We understand that Mr. Currie, of the Scotch bar, has
been ap- pointed Sheriff of Banffshire, in Scotland. This is a most fit appoint- ment, to which Mr. Curie's legal attainments and standing at the bar fully entitled Wm.—Cour/tr.
It is with the deepest regret we announce, on the authority of a private letter, dated from Altrive Lake, the death of by far the most remark- able man that ever wore professionally a shepherd's plaid. This sad event, in which every son of genius arid reader of taste in broad Scot- land, and far beyond its bounds, must feel a melancholy interest, oc- curred at his residence, on the banks of the Yarrow, on Saturday last, at the hour of noon. For some weeks previous, he had been confined to bed by a severe attack of bilious fever, which latterly assumed the form of jaundice ; both, in all probability, originating in exposure to cold, or some latent affection of the liver. During the fever he suf- fered great prostration of strength ; and for a week or more his friends and medical attendants had begun to fear the worst, particularly after the accession of jaundice. And their fears, we regret to say, have been realized; for it is but too true that one of the sweetest poets that ever framed a lay, and by far the first man of his class, with the single exception of Robert Burns, will, on Friday, follow to the grave his illustrious friend Sir Walter Scott, at the distance of little more than three years. We believe they were born in the same year, and that Mr. Hogg, had he survived till the 25th January next, would have reached the age of fifty-nine or sixty. The funeral has been fixed for Friday the 27th; and his remains will be attended to a cemetery (Ettrick churchyard) closely adjoining the cottage in which he was born, by a crowd of mourners such as has rarely been witnessed in the pastoral vallies of the Ettrick and Yarrow. The letter to which we have alluded states distinctly that the death of one who did so much to illustrate the district in which he resided, has excited feel- ings of so vivid a nature, that the entire population may be described as one extended family of mourners.—Dumfries Courier.
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