96 only to 2 millions. Yet my Lord Sheffield founds an argument on the figures taken as absolute, not as relative, values! The average value of five years, ending the 5th of Jan. 1776 Average of five years, ending the 5th of Jan. 1812 £4,850,941 3,544,116 5,158,338 The exports in 1811 was 4,376,0001. considerably below the two preceding years of extra ordinary export. Barrels of porter brewed by the first twelve houses in London, from July 5, 1811, to July 5, 1812: Barclay and Co. Meux, Reid, and Co. Truman and Co. The 3 per cent. consols on the 28th were 584, the 5 per cents. 904, and the omnium at 5 premium. At Messrs. Wolfe and Co.'s, Canal Office, No. 9, Change Alley, Cornhill.-London Dock stock shares fetch 1081. per cent.-West India ditto, 1501. ditto.-East India ditto, 1131. ditto.-East London Water-works, 801. ditto.-West Middlesex ditto, 451. ditto.—Grand Junction Canal ditto, 2101. ditto.-Grand Union ditto, 201. per share discount.-Kennet and Avon, 241. 10s. ditto.-Lancaster, 221. ditto. MONTHLY BOTANICAL REPORT. THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE since our last Report contains: ALOE saccotrina, var. B. The purpurascens of Haworth, and the new edition of Hortus Kewensis. To this plate is added a diminished outline of the whole plant, by which its habit is well explained. We have so often expressed our approbation of this plan, that we hope to see it more generally adopted. This is the plant that was thought to produce the succotrine alões of the shops, but the best sort is supposed now to be the product of Aloe spicata, a species perhaps not yet seen in any of our collections. HESPERANTHA pilosa, var. a. This is the hairy variety of the species, of which the smooth one has been before figured in the Botanical Magazine; the latter has smaller flowers, with a greenish tinge on the inner side, which the former wants. These plants are chiefly valuable for their agreeable scent during the night, but in this instance it is said to be not perceptible, except in a dry warm atmosphere. TRICHONEMA speciosum. Ixia Bulbocodium, as it formerly stood, contained several distinct species. This is the second from the Cape of Good Hope that has been figured in the Magazine, besides an European one, of which it is probable there are still several that ought to be considered as distinct. The drawing of this plant was taken at Mr. Knight's Exotic Nursery, Ling's-road, Little Chelsea. PODOLOBIUM trilobum; the Chorizema trilobum of Doctor Smith, and Pultenœa ilicifolia of the Botanist's Repository. The keel in the flower of this plant is fully as long as the wings, but in Chorizema it is much shorter; there are moreover other characters drawn from the legumen which distinguish these two genera, so that, although we are somewhat jealous that Mr. Brown is rather too fond of subtle divisions, we cannot but go with him in the distinction here made. In referring to the Hortus Kewensis we observe that it is there called P. trilobatum; and at first supposed that Dr. Sims had committed a slight error in quoting it trilebum, but upon further examination we find that Dr. Smith has been erroneously quoted in the Hortus Kewensis, and his trivial name being evidently meant to be retained, trilobum was of course proper, not trilobatum. PHILADELPHUS inodorus. A very fine shrub, native of North-America, and well worthy of being more generally cultivated. CEANOTHUS americanus. New Jersey tea, a shrub long known in our gardens, and esteemed for the delicacy of its flowers and foliage. In America it seems to have been valued for other qualities than merely pleasing the eye, having been used as a substitute for the Chinese herb, when that was a dearer and a scarcer article of luxury than it is at present in that country; its roots have also been applied to medicinal purposes, and the twigs to dye a Cinnamon colour, AZALEA india; a valuable acquisition, which has long been anxiously sought after by our collectors of curious and beautiful exotics. We have heard indeed, but we cannot vouch for the truth of the report, that the owner of the principal nursery in the country once offered a thousand pounds to any one who would bring him a living plant. There was formerly a very Bae shrub of this Azalea in the garden of M. Jerome van Beverninck, in Holland, which flourished flourished there for twelve years, and has been spoken of with rapturous admiration by the Dutch botanists of that day. Dr. Sims expresses his surprise that a plant so much admired, yet so easily propagated, and that had been cultivated so long in a well known garden, should be lost to the continent, and have been till now unseen in this country. The only way to account for this is by supposing that its owner, proud of being the only possessor of such a rarity, cautiously guarded against its being communicated to others. The consequence was that his own tree perished, and with it the power of acquiring another, which could not have hap pened had a more liberal spirit induced the owner to have distributed it amongst his friends. Through this same foolish and illiberal desire of being sole possessors, how many valuable acquisitions are every year lost to this country! The drawing of this rare acquisition was made at Mr. Vere's, Kensington Gore, in whose collection it flowered in March last, for the first time probably in this country. ALBUCA serosa; a plant of more singularity than beauty, easily distinguished from its congeners, by the divaricate peduncles and bristly margin to the scales of the bulb, yet Mr. Ker has a specific character of more than twenty lines; but this writer's characters are in fact descriptions, and without any attempt to seize such points only as will serve to distinguish the particular species from the rest of the genus, which may sometimes be done by a few word better than it could by as many pages. SPARAXIS tricolor; three varieties, one with a variegated flower, a most splendid plant, as gaudy as a parroquet. GLADIOLUS trichonemifolius ; a species nearly related to G. tristis, and like that, having very fragrant flowers. LOBELIA unidentata; a beautiful trailing plant, flowering great part of the summer. By the name of single-toothed is meant that there is one tooth on each side of the leaf, which makes two to each leaf, hence Donn called it, in his catalogue, bidentata. LASIOPETALUM quercifolium; a pretty little shrub from New South Wales. There is a particular dulness in this figure, arising from its being taken off in red, which has been done for the sake of representing the better the stellated pubescence of a reddish brown colour, but a little red added to the black would perhaps have succeeded better. As it is, the spirit of the figure is quite destroyed, and at the same time the pubescence is not well represented, being much too bright a red, and the colour of the green is spoiled. LASIOPETALUM solanaceum; another, but much more rare, species of the same genus as the last, neither can we praise the coloring of this, there is a general dulness prevailing, which we can hardly account for, except it arise from the extreme paleness of the ink, by which the impressions have been taken. BARTONIA decapetala. This is a new genus, dedicated to Dr. B. S. Barton, professor of botany and natural history, in the university of Pensylvania. This appears to be a very fine figure, though taken from dried specimens, the plant never having yet flowered in this country. An apology is made for thus deviating from the plan of the work, which professes to give drawings from living plants only. A desire to pay the compliment of naming so fine a plant in honour of the American professor, we suppose, has been the temptation to depart from the usual practice. Dr. Sims professes to owe the communication to Mr. Pursh, a German botanist; author of a new North-American Flora, now in the press. This plant was found by Mr. Thomas Nuttall, in the neighbourhood of the Missouri, on arid volcanic soil, and brought by him to this country. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. HARVEST has commenced throughout England, within the last fortnight; and, in all the southern and western districts, considerable quantities of wheat and other corn, have been koused, or stacked, in the finest condition. The harvest weather, indeed, thus far, has equalled the most favorable years; nor need much apprehension be entertained for its continuance, if the previous lengthened series of bad weather, afford any solid rule of judgment A strong similarity of meteorological feature, during the present season, seems to have pervaded both the continent of Europe and the islands, and the products of the earth appear to have been dispensed upon a proportional scale. A universally large and Juxuriant vegetation, promoted no doubt by the later warm rains, is the characteristic of the present year; how this may be ultimately supported by the more essential quality of fruit uiness in seed, the barn-foor alone can deterniine. The wheat crop in England and Wales, and it is to be hoped we may include Scotland, is large, and, granting that we may depend generally, for the character of the new wheat, upon that which has been very freely given of the samples hitherto produced, there will be little danger in pronouncing the present, upon an equality, in point of fruitfulness, with those crops; one of which, fifty years ago, was supposed adequate to nearly a three years' consump tion, by the good people of this island. The drawbacks upon the present wheat-crop are as follow the constant unseasonable rains had the worst effect upon the heaviest and best lands; and, upon too considerable a breadth of heavy, undrained, ill-tilled soil, the wheat has been fairly eaten out by the couch and fiorin grass, and was in many parts so much mildewed, and over-run with small and light ears, as to be scarcely worth the expense of harvesting. Under the Greg management of Herts, such lands might have produced good crops. Light-land wheat, almost every where good; and spring wheat particularly successful in the west. Straw rank and abundant, the ears in general of a moderate size, but the grain large and plump. Some very heavy losses have been sustained from storms, by individuals in Essex. The straw this summer, in all parts, knee-bent, or rather wind-bent, which, by preventing the ascent of the due quantity of nourishment, al ways detracts from the value of the ear. A considerable quantity of corn has been laid, which never thoroughly recovered. The straw and ear remarkably clean, excepting the blue tinge of mildew, which was too fixed for the latter seasonable weather to obliterate, but which, at worst, will only tip, with a slight discolor, a part of the kernels. Very little smut reported. The fen counties have suffered most heavily from floods, both in hay and corn, and the want of an effectual drainage has long been a national disgrace. Rye, barley, oats, and seeds, an abundant crop. Beans and pease a fair average; the former, failing in some parts, have been superabundant in others. Barley rather a rough sample. All grass crops, natural or artificial, productive in the highest degree. Cabbages and root crops, abundant; potatoes, at the saine time, one of the most productive crops, and by far the largest breadth ever before planted in this country. Hops generally affected by the unfavorable part of the season, below an average crop. The latter fruits most plentiful. The seasons may be deemed more than a fortnight later than usual. Last year, the most genial of springs, the hawthorn bloomed on May-day in these parts, where, during the present, it was not in flower until the 22d. Turnips never more backward; a considerable extent, devoured by the slug and grub probably, rather than by a fly, has been re-sown, and is but partially good. Wool mending in price. The stocks of old wheat universally exhausted, and the late supply of six thousand quarters from the Baltic, in good time to grind with the new. Not the slighest ground for the silly story of a person having on hand stacks of wheat of eleven years old! Harvest labourers not so plentiful as last year, and wages much higher, and still on the advance. In the country markets, fat stock rather cheaper, but stores, with the exception of pigs, still dearer; indeed prime stock is run so low, as scarcely to be obtained for money. The stock of lambs has proved larger than our losses in the spring seemed to forbode. Pork and bacon likely to be dearer than they have been within the last two years. Smithfield: Beef 5s. 8d. to 6s.-Mutton 5s. 44. to 5s. 84.-Veal 6s, to 7s. 8d.-Lamb 6s. to 7s. 4d.-Pork 6s. to 7s. 8d.—Bacon 7s. 8d. to 8s.-Irish ditto 6s. 8d. to 7s. 4d.-Skins 20s. to 60s.-Fat 4s. 6s. to 4s. 8d.-Oil-Cake 161. 16s. per thousand.-Potatoes 41. to 51. per ton. Corn Exchange: Wheat 76s. to 160s.-Barley 58s. to 70s.-ats 64s. to 84s.-The quartern loaf 20d.-Hay Sl. to 61. 6s. per load.-Clover Sl. 10s. to 81. 10s.-Straw 21. 10s. to 31. 9s. Middlesex, ziugust 26, 1812. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Observations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of July, 1812, to the 24th of August, 1812, inclusive; Four Miles N. N. ÏV. St. Paul's. The quantity of rain fallen since the last Report is equal to 31 inches in depth. From the 12th of July to the 10th of August, both inclusive, the weather was remarkably dull, gloomy, and wet, so much so as to excite the most lively apprehensions with re 1 gard gard to the harvest, which otherwise promised well. Such is the report which we should naturally give from what we have experienced here, but the same circumstances have not uniformly occurred in other parts of the country, so far from it, indeed, that in many counties, and those in different parts of the island, the season has been in every respect well adapted to the ripening and in-gathering of the corn, and it is generally believed that the crops will in almost all cases answer the expectations of the most sanguine agriculturists. In this neighbourhood we have had ten very fine and brilliant days since the 19th of August, and the harvest work, about the metropolis and within 20 miles of it, is proceeding with the utmost rapidity. Though it is certainly backward, yet the abundance will probably more than repay for the loss of time, in which the men were unable to advance in their usual business. The winds have come chiefly from the westerly points, though on some few days there have been very severe north and north-easterly blasts. Highgate. TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. The Observations of Mr. Lorrr on the late Overtures-The View of the Mineralogy of Great Britain, by Mr. MIDDLETON-The Account of the Leusowes—Mr. CUMBERLAND on Bankers-R. B. in Defence of Lawyers-Mr. Isaac's Paper—S. B. D. on Works of Fiction-AMBLIUS on Grain-Z. on Iron Pipes-SENEX on Law -PYTHAGORUS on the Cube Root-Mr. GRENVILLE'S Further Observations-M. DE LUC on Geology—and many other accepted Pieces, are unavoidably deferred till our next, or next following, Number, A Letter is left at our Office, 47, Ludgate-Hill, for H. H. relative to the Tin, Pound Note. T. W. is informed that we never copy from Newspapers or other printed works. The Article he alludes to appeared in the Monthly Magazine on the first of August, and was copied into the Papers during the following week, and not into the Monthly Magazine from the Papers, as T. W. mistakenly supposes. We thank OBSERVATOR, and inform him that notices of local Improvements and Topographical Descriptions are always acceptable to us; as are accounts, when authenticated, of all prodigies of nature. The account of the outrage on Justice and Humanity, committed by a Barrister in a recent award, is doubtless true, but the publication of it might subject us to an action: to prevent the recurrence of similar outrages, our Correspondent and the Pub lic should avoid references to Barristers, with the degree of abhorrence in which they dread" Plague, Pestilence, or Famine." We shall feel obliged to any of our American Readers who can fuvor us with additional particulars relative to Mr. Fulton's Navigation by Steam." The plan of our Longport Correspondent is under consideration. Our pages are open to the Animadversions of "An Englishman,” if confined to a moderate length. We shall be happy to receive the superior Poetry mentioned by X. Y. and by Sappho, as we are seldom overstocked with that rare article. We are much concerned at the anger excited in the mind of P. by the delay of his well-intended communications. We can assure him that every accepted paper of equal quality appears in its regular turn, or as nearly so as convenient, and that we give no preference except to Papers signed with real names, or to those on mere temporary topics. Our first object is to support the credit and interest of our Miscellany; and our second to oblige and gratify our various correspondents. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. No. 232.] OCTOBER 1, 1812. [3 of VOL. 34. As long as those who write are ambitious of making Converts, and of giving their Opinions a Maximum of Influence and Celebrity, the most extensively circulated Miscellany will repay with the greatest Effect the Curiosity of those who read, whether it be for Amusement or for Instruction.-JOHNSON. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. THE POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN IN 1811. [After the Returns under the Act of 1801, we gratified the public by presenting them with the results; and we now proceed to perform the same duty in regard to the Act of 1810. We have no doubt but, as the object of the enumeration was better understood than on the former occasion, that the returns are, in a degree, more correct than before; but, as jealousy and superstition are not wholly eradicated, it may be supposed that the enumeration still falls short of the truth, and is but a The official closer approximation towards accuracy than the enumeration of 1801. colume is introduced by some preliminary observations, signed by a Mr. Rickmen, but they are devoid of spirit and of interesting conclusions. The Report forms a thick volume in small folio; and, us, by a strange policy, no more have been printed than serve to supply the members of the Legislature, it is not to be purchased, ex. cept at an exorbitant price: hence results the propriety of our re-printing its Ge neral Summaries in the Monthly Magazine.] HE Questions, by means of which, under the Act, the number of houses, fa Tmilies, sind persons, was to be ascertained, were seven in number; viz. 1st. How many inhabited houses are there in your parish, township, or place; and by how many families are they occupied? 2d. How many houses are now building, and therefore not yet inhabited? 3d. How many other houses are uninhabited? 4th. What number of families in your parish, township, or place, are chiefly em ployed in and maintained by agriculture; how many families are chiefly employed in and maintained by trade, manufactures, or handicraft; and how many families are not comprized in either of the two preceding classes? N.B. The total number of families in answer to this Question, must correspond with the number of families in answer to the 1st. Question. 5th. How many persons (including children of whatever age) are there actually found within the limits of your parish, township, or place, at the time of taking this account, distinguishing males and females, and exclusive of men actually serving in His Majesty's regular forces, in the Old Militia, or in any embodied Local Militia; and, exclusive of seamen either in His Ma jesty's service, or belonging to registered vessels? 6th. Referring to the number of persons in 1801, To what cause do you attribute any remarkable difference in the number at present? 7th. Are there any other matters, which you may think it necessary to remark, in explanation of your answers to any of the preceding Questions? The enumeration of the whole population (says Mr. R.) may be considered as complete, no place being known finally to have omitted making a return. In cases where the name of a place differs from the Abstract of 1801, or where two places are included under one title, all the names are now entered, with an explanatory remark: and the same thing has been done in cases where any place has been transferred from one Hundred to another. The proportion of the sexes remains much the same as in 1801, being nearly as ten males to eleven females of the resident population, and nearly equal in the general total. The increase of the military, and of sailors, has indeed increased the number of males; but it is obvious that this increase has not been entirely furnished by Great Britain, many natives of Ireland, as well as foreigners, being included in the army, in the navy, and among those who navigate registered shipping. MONTHLY MAG. No. 232. Сс SUMMARY |