Sarah Partington, eldest daughter of the late T. W. Partington, efq. of Off ham, Suffex, At Bristol, Mr Clement Jackson, draper, to Mifs Fry, daughter of Mr. Robt. Fry, clothier. Mr. Thomas Leek, bookfeller, to Mifs Mary Slade. Mr. C. Jones, mafon, to Mifs H. Hippifley. Captain Handfield, of the army, to Mifs Pritchard of College Green.

Died] At Bath, aged 18, Mifs Theodofia Coxhead, youngest daughter of Mr. Coxhead, foap-boiler. James Lloyd, efq. of Mabus, Cardiganfhire. Aged $6, Thomas Coward, efq. late of Spargrove, Somerfet; he was upwards of 60 years in the commiffion of the peace for that county.

between jarring factions, and difcordant fects, From the well known integrity of his cha racter, he was employed in various posts both public and private, which he discharged to the fatisfaction of all parties. He was a steady friend, and left nothing undone, upon any occafion, to ferve thofe for whom he pro feffed an attachment. He was fincerely pious and devout, and his religion was not debafed by fournefs, or milled by narrow or uncharie table principles. Ardent in his private attachments, he was yet the universal friend of mankind; and as Providence had bleffed his industry with great fuccefs, the fruits of it he was ever ready to impart to others. Ap immenfe concourfe attended his funeral, and among this vaft crowd of all ranks and condi tions, there were few who were not real

mourners."

DEVONSHIRE,

May 24, at Bath, aged 54, of a paralytic ftroke, Mr. W. Ayscough, an opulent and refpectable undertaker at Cripplegate, and many years clerk of that parish, for which office he never received any falary, but held it merely as connected with his bufinefs. Perhaps no man in that part of the city was more univerfally refpected than Mr. Ayfcough. From his general benevolence, and At Plymouth, Mr. Bellamy, furgeon of friendly difpofition, he was a bond of union his majesty's fhip, Spencer, to Mifs Cremer, Several Marriages, Deaths, and Paragraphs of News in English Counties, and in Wales and Scotland are deferred till our next, for want of Room,

Married.] At Exeter, Mr. Jacob Watfon, linen-draper, to Mifs Oftler, both of Bridgewater.

MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT,

IN addition to the difficulties which we observed in our laft, the woollen-trade in the weft of England at prefent labours under the want of raw-wool has become very great, from the supply not being equal even to the fmall demand which now exifts: the price of chains is advancing, and the difficulty of purchafing them at all, it is feared, will increafe, as the wool dealers in this part of the country are out-traded by their rivals in the north, by whom, it is well known, the Reeces of a flock of fheep are frequently bargained for a long while before the hearing feason begins. The greater advantages derived from machinery by the manufacturers in the north, is the chief caufe of their fuperiority, as it enables them to fell goods of the fame quality cheaper than they can be made on the fpot where the wool is grown. The union with Ireland is confà dered both by the merchants and manufacturers in the woollen trade as threatening them with new evils; they accordingly petitioned parliament against it, on which occafion it was ftated that "the growth of wool in Great Britain is not more than adequate to fupply the manufacturers with a quantity equal to the prefent demand, and therefore, if any wool in the raw ftate is permitted to be exported, they and their labourers must fuffer very material injury.”

The difcovery lately made by Mr. Thomas Foden, of a chryftalline fize and paste from vege table and mineral fubitances, as a fubftitute for wheat flour in all purposes of manufacture where wheat flour is ufed, appearing likely to be attended with important advantages, and that it may faye the use of wheat flour to a very confiderable extent, the Houfe of Commons have addreffed his Majefty to request that he would direct fuch further enquiry to be made on the fubject as shall be neceffary for afcertaining whether the ingredients for making this fubftitute can be furnished in fufficient quantities and at fuch reasonable prices, as to afford a supply equal to the confumption which may be required for the various manufactures in which it may be useful; and in cale it fhall appear that the difcovery can be carried to fuch an extent as to be of confiderable national advantage, to order such sum to be advanced to Mr. Foden for that purpose, as his Majefty thail judge proper, which will be made good by parliament.

Another difcovery, which promifes to be of much importance, is that of extracting ink from printed and written paper, and making other paper therefrom, fit for writing, printing, and other purpofes. A bill has been brought into Parliament for incorporating a company for the purpože of establishing a manufactory for carrying this fcheme into execution, and another bill has been brought in to exempt from duty wafte paper imported into the kingdom for the purpose of being re-manufactured, except the duty impofed by the convoy act.

Several other commercial fubjects have lately claimed the attention of Parliament, in confequence of which an act has been paffed for repealing part of the duties and drawbacks of customs on kid fkins imported, and the exemption of imported kid skins from Excife duty on being dreffed in Great Britain; alto an act for repealing fo much of an aft paffed in the fecond year of James L as prohibits the ufe of borfe hides in making boots and fhoes, and for the better preventing the damaging of raw hides and fkins in the flaying thereof. The ftamp duties impofed on perfumery and on licences for felling the fame, by 26 Geo. III. having fallen of very confiderably, have been repealed. A bill has been brought in for permitting the free importation of linfeed cakes and rape cakes in neutral fhips; and likewife a bill for continuing and amending the act parfed in the laft feffion for enabling his majefty to prohibit the exportation, and permit the importation of corn, and for allowing the importation of other articles of grovifion, without payment of duty.

The total quantity of wheat and other kinds of grain imported into England from the 28th of December last, to the 17th of June has been as follows; Wheat, 419,8049rs. Wheat-flour, 51,448 cwt. Rye, 55,410 grs. Rye-meal, 2,157 cwt. Barley, 10,878 4rs. Oats, 108,966 grs. Oatmeal, 1,657 cwt. Peafe, 5,190 grs. Beans, 5.444 qrs. Notwithstanding the arrival of thefe Confiderable quantities and the knowledge that much more is on its paffage, almoft every kind of grain continues to advance, and till a reduction takes place it may be useful to endeavour to introduce more generally the confumption of rice, which has lately fallen five or fix fhillings per ewt. the importation thereof having been very confiderable; good Carolina rice is at prefent from 275. to 318. and Eaft India, from 26s. to 29s. per cwt.

Raw fugars are higher fince our laft, being at prefent at the following prices, St. Kitts, 595. to Sos. Montferrat, 58s. to 78s. St. Vincents and Nevis, 58s. to 775. Jamaica, 558. to 765. Grenada, 56s. to 755. Dominica and Antigua, 56s. to 76s. Barbadoes, 56s. to 755. Martinico, g6s. to 74s. and St. Domingo, 55s. to 745. Grenada clay'd, from 64s. to 1025. Barbadoes clay'd, 66s. to 1045. Martinico clay'd, 633. to 1025. and St. Domingo clay'd, 63s. to 100 Lumps are from 97s. to 1128. fingle loaves 108s. to 118s. and powder loaves, 110s. to 126. Coffee has rifen three or four thillings per Cwt. Fine coffee is from 1548 to 1635. good, from $428. to 1535. and middling from 130s. to 1415.

Cotton-wool continues to advance a little, although the quantity imported has been confiderable. Cayenne is from 3s. to 38. 2d. Berbice, Surinam and Pernambuco, from 2s. 10d. to 35. De metary 2s. 6d. to 25, 9d. St. Domingo, 2s. Id. to 2s. 6d. Grenada and Carriaco, 25, 5d. to 25. 8d. Barbadoes, 2s. 5d. to 2s. 78. Martinico, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 7d. South Carolina and Geor. gia, 1s. 6d. to 25. 1od. and Surat, 1s. 2d. to 1s. 4d.

The Bank of England have given notice that they intend to publish in the month of December next, a lift of proprietors of unpaid dividends on bank ftock, and all the government funds tranf ferable at the Bank of England to the 5th of July, 1797. All perfons entitled to such dividends, who are not willing that their names thould be published, fhould therefore receive the fame on, or before the 1st of October next, as all dividends remaining on the books after that day muft neceffarily be included in the list.

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. WITH the exception of a week or ten days in the beginning of the month, the weather has been favourable for bringing forward the different crops; in moft of the fouthern districts of the kingdom the fpring corns look healthy and promife to be good crops, but in a few inftances the wheats are thin, and not of fo good an appearance. In Cumberland the commencement of the month was marked with fo great a feverity, as to threaten the deftruction of every fruit of the field; but the i jury fuftained from the keen frofts and easterly winds, has been in fome meafure repaired by the more genial rains and breezes which have fince fucceeded, though the long continuance of wet and cold has confiderably hurt the greatest part of the county. The wheat crop in general has a fickly appearance, and is very thin on the ground:-Barley, on fed off turnip land, looks well, and at prefent promifes a good crop, wherever the feed has been early fown Oats, except on dry free foils, have failed much, and on many lands have entirely difappeared; circumstance which, in this county, can only be attributed to one caufe, that of the earth hav ang been fo completely faturated with wee as to allow no grain to vegetate upon it; a cafe toogeneral on lands of a firm clay bottom, or fubject to any kind of running fprings. The growth of the grain on fome rich loamy foils has alfo fuffered greatly from the depredations of the white fuail, or fome other deftructive infects; in which cafes, the diligent farmer fhould immediately have recourfe either to night-rolling, or fprinkling quick-lime on the land fo infested during the night. aime; the latter practice has been found more efficacious, by either deftroying them at once, or cutting off their retreat, and two Cumberland bushels of good lime, are quite fufficient for an acre. The hay feafon has been fo far very good, and much grafs in the fouthern parts of the ifland has been already cut and made into hay, the crops being for the most part good, but not fo full as there was reafon fome time ago to fuppofe they would be. The paftures are in general good, but the keep of lean ftock and Milch Cows has been in many places unufually fearce, probably from the circumstances of pafture land being converted to hay in marry inftances from the high prices it fetched last year.

Potatoes have in different places been confiderably injured by an infect of the grub kind, which has eaten off the ftems even when of confiderable fizè, and thereby completely stopped the vegeta. tion of the root. Where this has not been the cafe, they look extremely well, and in many inftances are certainly unufually forward. Larger quantities than in common years have unquef tionably been planted.

Peas and Beans where the feed was good, are in general abundant crops and pretty full in the Pod, but in fome cafes they have failed on account of the feed having been bad.

Artificial or town graffes are we believe almost every where very full crops.

The hop plantations are in general in a thriving condition, full of bine and forward in growth; but all infected with the fly, and in the strong grounds, the lice are numerous.

But although the crops of the prelent year may on the whole be fafely pronounced to be fa vourable; the prices of all forts of grain itill keep up. Throughout England and Wales, wheat Averages 1208. 5d. Rye, 83s. Barley, 63s. 10d, Oats, 46s. 10d. Beans, 75s. 2d. and Peafe, 78s. 4d, Nor has the abundance of grafs yet had much influence in reducing the prices of butcher's meat. In Carlile market, Beet felis from 5d. to gd per lb. Mutton from 4d. to 8d. and Veal from 34d. to 64d. In Smithfield by the ftone of 8ib. Beef averages 45. to 5s. 4d. Mutton 45. §d. te ss. 6d. Veal 43. to 6s. and Pork 45. 8d. to s. 6d.

Lean ftock is fomewhat lower in fome of the provincial markets.

hay fill ferches high prices. In St. James's market, it averages £5 151. ode Sw, as is generally the cafe at this season, is hight

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HALF-YEARLY RETROSPECT OF DOMESTIC LITERATURE.

HISTORY.

WORK has just been prefented to the public which at the prefent period is peculiarly interefting: "The Hiftory of the Helvetic Confederacy, in two quarto volumes, by Jos. PLANTA, Efq. Sec. R. S. and Principal Librarian of the British Mufcum." Mr. Planta is known to be a gentleman of extensive knowledge and acute difcrimination, and his acquaintance with modern languages peculiarly well qualifies him for an undertaking like the prefent, the materials for which were chiefly to be furnished by German and other continental works. The author divides his Hiftory into two books; the firft, beginning with the origin of the Helvetic nations, extends to the complete cftablishment of the confederacy in the year 1412; the fecond decribes its progrefs, decline and diffolution. In fo very rapid a retrospect of literature as ours most neceffarily be, we are forbidden to dweil fo long on curious and interefting works as our inclination would prompt us; in the prefent inftance we mult content ourselves with palling a general encomium on the author, and can merely give our readers the fatisfaction of knowing whence the materials for the prefent volumes have been principally taken. For the foundation of his hiftory, our author has taken Muller's "Hiftory of the Swifs Confederacy," which proceeds no further than to the year 1443 Lauffer's" Exact and circumftantial Relation of Helvetic Hiftory," Meifter's "Principal Scenes of Helvetic Hiftory," Meiner's Letters on Swiffer land," Leu's" Dictionary of Swiffer land," and our countryman, Mr. Coxe's publication on that country, have largely contributed to the completion of the work. The account of the laft revolution, is drawn from public documents, acknowledged by the French themselves, to be authentic, from Poffelt's European Annals, and from the narrative of Meifter.

MONTHLY MAG. LXI.

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Dr. HAWEIS, a diftinguished minifter of the church of England, and a leading member of that body of its clergy which affumes to itself the title of Evangelical, has published, in three octavo volumes, "An Impartial and Succinct History of the Rife, Declenfion and Revival of the Church of Chrift, from the Birth of Our Saviour to the present Time, with faithful Characters of the principal Perfonages, Ancient and Modern." We certainly do not agree with this author in many of his religious tenets; but it is impoffible to perufe his work, without giving him the highest praife for induftry, skill, knowledge, piety, and liberality. Dr. Haweis was countenanced by Lady Huntingdon, enjoyed the friendship of Mr. Wefley and Mr. Whitfield and was principal agent, it feems, in the plan for fending Millionaries into the South Seas.

"Fragments of Scottish Hiftory." The title of this very curious volume fufficiently indicates the random unconnected nature of its contents. The author is a man of various and recondite reading, who has explored the antiquities of his country with an cagle eye, and has evinced uncommon talents in the illustration of them; although, to use his own words,

it is doubtlefs more eafy to complete a hiftory of any civilized country in Europe, than to elucidate one obfcure century of the hiftory of Scotland." Thefe Fragments confit of I. Defultory reflections on the fate of Ancient Scotland, with a curious appendix of characters and other original documents.

II. The diary of Robert Birrel, from 1532 to 1605. III. The expedition into Scotland by the Earl of Hertford in 1544. IV. The expedi tion into Scotland by the fame perfon when Duke of Somerfet. Of these the fift only is an original compofition; which, we are informed, is a felection from notes which occurred during the perufal of fome volumes of hiftory. The object of

the author was to notice what other

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