattie. ; 
At Edinburgh, Archibald M’Phune, efqe 
of Driep, captaia in the Argylfhire militia. 
—The Rev. James Moyfe, many years. one 
of the minifters of Cowgate chapel.—The 
Hon. Richard Somerville Hamilton, fecond 
fon of Lord Vifcount Boyne, and a lieutenant 
in the royal navy —Mrs. Elliot, wife of Mr. 
Cornelius E. bookfeller—General Jolin 
Fletcher Campbell, of Salton. — William 
Law, of Elvingfton, ef. theriff deputy of 
the county of Haddington, 91 —After being 
delivered of a fon, the lady of Sir James 
Nafmyth, of Poflo.—Sir William Ramfay; 
of re Hau. 
r: John Bell, bookfeller, a gentleman 
Eve for the ceed of half a century, 
ranked among the firft of his profeifion, 
and, during many years of that period, was 
the father of the trade. Mr. Beli’s con- 
duét and charaéter, throughout the courfe 
of his long life, were diftinguifned by inte- 
grity, liberality, and independence. He was 
a man of liberal education, was well acquaint~ 
ed with modern literature, and lived in habits 
‘of intimacy with moft of the eminent literary 
charaéters of the laf century. His talents, 
however, were of that kind which sather 
fhunned than courted ‘notice 5; they were 
chieily exhibited i in the line of his profeffion 5 
in 
