Obituary.

has long been engaged on a work containing Disquisitions on the present political state of India ; if so , it will be easy to account for his conduct in retaining Sir A . Mackenzie ' s papers . Lately , at Dingwall , Com . RO SS ; North Britain , George Robertson Esq . Ex-Provost of that town , and Advocate ,

the first Gentleman who attempted to break the oppression , exercised by the Chieftains over their tenantry , in that part of Scotland . Before his time there was no advocate , it is thought , north of Edinburgh ; of course the peasantry had no means of obtaining justice without coming to their capital ; which , in most

instances , was impossible . Attached to the free constitution of this country , and venerating all its defenders , he occasionally corresponded with our British Demosthenes CHARLES FOX ; and about ¦ five years since , at the age of near 80 , actually-made a journey of upwards of 600 milesfrom Dingwall to London

, , forno other purpose than'personally to converse , and shake hands , with that 'great character . He arrived in 'London in the evening ; and'ihe next morning ¦ wasmet by the writer ofthis article oil 'his wav to the house of the'O ' ralor , who

received htm with kindness and hospitality . The conduct of Mr . -Robertson , in this case , very nearly assimilates to that of the strangcr ' wlio visited Rome for the sole purpose Of seeing one of the great men of'that period . On the 1 st of July , in the Island of St . Domingo , Lieuleiiatit-colonelGeorge

Legflrd , of _ he' 6 . . t ! rregimet 1 t-of Foot . On -the 23 d of July , at St . Pierre ' s in Martinique , Lieutenant Philip Ah-Struther , of Ihe 'Royal Navy , - " son ofSir Robert AnstrUther , of'Baiua ' skie , Bart . Lately , Ann Keighley , of'Hunslet , near Leeds , aged 100 years . She was mothergrandmotherand great

grand-, , mother to 253 children : she - was carrietl to the church by twelve gre ' af grand . h'ifdren , aii'd near one hundred of h " ef progeny attended the funeral . ¦• - ' < ¦ Latel y , at Bath , aged 70 , William Watson , who signalized himself fntf . e American war for undaunted courage

, and took from the enemy no less than i > 7 valuabie prizes . On the 15 th of 'July , at -Dundee Estate Trelawney , Jamaica , Mr . George Carruthers , eldest son of the late Mr . James Carruthers , of l . unwoodie Green . "Lately , on his Passage frcrn

New-York , Edward Butler Esq . of Bath . Lately at Binchester , aged 55 , the Hon . T . Lyons , of Hetton house Com . Durham , brother ofthe late and uncle to the present Earl of Strathmore . Oct . 1 . At Kincardine Lodge , North Britain , Sir Edward Bahnermsn , Bart . 2 . At Edinburgh , aged 76 , Mr . John

Medina , Limner , grandson to Sir John Medina an eminent historical and portrait painter in Scotland . At Bath , at a very advanced age , the Rev . Dr . James Fordyce . - Suddenly at his house in Irvine , North Britain , James Montgomery Esq . of Knockeuart , one of the

magistrates of that town . 3 . At Di ' chleys Com . Esse :., Mrs . -Pickett , wife of Alderman Hckett . At Coates , near Edinburgh , the Rev . and Right Hon . . J . Earl of Giencainij aged 46 . At Clifton , near Bristol , aftera lingering illnessMrs . Shephardwife of

, , Charles Shephard , Esq . of John street . - ¦ Bedford Row . Gilbert ; Bedford Esq . of Newland , near Ramsgate . 6 . At Aberdeen ' , Duncan Forbes Mitchell Esq . of Thairittton , third-Von

' of'the late Sir Arthur Forbes , of Oragievar , Baft . Mrs . Groves , wife of John Groves Esq . Of the Board of Works . Aged ' 60 , Mrs . Stafford , of Wymohdham , Com . Norfolk . 7 . At Edinburgh , the wife df Mr . Cbrnelius'Elliott , Writer to the signet .

At Caroline Park , 'Sir John-Stuart , of Allanbank , hart .-ageU ' Si . 8 . William Withycombe Esq . bf Bickham , Com . Somerset . io . At Freideiibergb , ' the 'Ou ' ee ' n Dowager of Denmark Juliana Maria ; to the great regret mil oilly of Itlte Royal Courtbut also of several '

hun'dre'd'fa-, milies , who subsisted on 'thebbtinty Of the deceased . She was a daughter of fhe-late Duke Ferdinand -Albert , of Brunswick Wolfenbntt ' el , ' w'asbornthe 4 th of September , 1729 , and married to the late king of Denmark ' , Frederick V . the ith of July , 1752 . It remains as yet uncertain whether the corpse

will be conveyed to the vault of Copenhagen , or to ihe Royal tomb at Rothschild . Mrs . Ann Stanley , sister of the lafe Edward Stanley , Esq . Secretary cf the customs .