colonel Holmes, of the North Hants militia, M.P. for Newport, now Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley Holmes, bart. At Portsmouth, Mrs. Shoveller, of Titchfield, wife of Mr. William S. surgeon in the royal navy.Mr. Haskell.-Mr. Morss. -Captain Alexander M'Laughlin, 84th regiment. Mr. Cannon, second clerk in the master-shipwright's office in this dock yard. Mr. Blissett, schoolmaster. At Rumsey, Mrs. Busigny, widow of the late Captain B. of the royal marines, who lost his life, o, board the Temeraire in the action o Trafalgar, under Lord Nelson. In Jersey, Mrs. Le Bretton, wife of Tho. mas Le B. esq. attorney-general of that island. At Portsmouth, Mr. Charier, many years French master at the Royal Naval Academy, in the Dock-yard. Mr. Dav. Miall, brother of the Rev. Daniel M. 60.-Mrs. Paine, 97. --Dr. Thomas Meik, who had been physician to the garrison 39 years. Mr. Joseph Palmer, 82-Mr. Adams, purser in the royal navy. Mr. Page. At Alresford, Miss Mary Jones, 14. At Woodside, Lymington, Mr. George Pardey. At Thorley, Isle of Wight, Benjamin Leigh, esq. the oldest member of the corporation of Yarmouth. At Odiham, Martha, youngest daughter of the late John Payne, esq. of Barbadoes. At Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Robert Bowden, eldest son of Robert Smith, esq. of Erokenhurst, New Forest. At Winchester, Mr. Crabb, 42. At Southampton, William Henry, son of the Rev. Nathaniel Fletcher, rector of Donhead St. Andrew, Wilts. At Midghill, Richard Bradford, esq. At West Harnham, Miss E. Sweetapple. At Salisbury, Mr. Joseph Sandell, 58.Mrs. Oakley, wife of Mr. Richard O. and daughter of the late Rev. Samuel Stains, of Winfrich. At Cricklade, the Rev. William Wavell, the much-lamented clergyman of that parish, and eldest son of Dr. W. an eminent physician of Barnstaple, Devon. At Warminster, Miss Annabella Lucas. At Manningford Bruce, Mrs. Wells, wife of the Rev. Dr. W. At Bulford Farm, near Amesbury, Mr. Devenish. BERKSHIRE. Oxfordshire, to Miss Humfrey, of Holt House, Married.] E. Whitaker, esq. of Bampton, near Workingham. Died.] At Windsor, on his way from Bristol Hot-Wells to Epsom, Valentine Grimstead, esq. of the Sd regiment of foot guards. At Waltham Place, Mrs. Grant, wife of Charles G. esq. At Reading, Mrs. Zinzan, relict of Peter Z. M.D. At Bracknell, Emerick Vidal, esq. many years secretary to Admirals Duff, Ross, and Kingsmill. SOMERSETSHIRE. The following is an account of the popula tion of part of the city of Bath, agrecable to the late census. The numbers of the exten sive and populous parish of Walcot are not yet ascertained. It should be remarked, that in 1801, the numbers were taken in the lat ter end of March, when, it may be presumed, Walter Borrowes, esq. of Ryde, Isle of the proportion of visitors was considerably Wight, 46. WILTSHIRE. Married.] At Titherton, near Chippenham, Thomas Ebsworth, esq. of London, to Mary Susannah, second daughter of T. Cook, esq. Henry Simonds, esq. second son of William Blackall, S. esq. receiver general for Berkshire, to Miss Goodman, daughter of J. G. esq. of Oare, in this county. At Westbury, W. D. Brice, esq. of Clifton, to Miss Lewis, daughter of the late J. L. esq. of Bridgnorth. At Devizes, the Rev. Thomas Butler, to Miss Eldridge, of Old Park. At Corsham, Mr. W. Bodman, of Benacre, to Miss Thompson, of Thingley Farm. As Salisbury, Mr. T. Staples, to Miss Thresher. Died.] At Rowd, near Devizes, Frances, relict of Walter Post, esq. 83. At Atford, Mr. G. Webb, sen. At Albourne, Mrs. Ashley, relict of Mr. A. attorney. At Mere, Robert Still, esq. a captain in the Wilts Local Militia, 57, greater than at this late period of the season. 6 to Jemima, third daughter of the late George Rooke, esq. Died.] At Arno's Vale, near Bristol, Philip John Worseley, esq. At Clifton, Mrs. Elwin, wife of W. B. E. esq. recorder of Deal.-The Rev. E. Harington, son of the late Sir Edward H. At Frome, Frances, wife of the Rev. Edward Edgell, of West Alvington, near Kingsbridge, Devon, and youngest daughter of the late James Wickham, esq. of Frome. At Little Keyford, near Frome, Benjamin Bayley, esq. At Wedmore, Mrs. Glanville, wife of Mr. G. surgeon, 27. At Rether Stowey, Samuel, son of the late Rev. S. Kebby. 65. At Bristol, Dr. J. Alexander, 62.-Thoas Blair, esq. surgeon in the Royal Navy. -Mr. W. Ames.-Mr. Joseph Lansdowne, bookseller. At Bath, Mrs. Sheldon, 78.-Mr. John Moss, son of the late Rev. Canon M. of Wells Cathedral, and great nephew of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells.-Miss V. Casaux. DORSET. Married.] William Swyer, esq. of Shaftesbury, to Miss Cole, of Marnhull. T. H. Bastard, esq of Charlton Marshall, to Miss Muston, only child of Mr. Robert M. of Blandford. Died] At Brownsea Castle, the Hon. Mrs. Butler Danvers, in the bloom of life; she had just been delivered of a son. Mrs. D. was the daughter of the late Humphry Sturt, esq. and her external accomplishments, elegant as they were, constituted but a small part of those perfections for which she was so justly and deservedly celebrated. Mr. Butler Darvers is serving in Portugal. At Henbury, the Right Hon. the Counters of Stafford, widow of the late earl, and since of Horace Churchill, esq. At Blandford, Mrs. Sarah Fitzherbert, daughter of the late Thomas F. esq. At Spilsbury, Louisa Georgiana, eldest daughter of John Talbot, esq. and niece to the Earl of Shrewsbury. At Lyme, Mrs. Monkton, wife of Captain M. of the Royal Navy, 50. At Poole, Mrs. Humfrey, relict of W. H. esq.. DEVONSHIRE. A plan for rendering Plymouth Sound capable of receiving thiry sail of the line, is now carrying into execution with every probability of complete success. Married. At Plymouth, Mr. James Rudd, of Yealmpton, to Miss A. Saunders. Died At Plymouth, Mrs. Rodd, 81.-Mrs. Smith.-Mrs. Franges Harding, 57.Mrs. Congdon, wife of Mr. C. printer and publisher of the Plymouth-Dock Paper. At Exeter, Thomas Stakker, esq. 40 Mrs. Aun Reed, wite or Mr. William R. She was drawing a bucket or water from a well, sixty feet deep, when she fell in; im. mediate assistance was procured, but she sur vived only four hours. At Barnstaple, Miss Catherine Stevens. At Tiverton, Mr. John Tucker, late pur ser of his Majesty's ship Clyde, 35. At Stoke, Mr. Joseph Greenway, formerly of Exeter, of which city he was chief magistrate in 1804. At Plympton, Miss Loftin, daughter of the late -L. esq. of Marlow, Bucks. Truly regretted by her family, and friends, Mrs. Katharine Kite, the amiable and respectable wife of Mr. William Allen K. gentleman, of the said place, and daughter of the late Rev. Samuel North, rector of Muston, county of Leicester. CORNWALL. Married.] At Madron, the Rev. Thomas Robyns, to Miss Hichins, youngest daughter of Richard H. esq. of Penzance.-Capt. Pennyment, of Whitehaven, to Miss Mary Bowen, of Penzance. At Perranzabuto, Henry Stevens, esq. royal military draftsman, to Miss Gill, niece of John Thomas, esq. of Chiverton, vice-warden of the Stanneries. At Falmouth, Capt. Servis, to Miss Paddy. -Capt. Skelton, of the transport service, to Mrs. Lander.Mr. Thomas Paull, of the Lady Arabella packet, to Miss Sarah Lightfoot. At Tregony, Isaac Shaw, esq. of London, ' to Susan, second daughter of Wm. Hambly, esq. late of Falmouth. At Penzance, Mr. Parkins, surgeon of the Royal Navy, to Miss Mary Johns. At Llantegios, Mr. Richard Watts, to Miss Elizabeth Carpenter, youngest sister of Charles C. esq. Died] At Madron, near Penzance, Mr. Adam. At Penzance, Mrs. Bellman. At Penrice House, Rear-admiral Graves. At Liskeard, Mr. Knight, one of the cor poration of that borough.-Mrs. Moon, relict of Mr. Theophilus M.-Mr. John Penwarne. -Mr. Charles Michell. At St. Austell, Mrs. Catherine Nankivell; 63; and a few days afterwards, her husband, Mr. Wm. N. 78.—Mr. John Arthur, 24. WALES. The first stone of a spacious building has been laid in Swansea, as a school for the in struction of poor fem ile children on the Lan castrian system. Several of the fair patro nesses, accompanied by the children now educating, (upwards of seventy in number) attended on the occasion, and the ceremony was interesting and affec.ing. A school for the education of boys has long since been erected, and, when the new edifice is completed, there will be sufficient room to accommodate about six hundred children of both sexes. Married.] At Chrow church, Radnorshire, by the Rev. Mr. Vellabies, William D.w.n, esq. of Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, to At Flint, Alexander Lowe Kaye, esq. to Died.] At Bryn Hafod, near Landilo, At Ruthin, Mrs. Meyrick, relict of the NORTH BRITAIN. A survey is nearly completed of an iron railway from Sanquher to Dumfries; and it is in agitation to continue it from Dumfries to Carlisle on the one hand, and from Sanquhar through the populous parts of Ayr shire, to the line of the Paisley and Androssan canal. Died] At Daff House, Banffshire, the Right Honourable Alexander, Earl of Fife, &c. he was only confined for a few days: he is succeeded in his titles and estates by the gallant Viscount Macduff, who is now in Spain. At Middleton, in the parish of Lochwinnoch, James Campbell, esq. By the most unwearied industry, and the most sordid habits, he had in the course of a long life, raised himself from the humble station of a ditcher, to the possession of upwards of 20,0001. which, at his death, devolved upon about twenty poor persons, very distantly related to him. MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. BRITISH TRADE AND MANUFACTURES. — Since our last Report, the manufactories have revived in a great degree, chiefly owing to large orders for all kinds of woollen, linen, and cotton, goods, having arrived here for the markets of Portugal and of South America. The goods of Birmingham and Sheffield are also in great demand at these markets.Credit and confidence, we are happy to say, revives, and the towns of Manchester, Nottingham, &c. &c. feel vast benefit from the happy change that has taken place. The West-India Islands are now in want of all kinds of British manufactured goods, as the stock in hand in these islands has been purchased up with avidity for the Spanish settlements. Irish linen, sheeting, &c. &c. render a full profit of 20 per cent. more than the usual profit attached to such speculations; in fine, in spite of all Bonaparte's edicts and restrictions, the commerce of our country flourishes. WEST INDIES Here the markets want every kind of British manufactured goods, and a large supply is expected by the next fleet from England. Irish linen, cloth, and beef, pork and butter, of that country, will bring any price that may be demanded. The crops of sugar appear abundant, and consequently rum will be lowered in price. Coffee is plenty in the market, and at very reduced prices. NORTH AMERICA.-The newly-formed connexion with this country, in an indirect way with France, opens the eyes of the people already to see how far it is their interest to continue their friendly intercourse with Great Britain. By the latest accounts from New York, Philadelphia, &c. &c. all kinds of British manufactures are become scarce and dear, and likely to continue so; for, under present circumstances, America cannot exist in a commercial view, unless united with Great Britain. American produce, of every description, is reasonable in our markets, and in very little demand. The tobacco and timber of America are the two principal articles of which we stand most in need of; and should things take that favourable turn that we may expect in the north of Europe, the latter article from this country may be dispensed with. SOUTH AMERICA.-Here the markets are glutted with all kinds of inferior goods, shipped off from Great Britain principally by young speculators at Liverpool and Manchester, but the finer articles bear considerable profit, and are in great demand. Indigoes, cochineal, &c. may be purchased for direct bills on London, on very reasonable terms; and cotton wool reduced considerably in price, owing chiefly to the low quotation of prices from England. Bills on London bear a high premium, and are in great demand. EAST INDIES. The recent large shipments from this part of the world to the United Company at London, will no doubt cause a further reduction in the prices of fine cotton wool, as well as that of all ether kind of produce of India. The sugars are every day improving ia their manufacture, and likely to be an article of considerable importance. Current Prices of Shares in Navigable Canals, Docks, Bridges, Roads, Water Works, and Fire and Life Insurance Companies, at the Office of Messrs. Wolfe and Co. Canal Dock and Stock Brokers, No. 9, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, 21st June, 1811.-Grand Junction Canal, 2211. per share. Grand Surry ditto, 1001. ditto.-Kennet and Avon ditto, 391. ditto.Lancaster ditto, 241. ditto.-Leeds and Liverpool ditto, 2001. ditto.-Rochdale ditto, 521. ditto-Wilts and Berks ditto, 301. ditto.-Commercial Docks, 1301. ditto.-East Country ditto, 751, ditto.—East India ditto, 1251. per cent.-London ditto, 1971. ditto -Ditto Serip, 244 ditto premium.-West India ditto, 1651. ditto.-Commercial Road, 1351. ditto.-East London Water Works, 1591. per share.-Grand Junction ditto, 131. per share, premiumSouth London ditto, 1101. per share.-Kent ditto, 51. per share premium.-West Middlesex ditto, 1001. ditto.-Albion Insurance Office, 551. per share. Globe ditto, 1201. ditto.-Inperial ditto, 941. dicto. The average prices of Navigable Canal Property, Dock Stock, Fire-office Shares, &c. in June, 1811, (to the 25th) at the Office of Mr. Scott, 28, New Bridge-street, London. Trent and Mersey, or Grand Trunk Canal, 12001. the last half-yearly dividend at the rate of 451. per share clear, per annum.-Birmingham, 11001. ex dividend 211. clear, balf year. -Staffordshire and Worcestershire, dividing 21!, per share clear, half-yearly, 790.-Warwick and Birmingham, 2851. dividing 111.-Monmouth, 1201.-Grand Junction, 2271, to 2241. ex-dividend of 31. half-year. Shrewsbury, 1451. dividing 81.-Kennet and Avon, 401.Wilts and Berks, 501-Rochdale, 521. to 541. ex dividend of 11-Ellesmere, 831, to 801. Grand Western, 191 discount.-Peak Forest, 811. to 801.-Grand Union, 121. 10s. discount. -Worcester and Birmingham Old Shares, 381.-New ditto, 10s. premium.-Dudley, 571. with 11. dividend.-West India Dock Stock, 1651.-London Dock, 1281. 1271. to 1271. 109. -Ditto Scrip, 251. per cent. premium.-Commercial Dock old shares, 1591. with new share attached.-Globe, 1201.-Rock, 18s. premium.-East London Water-Works, 1581.-Grand Junction ditto, 131, premism.-Strand Bridge, 141. discount.-London Flour Company, 101. 10s. Dover-street-road, 91. discount. MONTHLY BOTANICAL REPORT. THE physiology of vegetables has been but little prosecuted in this country of late years, considering its great importance, though Dr. Grew in the 17th century laid a valuable foundation for this study. The French botanists have pursued the subject with more ardour. It has not been however by any means totally neglected here. Mr. Knight in particular has applied himself with great assiduity to this subject, and, in various papers published in the Philosophical Transactions, has, we think, thrown more light upon the theory of vegetation than any of his predecessors, at home or abroad. Nor should the labours of Mrs. Ibbetson in this line be passed unnoticed. This ingenious lady has made a number of very interesting observations and experiments, which certainly throw light upon the subject, but the very high magnifying power she uses, aided by the warmth of her imagination, seems often to have led her into the regions of fancy; and the little knowledge she has of what has been already de, and even of the terms used by preceding writers, throws an obscurity over her writings, which makes it very difficult to understand them. Mr. Knight's opinions and observations, though highly luminous and satisfactory with re gard to the immediate subject of his inquiry, yet being written at different times, and with a particular view to the illustration sometimes of one point and sometimes another, are not easily connected together, so as to form in the mind a clear idea of his theory. We suppose that this difficulty has been felt by many, as well as ourselves; and some of his friends have urged him to give a connected view of his theory of vegetation, which he has done in a very atisfactory manner in a paper upon the culture of the Melon, in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society, published at page 217 of their first volume. Of this theory, as there delivered, we shall attempt to give a concise view, nearly in the words of the author. In the organs of the seed, but principally in the cotyledons, as much of the concrete sap of the parent plant is lodged as is suflicient to feed its offspring, till that has attached itself to the soil, and become capable of absorbing and assimilating new matter. The organizable atter probably exists in the cotyledons of the seeds, in the same state as it exists in the albur mum of trees; and, like that, it apparently undergoes considerable changes before it becomes the true circulating fluid of the plant. In some it becomes saccharine, in others acrid and bitter daring germination. In this process the vital fluid is drawn by the caudex of the piumule, or bud, through vessels which correspond with those of the bark of the future tree, and are indeed cortical vessels. From the point of the caudex (erroneously called the radicle) springs the first root, which is, at this period, without alburnum; and, if uninterrupted by obstacles in its way, constantly descends in a straight line towards the centre of the earth, in whatever situation the seed may happen to be placed. Soon after the first root has been emitted, the caudex elongates, and takes a direction directly opposite to that of the root; and, in many plants, raises the cotyledons out of the ground, which then become the seed-leaves of the plant. During this period the young plang derives its nutriment almost always from the cotyledons or seed-leaves; and if those are destroyed, it perishes. The bark of the root now begins to deposit albuminous or woody matter; and, as soon as it is formed, the sap, which had hitherto only descended through the cortical vessels, be It was this term of radicle which misled Mrs. Ibbetson, who understood by it the root; and is surprised that botanists should speak of a part, as existing in the embryo of the seed, which she declares never can exist prior to gerufination. 4 H MONTHLY MAG, No. 214. ing 1 gins to ascend through the alburnum, The plumule in consequence elongates, its leaves enlarge and unfold; and a set of vessels, which did not exist in the root, are now brought into action. These, which I have called the central vessels, surround the medulla, and, between it and the bark form a circle upon which the,alburnum is deposited by the bark, in the form of wedges, or like the stones of an arch. Through these vessels, which diverge into the leafstalks, the sap ascends, and is dispersed through the vessels and parenchymatous substance of the leat. And in this organ, the fluid, recently absorbed from the soil, becomes converted Into the true sap or blood of the plant. And, as this fluid, during germination, descended > from the cotyledons and seed-leaves of the plant, so it now descends from its proper leaves, and adds, in its descent, to the bulk of the stem and the growth of the root. Alburnum is also deposited in the stem of the plant below the proper leaves, as it was previously deposited below the seed-leaves. And from this spring other central vessels, which give existence ta, and feed, other leaves and buds. A portion of the true sap appears, in its descent down the bark, to secrete into the albur num, through passages correspondent to the anastomosing vessels of the animal economy. Hence the ascending fluid becomes mixed with a portion of the descending sap in the iburnum. The full-grown leaves prepare the fluid which generates other young leaves, the health and growth of which are as much dependant upon the full-grown leaves, as those, when first formed, were upon the cotyledons. The power of each proper leaf to generate sap, in any given species and variety of plant, appears to be in a compound ratio of its width, its thickness, and the exposure of its upper surface to the light in a proper temperature. The mature leaves increase rapidly in propor tion to the young leaves, and the creation of sap consequently exceeds the expenditure. It Is therefore accumulated during a succession of weeks, or months, or years, according to the atural habits and duration of the plant; and varying considerably according to the soil and climate. ́ ́ ́'The sap, thus generated, is deposited in the bulb of the tulip, in the tuber of the potatoe, in the fibrous roots of grasses, and in the alburnum of trees, during winter and is dispersed through their foliage and bark during the spring and summer. When the plant has attained puberty, a portion of its sap is expended on its blossoms and fruit, which are fed by vessels apparently similar to those of the succulent, annual shoot and leaf stalk, and which probably convey a similar fluid; for a bunch of grapes grew and ripened, when grafted on a leaf-stalk. The fruit or seed-vessel appears to be generated always by the prepared sap of the plant, and its chief office to be to adapt the fluids to the proper nourishment of the seed. Mr. Knight has illustrated the above theory by an application of it to the culture of the Melon; a fruit which is so often found to be so defective in richness and flavour, as to be hardly worth cultivating. This defect Mr. Knight found by experiment to be owing to the want of a sufficient number of leaves, exposing their upper surfaces to the light. For the Astenis and footstalks of the melon under the hot-bed frame are so weak, that when the leaves are displaced from their proper position, they are not able to regain it. This observation led him to direct that more care should be taken to preserve the leaves in their natural position, with the upper surfaces exposed to the light, which was effected by the aid of little wooden hooks, with which the trailing stems, and even the footstalks of the leaves were secured in their proper places; and by avoiding pouring the water in the usual way upon the leaves of the plant; using instead of a common watering-pot, one with a spout adapted for pouring the water upon the tiles which cover the bed, without touching the leaves. By this manage ment Mr. Knight found that his melons were no longer defective in richness and flavour. It may be of use to mention here, that the variety of melon which Mr. Knight exclusively Cultivates, on account of its superior flavour, and which we believe is little known to culti vators in general, is the one that was imported by Mr. J. Hawkins from Salonica. The form of this variety is nearly spherical, without any depressions upon its surface. It is of a golden colour, and its flesh perfectly white. This kind Mr. Knight says continues to improve in Havour and richness till it becomes externally soft, and betrays some symptoms of decay The consistence of its flesh is then nearly that of a water-melon; and its taste so sweet, that few will think it improved by the addition of sugar. The weight gf a good melon of this variety is about seven pounds. The tenth volume of the Transactions of the Linnæan Society is published. Dr. Smith has given us a translation of Linnæus's Tour in Lapland, now first published from the manuscript journal. It is in two volumes octavo, and is illustrated by wooden cuts, beiną fac-similes of the pen and ink sketches in the original. A journal of a (botanical) Tour in Iceland, by Mr. William Jackson Hooker, is printed, but not published, The first volume of the Transactions of the Wernerian Society, Edinburgh, is only inte resting to the botanist, on account of a paper on the natural order of Contorte of Linnæus, by Mr. Brown, of which we hope at a future time to give some account to our readers. 1 MONTHLY |