At Wilton, Mr. William Whitmarsh, sur- At West Dean, Mr. Oliver Coster, 22. At Ludwell, Mr Robert Foot, jun. 19. Four days before his death he was going out with his loaded gun, but stopping to converse with a friend, he incautiously rested on the muzzle of the gun, which went off at half cock, and nearly the whole charge of shot pissed through his left hand, grazed his side, and baged in his shoulder. He had just quitted an affectionate mother, in the full glow of health and youthful spirits; he returned to her maimed and streaming with blood! From the direction in which the shot had passed and lodged, little hope was from the first entertained of his recovery : he endured his sufferings with great forti. tude and patience, took an affectionate leave of his friends, and requested that this statement might be made public in the hope thit it would induce others to be more careful, and thereby prevent the recurrence of a similar melancholy accident. BERKSHIRE. Married] At Reading, Alexander Blake, esq of London, to Ann, second daughter of Thomas Ovey, esq At Windsor, M E. Sherwill, esq. captain in the Stafford militia, to Lucy Maria, eldest daughter of James Lind, M. D. At Wantage, Mr. John Davies, of Bath, to Miss Ormond, daughter of Mr. O. surgeon and apothecary. of the Wiltshire and Berkshire, the intended western junction, and the grand junction can is, to and from the ports of London and Bristol, and all towns and places contiguous to, or communicating with, the said canals. The sum of 400,0001. which is proposed to carry this plan into execution, has been subscribed. A monument has just been erected to the memory of tha highly-distinguished and meritorious oflicer Colonel Vassal, in St. Paul's, in Bristol, where his remains were deposited on being brought from South America. It is a chaste, classical, and elegant piece of scuipture, very affecting and impressive, and tells the heroic tale in a striking manner. The design is by that inimitable master, Flaxman. The monument is erected by Rossi, is in that eminent artist's best stile, and accords with the finest specimens of Greek sculpture. A An experiment in ploughing, for the premiums of the Path and West of England Society, on Green Ore Farm, in the parish of Chewton, was recently tried by the extraor dinary exhibition of a single plough, Grawn by one horse, and a double plough by two oxen; the first ploughed its hair acre in a most masterly man er in the space of two hours and twenty-three minutes; and the other in two hours and thirty-two minutes. The soil was an old sward, the depth abso four inches, and the breadth about eight inches. The premium of ten guineas was, after much difficulty of determination, adjudged to the single Scotch plough, the property of Mr. Kendal, of Hazel Farm, in the neighbourhood. The other plough is entitled to the second premium, six guineas. fresh proof has hereby been made of the great waste of strength hitherto complained of. At the dinner at O14-Down inn, which was numerously attended, an ingenious device was submitted to the company, suggested by the Rev. Chas. Pine Cottin, of Last Down, Devon; it was a substitute for marking sheep, which cannot be obliterated, nor is the wool itself deteriorated. Its simplicity is equal to its ingenuity, being nothing more than marking on either side of the nose of the sheep the initial of the owner's name, and on the opposite side any number by which he may choose to designate the particular sheep; this is effected by a smail iron letter or figure, about an inch long, which being At Maidenhead, William Poulton, esq. dipt in common oil colours mixed with turbanker. Henty Pinck Lee, esq. of Maidenhead Thicket, to Miss Matilda Batson, of Winkfield Place. Died.] At Windsor Castle, John Beckett, esq one of the poor knights of Windsor, which he was appointed thirty-six years. At Shippon, Clement Saxton, esq. 85. He served the office of high sheriff in 1778, and for many years was Lieutenant-colonel of the militia, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county. At Aldermaston, Mrs. Byle, sen. 82. At Speen Hill, aged 61, the Rev. Lewis Fouqueret, late canon of Laval in France. At Newbury, Mrs. Faithorn, wife of Mr. John F. surgeon, of London. At Henley upon Thames, Robert Appleton, esq. 75. At Reading, Mr. Richard Aldridge, 49. At Winterbrook, Maria, youngest olughter of Mr. Ormond, surgeon, of Wantage. SOMERSETSHIRE, It is proposes to make a canal from the city of Bristol, to join the Wiltshire and Berkshire canal at or near Foxham. By this communication, a regular, safe, and certain navigation will be opened, by means pentine to dry them more readily, is placed on the part described, and will continue till the next shearing season. This process is attended with very little trouble or expence, and what is more desirable, with no pain to the animal; the case is far different either with tattooing or cauterizing, which have this abditional disadvantage that they cannot be obliterated with the change of owners. The inventor has left specimens of the iron letters and figures, for the inspection of the public, at Hetling House, Bath. Married.] Married At Bristol, Mr. R. Longstaff, of London, solicitor, to Anne, fourth daughter of the late John Rolley, esq. of Naniymewyn, Carmarthenshire.-William Claxton, esq. to Miss Withenbery. At Bath, Lieutena t-Colonel Stirke, of the 6th West India regiment, to Mary, youungest daughter of D. Carroll, esq.-The Rev. J. Foster, rector of Wickensley and Marton, Yorkshire, to Miss Charlotte Rooke, daughter of the late George R. esq. of Langham Hall, Essex. At Stogumber, T. Buncombe, esq. of Huntspill, to Miss Hook, of Halsway Farm. Died.] At Path, John Lowder, eaq banker, 72.-Mjor General Pringle, of the East India Company's service, 553 - Mr. Isaac Williams, 84.-Mrs. Cogan, wife of Dr. C. -Major Steele.-The Rev. Mr. Bingham, rector of Cameley, in this county.-Mrs. Salmon, relict of John S. esq banker-Mary, relict of Henry Derham, esq. 85-Mrs. Gwynne, wife of Sackville G. esq.-Eliza, wife of the Rev. F. Gardiner, rector of Combhay.-Mis Eleanora, Jones, 59, daughter and only child of the Rev. John Noyes Jenes, formerly rector of St. Peter's, in the city of Bristol and of Kilve in Somersetshire, by Patience, daughter of ---- Hippesley, esq. of an ancient family in that county. To the latter parent, who died but a few months before, aged 87, after a widowhood of between fitty and sixty years, she had from her infancy shewn the most unremitting and devoted filial attention, confined almost exclusively to her own personal services, assisted only by a single female domestic; notwithstanding the successive additions of much affluence to herself, from the different branches of her paternal ancestry. Brought up in the habits of prudent economy, which a very moderate provision at first made necessary, she gave a clear proof of the blessed spirit of contentedness, when, being advised to investigate her claim to a disputable property,she peremptorily declined it, as being already possessed of health, peace, and competence," and determined not to break in on either by contention. Even in Bath, her choice was in the most still and quiet part of it to purchase a small habitation, where she had lived many years, in a constant attention to the duties of religion, respected by, and endeared to, as large a circle of respectable friends, as her parent's age and infirmities would admit her being known to. by her will she made a disposition of her fortune equally just, liberal, and benevolent, towards her heir-at-law, her relations on the side of both parents, some dear friends, and in one instance, to no small amount, towards unfriended worth, though not connected by affinity; and left one hundred pounds to the Bath City Infirmary and Dispensary. Mr. Archdeacon Coxe, in his Historical Tour of Monmouthshire, says, that the priory of Usk "belonged to the late Al• derman Hayley, and forms part of his widow's jointure." It belonged in 1721 (the date of a will now before us) to William Jones, esq. whose two daughters were his co-heiresses. The youngest married Samuel Stoke, esq. who obtained from her a power of the entire disposal of her moiety, in the event of their son's dying in his minority. He left it by his will, subject to that contingency, to his second wife for her life. On her death it devolved to Mr. Cooper, who now is in possession of the undivided property; the other was many years in the possession of the lady above-mentioned as lately deceased at Bach. At Bristol, Mrs. Gregson, relict of William G. esq. of Bedford Row, London. At Weston, Webb, the youngest son of Thomas Leir, esq. At Wells, Charles Tudway, esq. an alderman of that city, and bro her to Clement Tudway, esq. M. P. for that city. At Towcester, R. Cuates, esq. of the island of Antigua. The gentleman who distinguished himself last season at the Bath theitre, by his performance of the character of Romeo. DORSETSHIRE. On Easter Monday the foundation-stone of the intended church or chapel in the hamlet of Bourton, in this county was laid, amidst a great concourse of people who went to witness the ceremony. The subscriptions of the public, in aid of those raised by the inhabitants of the hamlet, are worthy the cause they are intended to support; and though the fund is as yet inadequate to the completion of the undertaking, it is hoped the generous encouragement it has met with, will be continued by a liberal public, to supply the remaining deficiency. Died] At Buckland, Mrs. S. Mullett, 82; and the following day, her husband, Mr. J.M. 88. At Weymouth, T. Simmons, esq. late captain and adjutant in the West Somerset militia. At Upway, H. Sherren, esq. 90. At Child Okeford, Mrs. Rogers, wife of the Rev. Mr. R. DEVONSHIRE. Married] At Exeter, Mr. John Bennett, late of the Theatre Royal York, to Miss Julia Hughes, only daughter of - Richard Hughes, esq. manager of the theatres Exeter, Weymouth, Plymouth Dock, &c.-Edward Coles, esq. of Taunton, to Louisa, only daughter of Daniel Hamilton, esq.-Lieutenant Mills, of the 40th foot, to Miss Patty Rhodes. At Plymouth, Mr. J. Fuge, surgeon, to Anne, eldest daughter of the late Mark Greig, esq. of Tamerton Foliot-James McFarlane, esq. purser in the royal navy, to Miss Elms, of Ford House. William Adams Welsford, esq. of Plymouth, to Mary Ann Were Clark, daughter of Richard Hall Clarke, esq. of Bridwell House. Died.] Died.] At Plymouth, William Pritchard, esq. purser of the Actæon sloop of war.-Mrs. Yeo, of the Globe Inn. At Blewhayes, near Exeter, Mrs. Lang, wife of Lieutenant-colonel L. of the South Devon Militia. At Exeter, Mr. William Harker, formerly quarter-master in the 4th Dragoon Guards. -Mr. John Brown. At Torpoint, Miss Hall, daughter of Rear Admiral H. CORNWALL. Married.] Mr. Symons, attorney at law, of Wadebridge, to Ann, second daughter of the Rev. James Coffin, vicar of Link inhorn, in this county. Died.] At Marazion, aged 81, Pascoe Grenfell, esq. father of Mr Grenfell, the member of Parliament for Great Marlow. He was a respectable merchant, and formerly Commissary General to their High Mightsnesses the States-General. MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. BRITISH TRADE AND MANUFACTURES-The failures of several houses of the very first respectability, both at London and in different provincial towns of Great Britain, have, within the last n.onth, been unprecedented in number and importance. A West India broker, who has long been considered the first in his line, was, we are told, the prime cause of the stoppage of a banking house, whose credit was previously unimpeached. The several banks in the country, connected with the London house, of course shared its fate, and from them the evil spread to merchants, manufacturers, traders, and in short to the very servants and dependants of these, numbers of whom are thrown out of employment, and their families deprived of bread. Speculations in Spanish wool, an article which has fallen about 50 per cent. are considered as the origin of those unlooked-for disasters. Five Manchester houses have stopped payment in the city, and we are sorry to add, have involved numerous industrious persons, both in town and country, in their ruin. The demands upon the five houses are said to amount to TWO MILLIONS; but it is supposed that their real property will ultimately cover all deficiencies. Speculative exports to South America are the rock upon which these houses have split. In consequence of these unexpected events, public credit is at the present moment as low as ever it has been in the memory of man; the fluc tuation of price in the money market is unprecedented, and the depression so considerable, that omnium is fallen to 24 per cent. discount. We understand that some respectable mershants have waited upon the bank directors in order to solicit their aid towards the allevi aten of the burthens with which our internal commerce is at present borne down. The result of this application is not as yet publicly known; we trust it will prove favourable. The renewal of our intercourse with the United States of America has in some sort henefited the manufacturing interests; but this felicitous effect is almost swallowed up in the vortex of those calamities which it has been our painful duty to record. EAST INDIES.-We turn with a certain sensation of pleasure from the foregoing to the present head of our report; under which we have the satisfaction to announce the safe arri val of the following vessels, on account of the East India Company, viz. The Carnatic, Lord Castlereagh, Walthamstow, Lord Melville, Lord Duncan, Metcalf, Henry Addington, Devonshire, Ocean, Tottenham, Retreat, and the Penang frigate, from Bengal; the Baring, Lady Castlereagh, Castle Eden, Surrey, and Marquis Wellesley, from Bengal and Fort St. George; the Dover Castle, Marchioness of Exeter, Europe, Devaynes, Northampton, and Union, from Bombay; and the Streatham, from the Cape of Good Hope. The cargoes consist of the following commodities. Bengal piece goods: muslins, 34,574; calicoes, 72,224; and prohibited goods, including muslins, calicoes, silk and cotton hanuksrchiefs, &c. 121,486 pieces. Madras piece goods: calicoes, 217,545; muslins, 2,690, prohibited goods, 46,160 Pieces Bombay piece goods: calicoes and muslins, 93,327 pieces. Company's Drugs, &c.: saltpetre, 131,400cwt.; raw silk, 263,939; cotton, 17,167 bales; hemp, 166 ditto; pepper, 2,181 bags; cinnamon, 3,911 bales; sugar, 2,124 bags; cochineal, 9,4001b; opium, 4000 ditto; barilla, 1,036 bags; Tinnevelly spices, 59 packages; Keemoo shells, 48 packages; rope, 5 coils; carpets, 5 bales; Bamboo machinery, 1 box, hemp, (on account of government,) 10,917 bales. Privilege Drugs, &c.: indigo, 1,569 boxes and chests; cotton, 1,925 bales; raw silk, 108 ditto; shellac, 20 boxes; sticklac, 2 ditto; lac Jake, 188 ditto; gum animi, 5 ditto; gum assafoetida, 16 ditto; olibanum, 16 ditto; mastich, 4 ditto; camphor, 243 ditto; saflower, 147 ditto; lac bolor, 15 ditto; blue galls, 119 bags; gall-nuts, 60 ditto; munjeet, 41 bags; castor-oil and dry ginger, 170 boxes; star anniseed, 33 ditto; autmegs and cloves, 5 ditto; books, 2 ditto; bandannoes, 5 chests; saffron, 3 ditto. Besides several other parcels of goods, the particulars whereof are not yet known. From the advices brought home by the fleet we learn, that in consequence of the rains not having set in till August last, the crops of indigo throughout the district of Benares were very short, that there will not be one-third of last year's produce, and that the manufacture of the arti cle will cost 60 per cent more. This is unpleasing intelligence, for, as we observed in a, former report, the East India indigo becomes daily more valuable. The statement of the cargoes has occupied so large a share of our limits, that we can only quote the prices of a few of the East India and Chinese goods. Bohea tea fetches from is 8d. to 2s. 1d.; congou, from 3s. 5d. to 3s. 8d. ; and hyson, from 3s, 6d, to 5s. 6d. per lb, Hemp, 501, to 601. per per ton. Rice, 11. to 11. 6s. per cwt. Cotton, 1s. Sd. to 1s. 6d. per lb. on the whole, East India goods have been rather lower since our last. cwt. To WEST INDIES.-Market rather dull, and prices of commodities either standing still or on the decline. Jamaica sugar, 31. 14s. to 41 55.; that of Antigua, Barbadoes, Tobago, and St. Lucia, about the same prices; Montserrat and Dominica, from 31. 15. to 41, 6s per Jamaica rum, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. Ditto, Leeward Islands, 3s. 103. to 4s. 10d. per gal. Jamaica logwood, chipt, 351. to $71. per ton. Jamaica cotton wool, 1s. 5d. to is 6d. bago ditro, 1s. 6d to 1s. 94. Barbadoes, 1s. 7d. to 1s. 884.; and St. Domingo, 1s 2d per lb. Coffee is looking down, and the holders seem unwilling to sell at the present reduced rates. The fine fetches from 41. 10s. to five guineas; the good, 41. to 41. 10s.; middling, 31. 10s. to 41. and the ordinary, 21. 15s. to 3). 10s. per cwt. NORTH AMERICA.-The renewal of our commercial intercourse with this country has assumed that appearance of vigour which might naturally be looked for after the tedious interruption which it has experienced. The ports of London and Liverpool, of the latter especially, are thronged with American vessels; and of course, till some part of their cargoes is disposed of, the date of the United States must be considered in the light of a drug. Ashes are a little enquired after; the prices of the day are for pot, 21. 7s. to Sl. 6s. ; for pearl, 21. 10s. to 31. 8s. per cwt. Tallow is going off at a considerable declension in price: we will not venture to fix any rate. Tar fetches, from 11. 5s. to 11. 10s. per barrel. Pitch, 13s. to 13s. 6d. Turpentine, 18s. to a guinea. Black rosin, 10s. to 12s,; and yel. Jow, ditto, 13s. to 15s. per cwt. Georgia cotton-wool, 1s. 2d. to 2s.; and New Orleans, 1s. 3d. to 1s. 6d. per lb. Oak, 141. to 181. 10s.; ditto, plank, 111. 10s. to 151.; pine, 71. 10s. to 81. 12s.; and ditto, plank, 111. 10s. to 151. 10%. per last. Maryland tobacco, from 54. to 168. per lb. ; Virginia, ditto, from 6d. to 84. per lb. Wax, 131. 10s. to 141. per cwt. Wheat, from 70s. to 110s. per quarter; and flour, from 60s. to 66s. and upwards, per 196lbs. J. HOLLAND-All trade between Great Britain and this devoted country is completely put a stop to by the rigorous execution of the French emperor's anti-commercial decrees. It is even reported that the captains and part of the crews of two vessels were shot for violating the prohibition. The colonial produce under sequstration at Antwerp and the annexed provinces, as well as those of Holland that are in danger of being so, is placed at the disposal of the proprietors. It is allowed to be imported into France on paying an ad valorum duty of 50 per cent.1 PRUSSIA-Money is so extremely scarce in the Prussian ports, that the merchants can with difficulty collect sufficient to defray the import duties, and interest is represented to be at the extravagant rate of 21 per cent. per month. SWEDEN. By the advices from Stralsund, it appears that the severities against commerce at that port, at the instigation of France, are to be carried to their utmost extent, and that American and British property is to be exposed to equal rigour. IRELAND. We loment to state that, instead of this feature of our report presenting any thing like melioration in the commercial affairs of the sister kingdom, it this monti, exhibits a series of mercantile mishaps unexampled in the annals of commerce. There is scarcely a trader of any description, whether merchant or manufacturer, who has not felt the sad effects of the failures on our side of the water. The provision trade is in the most deplorable state; and as to the waollen manufacturers of the Liberty of Dublin, they are actually in want of the common necessaries of life: all this is attributed to the Union; and, we must own, with some semblance of justice. Ireland is drained of Lords and Commoners of noblemen and gentlemen. To whom, then, are shopkeepers to look for support?-To whom are the silk and woollen manufacturers of the Liberty to apply for encouragement? The merchants and opulent residents of Dublin, and the other principal cities and towns of Ireland, are few, and the consumption of what are vulgarly denominated luxuries, is not by one-tenth as great as it was prior to the Union. Is a country, for which Nature has done so much, doomed to be the everlasting plaything of prejudice-the butt of unceasing oppression? Current Prices of Shares in Docks, Navigable Canals, Water Works, Fire and Life Insurance, &c. at the Office of Messrs. Wolfe and Co. No. 9, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, 22d June, 1810. Grand Junction Canal, 2801. per share.-Leicester and Northamptonshire Union ditto, 1251. ditte.-Grand Union ditte, 61. per share, premium.-Wilts and Berks ditto, 571. per share. Kennet and Avon, ditto, 441. ditto.-Croydon ditto, 451. aitto-Grand Surry dito, 781. ditto.-Huddersfield ditto, 401. ditto-Rochdlea ditto, 501. ditto.-Lancaster ditto, 281. 10s. ditto-Ellesmere ditto, 761. ditto-Worcester and Birmingham, 71. to 81. per share premium. -London Dock Stock, 1301. per cent.-West India ditto, 1711. ditto.-East India ditto, 1351. ditto-Commercial ditto, 921. per share premium.-Strand Bridge, 21. 10s. per share discount.-Vauxhall Bridge, 41. ditto.-Commercial Road, 1401. per share.-East India Branch of the Commercial ditto, 51. per share, premium.-Great Dover street ditto, 81. ditto.-East London Water Works, 2381. per share.-West Middlesex ditto, 1501. ditto.-South London (with the appropriation attached), 1381. ditto.-Kent ditto, 421. per share, premium.-Colchester ditto, 551. ditto.-Portsmouth and Farlington, ditto, 221 ditto.-London Institution, 801. per share. Surry ditto, 101. per share, discount.-Russel ditto, par.-Globe Insurance Office, 1281. per share. -Imperial ditto, 801. ditto.-Albion ditto, 601. ditto.--Hope ditto, 5s. per share discount.-Eagle ditto, 12s. ditto.-Atlas ditto, par.-Rock ditto, 21s. per share remium, MONTHLY THE wind was easterly on the 1st, 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 23d, 24th, 27th, and 29th; westerly on the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 28th, and 30th and on the other days variable, particularly the 4th, 8th, and 17th, when it passed entirely round the compass. We had strong gales on the 5th and 21st; the former from east-north-east, and the latter from north-west. The same dry weather which we experienced during the month of May, has continued through the greatest part of the present month. Nearly all the rain which has fallen, was on the 13th and 28th. The hottest days were the 22d and 24th. June 1. The cuckoo-spit insect, or froth-worm, as it is called in some places, is now to be seen on the shrubs and grass. This is the larva or grub of the cicada spumaria of Linnæus It is really surprising that so small an insect should be able to emit from the pores of its body so great a quantity of froth. In the midst of this it undergoes its changes until it issues forth in a winged state. The following wild herbaceous plants are in flower :-Meadow pink (lychnis flos cuculi), foxglove (digitalis purpurea), common broomrape (orobanche major), corn woundwort (stachys arensis), lung-stalked crane's-bill (geranium columbinum), great daisy or ox-eye (chrysanthemum leucanthemum), mouse ear scorpion grass (myosotis arvensis), and hound's tongue (ynoglossum officinalis). The last-named plant I have lately seen recommended in some of the periodical publica tions as an efficacious means of driving away rats; this I am inclined to believe is more than doubtful. Its smell is very unpleasant, and much like that of a place which is frequented by mice. June 2. The eggs of silk-worms begin to hatch. June 5. A mole cricket, which was brought to me some days ago, I have since kept in a box partly filled with earth. It lives upon caterpillars; and although it occasionally gnawa some of the roots which I put into the box, it does not appear to eat them. June 8. The rose chater (scarabius auratus), and the humming-bird hawk-moth (sphing stellatarum), are now both seen in flower gardens. June 12. In some of the seine nets were brought ashore this evening a considerable num. ber of mackarel. On several following evenings the fishermen were still more successful; and on the 16th, a greater quantity was caught than has been known for many years past. It is said that one boat had as many as 120,000. The price on the spot to those persons who purchased them for sale, was half-a-guinea per thousand. The poor people were allowed to take away, without payment, alinost as many as they wanted for their own consumption; and on the evening of the next day, some of the fish that were now caught were sold as low as a farthing per dozen. All the mackarel which are taken on this coast are small, and evidently young fish: I have seldom heard of any which contained spawn. June 16. The caterpillars of the satin most (Bombyx salicinus of Haworth), begin to spin their follicle. They continue in a chrysalid state about nineteen days. There were twenty salmon caught on the first, and eighteen on the second, of this month, The white and yellow water lilies (nymphæa alba and lutea), are both in flower; as is like❤ wise the flowering rush (butemus umbellatus). I was shewn, in one of the holes made for a scaffold-pole in a house which is building by a nobleman in this neighbourhood, the nest of a red-breast, which contained young ones nearly half grown. Respecting this nest it is a singular circumstance, that although the workmen were numerous, and, during the day time, of course constantly employed; and, although the birds had been compelled to leave a hole in the same building in which they had formed a preceding nest, yet they seemed determined not to be driven away by the presence of man. kind. The female, during her incubation, was per.ectly undisturbed by the bricklayers, wha were frequently at work close to her, and by whom the nest was sometimes unintentionally splashed with the mortar. The workmen give the young birds as little disturbance as pos sible; and there can be no doubt but they will soon be able to escape the dangers of so exposed a situation. June 25. The stag beetles (lucanus cervus) fly about in the evenings: June 30. Very few mackarel have been caught since the 16th. Hampshire MONTHLY MAG. No. 802. |
