Between the heads of the above mentioned ravines is a chain of high rugged hills, covered with extenfive and very thick woods. In this almoft inaftackable fituation was placed the right wing of the enemy's army. The corps which covered the extremity of it, occupied Cantern, Sitzenkirchen, and the furrounding heights, from whence the line proceeds along the hills above Ober and Nieder Eckinheim, Liel, Schlingen, and Steinftadt, all of which places were ftrongly occupied; and the left flank of the line came quite to the Rhine, which runs clofe under the heights of Steinstadt. Advanced before the center of his army, the enemy had a very ftrong corps of infantry on the heights and in the vineyards between Schlingen and Feldberg. About an English mile in the rear of the centre of the pofition, that is, to the fouthward of Liel, is the village of Tan nenkirch; between it and Liel is the higheft hill of the whole pofition; and from Tannenkirch the ground falls towards the ravine in which Redlingen is fituated: So that, in cafe of the right wing being driven from the extremely frong ground on which it was pofted, it had, (by falling back to the heights of Tannenkirch) another good pofition, rather en Potence, indeed, to that of the left wing between Schlingen and Steinftadt, but the falient part is fecured by the high and almost inattackable hill between Tanneukirch and Liel. [To be continued.] SCOTLAND. Dunbar,-October 26. hood of Glasgow, which deftroyed the fouth end of the buildings, with a confiderable part of the machinery, before it could be extinguifhed. The premises are infured with the Sun and Phoenix Infurance Companies. A melancholy accident happened on Saturday morning, to fome men working on the new turnpike road at Burn of Pitfodels:-A bank of earth fell, and fmothered three men ; two were got out alive, but the other, a young man, named Andrew Still, lived but a few hours after. He has left a wife and four young infants, for whofe affiftance a fubfcription is opened at Aberdeen. Nov. 12. This day Robert Cullen, Efq. prefented his Majefty's letter appointing him a Senator of the College of Juftice, in room of Lord Alva, to the Court. After the ufual probationary trials, he took his feat on the bench. Address of the Fishermen of Newhaven. My LORD PROVOST of EDINBURGH, fiament, and general rumour, that our We obferve, from the debates in Parenemies threaten an actual invafion of Great Britain; and as it is not very certain where the attempt may be made, we, the fishermen of Newhaven, now duly inrolled and reported to your Lordship, make a tender of our fervices in defence of our King, country, and the British conflitution, on board of any gun boat, or veffel of war that Government may be pleafed to appoint to act on this ftation for the common defence. But as the moft of us confift of married perfons with families, and many who have already fought and bled in our country's caufe, we con This day the Dunbar Defenfive Corps, fider our offer only as conditional, that when at exercife in the fort, unanimoufly came forward and declared their readinefs, in cafe of an invafion, to follow their Officers into any part of Great Britain his Majefty may be pleafed to order them. Upon this declaration of their fteady attachment and loyalty to their King and Country, Major Middlemais inftantly ordered the great guns to be fired, and then marched the corps to the fireet appofite to the Town Houle, where they fired three excellent vollies from their fmall arms, and concluded with huzzaing, God fave the King. About fix o'clock at night, a moft alarming fire broke out in the extenfive eotton work belonging to Mr John MonLeath, at Pollokihaws, in the neighbour we shall be required to ferve on the ftation from the Red Head to St Abb's Head. We will not lay that in any very preffing fituation, we may not go further, if neceffity urges; but by this tender we only confider ourselves bound to act within the forefaid limits. Signed at Newhaven 12th Nov. 1796. [59 names are annexed to this addrefs.] A melancholy accident happened at Linlithgow the other week, which proved a fevere affliction to the parents;While a woman was preparing the tea for the family, the left the tea-pot, just filled with boiling water, on a chair, until fhe performed fome other domeftic duty. She had no fooner turned herself about than a fine boy, about two years of age, who was diverting himself about the Off. 18. At Strone, Captain Donald Cameron, of the Lochaber G. Volunteers, to Miss Isabella Charlotte Cochran, eldest daughter of Captain Cochran, of the Invalids, Fort William. 19. At Edinburgh, James Edmondfon, Elq. of Newton, to Mils Barbara Seten, daughter of the deceased Sir Henry Seton, Barr, 22. At Cray, Francis Grahame, Efq. of Morphine, to Mifs Marion Hutchison, daughter of Dr. James Hutchison of Drumore. 24. At Berwick, Thomas Grieve, Efq. wine merchant, to Mifs Willoby, daughter of Edward Willoby, Efq. At Kilmarnock, Mr Alexander Fawids, merchant there, to Mifs Mary Baillie Henderson, daughter of the deceafed Mr William Henderfon. At the Mains of Errol, in the County of Perth, James Young, writer in Edinburgh, to Mifs Magdalane Web. fer, eldest daughter of Mr R. Webfter, at Mains of Errol. 31. At Lady Alva's houfe, Drumfheugh, Mr Carr, of Leeds, Yorkshire, to Mils Efkine, eldest daughter of the late Lord Alva. Nov. 1. At Dundee, James Allardice, Elq. of the island of St Vincent, to Mifs Sufannah Keith, eldest daughter of Jas. Keith, Efq. Collector of Excife, Dun dee. 2. At London, Charles John Clarke, Efq. of Audley-fquare, to Mifs Gardiner, daughter of General Gardiner. Nov. 2. At Edinburgh, James Connell, Eq. of Madras, to Mits Jannette Ferrier, daughter of Mr Ferrier, writer to the fignet. 8. A1 Colchefler, Effex, Capt. Barclay, of the Weft Lowland Fencibles, to Mifs Kerfteman, daughter of the late Wm. Kerfteman, Efq. Brigade, to Mils Sharpe of Hoddam. 12. Capt. Jas. Floyer Erfkine, Scotch 17. At London, Capt. J. C. Mitchell, of the Hon. Eaft India Company's Benriet Vaughan. gal Military Eftablishment, to Mifs Har 21. Mr John Taylor, attorney to the Exchequer, to Mfs Marg. Field, daughter of the deceafed Dr James Field, phyfician, Petersburg, Virginia. DEATHS. June 5. At Weftmoreland, Savanna la Mar, Jamaica, Dr Coll' M'Dougall. July. At S: Domingo, of the yellow fever, Capt. James Maitland Shairp, of the Marines. 20. In the neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica, Mr Robert Lang, fon of the late Bailie Lang, of Glasgow. Aug. 12. Of a Fever, at St Lucia, Mr Archibald Reid, furgeon of the 31ft regiment of foot, fon of Mr Mark Reid, of Glasgow. 15. On board the Emily transport, Capt. Alexander Sewart, of the 54th regiment, on his paffage from the Weft Indies. 25. In Pennsylvania, North America, John Millar, junior, Efq. Advocate, late of this city. Sept. 26. On board his Majefty's fhip Zealous, at Sea, Archibald Scott, Efq. of the Navy. Lately, in the Weft Indies, in the 25th year of his age, Lieut. Hope Napier, of his Majefly's fhip Invincible, second fon of the Hon. Major-Gen. Napier. Lately, at Cork, the Rev. Samuel Perrot, minifter of the Presbyterian Congre gation there. Lately, at Edinburgh, the Hon. John Lord Ballenden. Oct. 5. At Sandwick, in Orkney, Mrs Tyrie, relict of the Rev. Mr James Tyrie, late minifter of Stromnefs, in the 76th year of her age. 17. At Barns of Craig, near Montrose, Mrs Jean Napier, widow of the deceafed Mr David Greig of that place. 22. At Mainhill, the Rev. D. McLel lan, minifter of Beith, in the 74th year of his age, and 39th of his miniftry. THE EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, OR LITERARY MISCELLANY, FOR DECEMBER 1796; With a View of BORTHWICK CASTLE, 12 miles S. E. of Edinburgh. State of the BAROMETER in inches and decimals, and of Farenheit's THER MOMETER 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 December 1ft to 31ft, within one mile of the Castle of Edinburgh. N. B. On the 8th, the Thermo meter, 10 o'clock at night, was at 19. THE THE EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, OR LITERARY MISCELLANY, FOR DECEMBER 1796. LETTER FROM THE EARL OF PERTH TO HIS SISTER THE COUNTESS OF ERROL. The Earl of Perth was Chancellor of Scotland to James the Seventh, and, at the Revolution, he follow. ed the fortunes of his master. The letter gives an account of his Lordfhip's first attempt to leave the kingdom of his being purfued and feized in the Frith of Forth, near the Bafs-of his being car. carried back prifoner to Kirkcaldy-and of the unfeeling and inhuman treatment which he experienced from the rabble there, &c. Stirling Cafle, Dec. 29. 1688. My dear Sifter, Ochells was deep; and if I rode in day light I could not efeape; and having faid this away he went towards Bruntifland, and left my wife and me to disguise ourselves the best we could, which indeed the did fo well that I could not have known her; but I could find no means to keep myself from being known to every body. She went one way and I another from Drummond. About fix a cloak at night, fhe went only to Duning, but I went over the hills through heaps of fnow, at a place where never one croffed before, and got before day two miles beyond Kinrofs, where my mafter, Mr David Drummond, whofe cloak bag I carried, and I, ftaid untill one a cloakˆ afternoon next day, which was Wed, nefday, and then through unfrequented ways, we got to Bruntisland about 5 a cloak at night, but to our ruine (though my wife was already before us and nothing on our part hindred,) we wanted two men of our fhip's Blair came from Edinburgh, and company, and fo not only were for common inn that told me that the K was gone into ced to lye in a france, & that if I did not immedi- night, but. to go over to Leith Road ately gett away I was a gone man: and lye 5 hours until our mafler That he had provided a hip which went ahore and took up two meng would be ready to fail next night and brought aboard; fo about one a by 5 a cloak at night from Brunt- cloak, afternoon, we came under fail, island; and bid me make all hafte and with an eafie gale made towards to that place, for the fnow on the the mouth of the Firth. My wife 3 F2 WAS |