BIRTHS M'DOWALL, Female - B14/12/1955 - At Portpatrick, on the 14th inst., the wife of Mr Alexander M'Dowall, of the Railway Inn, of a daughter. MARRIAGES PATON, Adam - M4/12/1855 - At Spoutwells, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Mr Mathews, Mr Adam Paton, dyer, Kirkmabreck, to Janet, youngest daughter of Mr Taylor, farmer Spoutwells. (MAMBACH), Hugh, M13/12/1855 - At Lossat, Kirkcolm, on the 13th inst., by the Rev. Mr Hyslop, Mr Hugh (Mambach , to Jane, daughter of Mr John Tweedie, farmer, Lossat. CAMPBELL, Archibald L??? - M11/12/1855 - At Newton Stewart, on the 11th inst., by the Rev. John Walker, Mr Archibald L??? Campbell, to Christina M'Millan, youngest daughter of Mr Wm. Stewart. BAIRD, Samuel - M22/11/1855 - At St. Kitts, on Thursday, 22d ult., by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, assisted by the Venerable the Archdeacon, Samuel Baird, Esq., of Stranraer, Wigtownshire, to Caroline Mary, youngest daughter of the late Thomas De Burgh O'Maley, surgeon to the Forces, and Member of Council for this Island. DEATHS HAWES, Bursford Hunter - D?/6/1855 - In June last, lost in the wreck of the St. Abbs, in (linman), on his passage to join the Indian Navy as cadet, Bursford Hunter second son of Captain Hawes, R.N. Portpatrick, aged 16. BAILLIE, John - D19/12/1855 - Here, at Stoneykirk Road, on the 19th inst., aged 25 years, Private John Baillie, Scotch Fusilier Guards - from the affects of wounds received at the Crimea. PATERSON/BROWN, Ann - D11/12/1855 - At Torhouse Croft on the 11th inst., Ann Brown, wife of Mr John Paterson, in the 76th year of her age. M'KIE, Frank - D17/12/1855 - At Newton Stewart, on the 17th inst., Frank M'Kie, advanced in years. SIBTHORP, Colonel - D14/12/1855 - Colonel Sibthorp M.P., expired at one o'clock p.m. on Friday, at his town residence in Eaton Square, London. RODGERS, Mr - D18/12/1855 - Mr Rodgers, the poet, died on Tuesday morning, an hour after midnight.