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that shivers at every breeze," with "a mind endued with the most exquisite feelings-the most ardent kindled-up affection; a soul that's tremblingly alive all over; in short the most flagrant enthusiast tee ever saw." But what must endear his memory to future ages is his having been the means of rescuing the poet Burns from becoming an exile and an overseer on a Jamaica estate, introducing him to friends in Edinburgh, and so helping to make him famous. He marr. in 1762, Sarah, daugh. of Mr Joseph Johnstone, surgeon, Dumfries, she died at Edinburgh 6th May 1809.-Publications-A Collection of Poems, Glasg. 1746, 8vo. Poems on Several Occasions, Edin. 1754, 8vo. Poems (edited by 11Ir Spence, Professor of Poetry at Oxford), Lond. 1756, 4to. Two single Sermons, Edin. 1760-1761, 8vo. Paraclesis; or Consolations deduced from Natural and Revealed Religion, Edin. 1767, 8vo. Panegyric on Great Britain, 17 73. The Graham, an heroic ballad, 1771, 4to. Poems, with an Essay on the Education of the Blind (with Life, by Henry Mackenzie, Esq.), Edin. 1793, 4to. A Discourse on National Music (Scots Mag. xli.) Sermon VI. (Scotch Preacher ii.) The articles Blind, Poetry, &c. (Encycl. Britt.) Absence, a son,- (Edin. Mag. and Rev. i.) Translations from the French-Two Discourses on the Spirit and Evidences of Christianity, by Armand, Edin. 1768, 8vo.-[Presb., and Syn. Reg., Mackenzie's Life, and Life of Home, Scots Mag. xxiii., liii., Lives of Burns, Chambers's Biog.. Dict., New St. Acc. iv., &c.]

1765. WILLIAM CROMBIE, A.M., graduated at the Univ. of St Andrews in 1753, licen. by the Presb. of Cupar 16th Oct. 1759, and ord. by them 5th Aug. 1761 as min. of the Presbyterian congregation at Wisbech, Cambridgesh., pres. by Geo. III. in Feb., and adm. 6th March 1765; trans. to Spott 19th Oct. 1769.-[St. And. Univ. Cal., Presb., and Snn. Reg, New St. Acc. iv.]

1770. ROBERT MUTER, licen. by the Presb. of Hamilton 29th March 1762, became preacher in the College Chapel, Glasgow, pres. by Geo. III. 15th Jan., and ord. 27th Sept. 1770; had D.D. from the Univ. of Glasgow 11th Feb. 1793, was appointed one of his Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary, and a Dean of the Chapel Royal 20th Sept. 1805, and died 21st Jan. 1820, in his 86th year and 50th min. He marr. 5th April 1773 Agnes, daugh. of John Freeland, Esq., Provost of the Burgh; she died 20th Dec. 1825, and had seven sons, of whom  James, Peter, and William were merchants in St Lucia, and Robert a Colonel in the Army, and six daugh., of whom Susannah marr. the Rev. Thomas Turnbull, Anwoth, Margaret, John Hannay, Esq., of Kirkbride, Laura, Mr David Miller, writer, Kirkcudbright, Jane, Dr Benjamin Welsh, surgeon, Haddington, and another a merchant in St Lucia.-Publications-Abounding Iniquity, and it’s fatal consequences, a sermon, Dumfries 1791, 8evo. Account of the Parish (Sinclair's St. Acc. xi.).-[Presb., and Syn. Reg. Cleland's Ann. of Glasg. i., New St. Acc. iv., &c.]

1820. GEORGE HAMILTON, son of the Rev. Dr H., Gladsmuir, studied at the Univ. of Edinburgh, licen. by the Presb. of Haddington 24th June 1817, became assistant to the Rev. Dr Pollock, Govan, pres. by George IV. in April, and ord. 24th Aug. 1820; died 18th Sept. 1836, in 42d age and 17th min. He marr. 8th Sept. 1823 Jane, second daugh. of Robert Gordon, Esq. of Langlanlee, and had three sons, George, Steward Clerk of Kirkcudbright, Robert-Gordon, merchant, Liverpool, John-James, merchant, Chili, and two daugh. Rose and Eliza.-[Presb., and Syn. Reg., New St. Acc. iv. &c.]

1837. JOHN M'MILLAN, a native of Moffat, licen. by the Presb. of Dunblane 17th July