BIRTHS GIBSON, Female - B9/9/1855 - Here, at Hanover Street, on the 9th instant, the wife of Mr William Gibson, graindealer, of a daughter. M'CREA, Female - B9/9/1855 - Here, at Agnew Crescent, on the 9th inst, the wife of Mr Hugh M'Crea, of a daghter. M'KERLIE, Male - B4/9/1855 - At Portpatrick, on the 4th instant, the wife of Mr Thomas M'Kerlie, police-officer, of a son. JOHNSTON, Female - B8/9/1855 - At Newton-Stewart, on the 8th inst., the wife of Private Johnston, of the Galloway Rifles, of a daughter. POTTS, Male - B(13)/9/1855 - At Newton-Stewart, on the (13th) inst., the wife of Private John Potts, of a son - still born. MARRIAGES TAIT, William - M7/9/1855 - At 22 Duke Street, Edinburgh, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Andrew Thomson, D.D., Mr William Tait, writer, Edinburgh, to Helen, third daughter of Mr George Wilson, clothier there. MURPHY, Peter - M4/9/1855 - At Newton-Stewart, on the 4th inst., by the Rev. John Walker, Private Peter Murphy, of the Galloway Rifles, to Miss Mary Kevan. LINDSAY, Lance-Corporal - M11/9/1855 - At Newton-Stewart, on the 11th inst., by the Rev. Mr Richardson, Lance-Corporal Lindsay, of the Galloway Rifles, to Miss Elizabeth Milroy. DEATHS CARNOCHAN, Alex. - D9/9/1855 - At Auchleach, Kirkcolm, on the 9th instant, after a long illness, Mr Alex. Carnochan, aged 76 years. M'KEAND, Mary Jane - D6/9/1855 - At Newton-Stewart, on the 6th inst., Mary Jane, second daughter of Mr John M'Keand, manufacturer, aged 4 years.