chibald Cuninghame, of the Ayrshire Fencible Cavalry. 12. At Balhkinrain, fuddenly, of the gout in his ftomach, Robert Dunmore, Eq. 13. At Greenock, Mrs Wilson, spouse to Mr John Wilson, fen. merchant. At Berwick, John Jamefon, Efq. 14. At the Manle of Muirkirk, the Rev. Mr John Shepherd. 15. At London, Duncan Davidson, Efq. of Bedford fquare. At Glafgow, Peter Blackburn, Esq. 16. At Stirling, Mrs Elizabeth Dallas, fpoufe of the Reverend Mr Robert Shirra, late of Kirkcaldy. - At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Crombie, relict of Mr Robert Armstrong, laté plumber. 17. At Toll Crofs, near Edinburgh, Mrs Henderfon, wife of Mr William Henderson, Secretary to the British Linen Company. At Edinburgh, Mrs Dawfon, fpoufe to Mr Alexander Dawfon. At Edinburgh, Henry Dundas Hunter Blair, youngeft fon of the late Sir James Hunter Blair, Bart. - In Brifto Street, Edinburgh, Mr John Greig, Teacher. 18. At Dundee, at the age of 87, Mr John Wemyss, thread-maker to his Majefty. At Coldftream, the Rev. William Whinfield. 19. At Edinburgh, Mr James Campbell of the Excife Office. 21. At Poppleton, near York, Mr Robert Horfeman, many years in the fervice of the Exeife in Scotland. 22. At Glasgow, Mr John Edmonne Young, fon of Mr James Young, merchant there. 23. At Edinburgh, Mr John Biggar, for inany years one of the most extenfive relpectable Linen Manufacturers in this At New, the Rev. Mr George Forbes of Lochell, and Cufhney, in the 62 year of his age, and 37th of his miniftry. Sept. 1. At Edinburgh, Capt. Abraham Bunbury, late of the 62d regiment of foot. 3. Mr Patrick Robertson, writer in Glasgow. 4. At Stirling, Lieutenant Marr, of the 1ft regiment of foot in the 27th year of his age. 5. At Youngfield, in the 84th year of his age, the Rev. Mr John Ewart, Minifter of the Gospel in Troqueer. 7. At Dundee, Mr William Neilfon, fon of Richard Neilfon, Efq. of Corfack, late merchant in Dundee. 9. At Broughton Loan, Mr Patrick Fairly, linen manufacturer. On board the Bufbridge Indiaman, on his paffage from Bengal to Britain, Lieutenant George Murray, in the fervice of the Hon. the Eaft India Company, only fon of Capt. George Murray of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers. 10. At Edinburgh, Mrs Mary Clerk, fpoule of Mr Samuel Watson, Solicitor at Law. 11. At Lanark, Baillie William Telfar, merchant. 12. At Kilmarnock, in the feventyeight year of her age, Mrs Ferguson, wife of Mr John Ferguson, merchant there. 13. At Edinburgh, Mifs Catharine Campbell, fifth daughter of John Camp bell, Efq. late of Newfield, and Grand Neice to the late General John Earl of Crawfurd and Lindlay.. - At his houfe at the Broad-ftone, Ireland, Donald Grant, Eiq. in the 6th year of his age At Ayr, Mr Thomas McClement, writer there. At Edinburgh, Mrs Henrietta Douglas, relict of Mr George Gordon, Dumfries. 17. Mrs Brown, wife of John Brown, Efq. of Wefterhaughs. 291 Narrative of the Sufferings of Mr. foner by the Indians in 1799, 256 Anecdotes of Geo. Fred. Handel, 265 394 395 High Water at LEITH. for NOVEMBER 1799. (From the Edinburgh Almanack) State of the BAROMETER, in inches and decimals, and of Farenheit's THERMOMETER in the open air, taken in the morning before fun-rife, and at noon; and the quantity of rain-water fallen, in inches and decimals, from October ift to Days. H.M.HM. 31ft, in the vicinity of Edinburgh. 1799. Barom. Thermom. Rain. ist Morn. Even⚫ F. I. 5 33 6 5 Sa. 2. Su. 635 7 7 om. Rain I Weather 342331853 IN. M. од. 5. 9 18 Sa. 9. 0 7 Su. 10. 29.571 42 48 0.3 Rain 29.425 47 550.2 Ditto M. II. I 7 I 28 29.02 45 520.250. Ditto T. 12. 1 49 2 II 49 Clear W. 13. 233 256 Th. 14 Rain Fr. 15 4 9 4 35 Showers Sa. 16. 5 42 55 Clear Su. 17. M. 18. 14 29.251 42 59s Dittosys by 6 47 7 12 T. 19. Ditto W. 20.0 8 28 8 52 Ditto Ayaw 40 Th. 21. Ditto of! Fr. 22. 105 Ditto estobSa. 23. 10 53 Ditto neb Su. 24. 11 43 9 17 9 41 10 29 IL 18 M. 21 29.251 45 49 0.125 Rain 0 36 T. 26. 1 38 47 Clear W. 17. 24 29.5 41 50 Ditto Th. 28. 25 29.675 26 20.5 Fr. 29. 33 471193 Clear Sa. 30 Ditto MOON. Ditto D. H. M. First Qrtr. 4. 11 21 morn. 9.12. 1 51 aftern. Lal Qrtr 20 II 37 morn *. A+ -As o'er the lucid waste of Greenland's fnow GISBORNE'S defcriptive poem, termed THE VALES OF WEVER,, exhibits, on a smaller feale, the cha racteristic beauties and defects of Darwin's Botanical Garden. The diction is uniformly ornate, and finic ally fplendid; the verfification po lifhed and correct, but fatiguingly, monotonous; the file impreffive and energetic, in numerous paffages; but as this energy rather proceeds from the combination of words, than from the originality of ideas, it foon palls and lofes its effect upon the mind. As the measure is incapable of fupporting the majefty, which brilliant imagery and polished verfification diffufe over the Botanic Garden, the peculiar defects of this fpecies of compofition are more apparent in this poem, than in that fplendid work. Pope has obferved, that pure defcriptive poetry is as abfurd as a feast compofed entirely of fauces; and the author of the Heroic Epiftle to Sir W. Chambers feems to have dilated the fame idea in the following paffage, in which he comments on one of the fublime flights of the Orien tal Gardener, What is nature ground, plants, and water." For what is Nature? ring her changes round, Three monftrous legs of mutton fhock our eyes, The propriety of thefe expreffions, by vague and indifcriminate invec which depreciate defcriptive poetry tive, can never be allowed; neverthe Hh2 lefs J. Gisborne, Efq. lefs it is impoffible to deny that no other fpecies of poetry becomes fo cloying and mawkish when it is merely fupported by an artificial brilliance of verfification, and an undiftinguishing profufion of epithets In the Botanic Garden the colouring is vivid, and fometimes glaring, but often indiftinct from exceffive fplendor; the images are prefented with great vivacity and force, but their true natural proportions are often facrificed. If we may borrow an expreffion from painting, there is a general deficiency of fhade, the eye finds no relief, the contour of objects is injured by their own lutre, and by that of the bodies by which they are furrounded. The art employed in the compofition is continually obtruded on the mind by the oftentatious difplay of beau ties, and, like a feries of witticifms, foon palls, and becomes tiresome. In the Vales of Wever thefe defects are apparent, though mingled with numerous beauties; for though the author, to ufe Sancho's expreffion, fometimes" wants better bread than is made of wheat," yet he is often content with the pure grain and fubftitutes not chaff for that which is of the finest quality. The Vales of Wever are formed by the branches of that elevated track, in Staffordshire, which is denominated the Wever Hills. The poem is divided into three cantos. -The first canto is appropriated to the defeription of mountain and woodland fcenery; the effects of moon"light, froft, fnow ftorms, and midnight tempelts, are delineated, with the various afpect of the scenery, under the variations of the atmofphere. In minute touches of defcription, the author has more frequently fucceeded, than in delineating the outline and expreffing the general effect of the fcene which he endeavours to reprefent. We traverfe the Vales of Wever, we climb the fteeps of the hills, we perambulate the woodlands, and defcend over the flop. ing lawns; but the fcene never expands before us in its juft propor tions, and our attention is equally attracted by the minuteft objects and by the most important. When objects are defcribed with all the exactnefs and precifion of the naturalift, they feldom figure in our minds, accord. ing to their true dimenfions and importance; the fmaileft imprefs us as forcibly as the greateft, and we are often led to admire the most trivial; like the Swedish, naturalift, Haffelquilt, who is faid to have turned with difguft from the mighty Pyramids of Egypt, to contemplate the ant hills of the defart. Thus we may adopt the language of Giborue himself: Here as the Glent orb of night In minute defeription of particular objects the author has been much more fuccefsful, and exhibits confi derable ability in felecting those minute circumftances, and fubtile relations, which paint objects to the |