On his passage home from India, the last and only fon of Col. Holwell, of Tunbridge. The Colonel, a widower, had fix fons, five of whom he lost at an early age, by a concurrence of unfortunate events, and the sixth, a young man of great promise, went a few years fince to India, where he had realized a handsome property, by his own industry. In the last letter the father received from his darling fon, he learned that he was on his way to England, to pafs a short time among his friends. The communication was a fubject of much joy to the parent, who antici. pated the pleasure he should derive from feeing the only furviving branch of the family; his feelings were, however, dreadfully shocked, when he received, a few days ago, a letter from the Captain of the ship, informing him, that the vessel had arrived fafe in the Downs, but that his fon fell overboard on their way to the Cape, and though every exertion was used to save him, he funk and appeared no more.

At Ratisbon, aged 68, the Ex-jefuit Father Xavier de Feller, author of the Journal Historiqué et Literaire, printed at the towns

of Luxembourg and Maestricht, from 1774 to 1794; of a Diction aiu Hiftorique, and other works, making in the whole more than 130 volumes.

On the road to Versailles, at the age of 64, Ducreux, a French painter, much em. ployed formerly in the court, and, as fuch, much known and talked of, but efteemed by the best judges to be but an indifferent artift. Like the rest of his brethren of the old academy, he neglected no means to excite attention among the nobility; and this frequently answered the fame end as the exertion of real abilities. He executed several portraits at the Court of Louis XVI. and was fent to Vienna to take that of Marie Antoinette. The pictures he painted there were indifferent, and without colour; and, to give some excuse for the greyish hue which prevailed and spoiled the effect of his work, he complained that the sky of Vienna was abominable! The Empress Maria Teresa, turning round with a sneer, is faid to have replied, "Good Sir, if you had but acquainted me, I would have ordered that a Parifian day should have been fent on purpose to assist you."

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

THE season for reaping and harvesting the grain-crops has still continued unusually fine

and favourable, fo much fo, indeed, that even in the most northern districts the harveft is in a confiderably more advanced state than is ufual at this period. We have, likewife, the most pleasing accounts of the goodness and the abundance of most of the grain-crops in these places, so that the barvest of this year may be faid to have been generally favourable over the whole kingdom. The barley-crops in Hampshire and Wiltshire have been estimated at seven quarters per acre. The prices of wheat and barley are on the decline, but that of oats more stationary.

Average price of corn in England and Wales, to the week ending September 18.-Wheat 67s. 3d.; rye, 42s. 4d.; barley, 10s. 5d.; oats, 213. 8d.; beans, 36s. 2d.; peafe, 415. The potatoe-crops, where they have been taken up, turn out better in quality and more

abundant than has been the cafe for several years past.

The long-continued dry weather has been rather unfavourable for the turnip-crops, efpecially on the very dry foils.

The pea and bean-crop have not, in some places, turned out so good a sample as was expected on being threshed out.

The grafs-lands in the more elevated fituations have been greatly injured by the heat and dryness of the season; but in the low and more moist places, they are in general very good and full for this state of the year.

Hops are in general, we believe, a very indifferent crop.

Apples are this year a very partial crop.

In addition to the favourableness of the season for the purposes of harvesting the corncrops, it has afforded an excellent opportunity for preparing the lands intended for wheat, and in many districts very extensive tracts have been made ready, in the most perfect manner, for the reception of feed.

In some places, it has been observed, that a new species of beetle has been committing much mischief on the young plantations of firs, by eating out the pith of the latter shoots, leaving the tender branch a mere excavated tube, which foon afterwards is feen to droop its head and die. It is faid to be of the fearab or beetle tribe.

Smithfield Market, Monday, September 27.-Beef, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 8d.; mutton, 5s. to 5s. 6d; lamb, 5s. to 63. 4d.; veal, 45. 4d. to 5s. 8d.; pork, 5s. to 6s. 4d.

Newgate and Leadenhall Markets-Beef, 3s. to 3s. 10d.; mutton, 4s. 4d. to 5s.; veal, 38. 8d. to 5s. 4d.; pork, 5s. to 6s 4d.

MONTHLY

REPORT OF THE STATE OF COMMERCE.

BRITISH Commerce, after the first shock occasioned by that temporary change in the politi cal relations of the countries of Europe, appeared to derive new profperity from a war that was, in other respects, a source of the most dreadiul mischiefs. The restoration of peace, instead of ef fecting instantaneously any great increase and improvement of our trade, feemed to produce a momentary pause and derangement of almost all commercial business: and many specious reasons were popularly alledged to thew, that, by the afcendancy of France on the Continent, and by its jealoufy of the fuccess of our traffic, the commercial profperity of the British Empire muit immediately and fatally decline. By the following authentic statements, however, we are enabled to prove, that those reafons were quite fallacious, and the fears which suggested them, vain.

For the first half of the year 1801, the grofs amount

of our exports was to the value of

For the first half of 1802, the exports have been of
the value of

The gross value of the imports into the Port of Lon-
don, for the half-year ending on the 5th of July
laft, was

11,012,2501. fterling.

17,174,23 11. fterling,

4,427,7761. fterling.

The produce of the excife for the months of July and August lait, was at the average rate of 270,000l. fterling weekly, or fourteen millions a-year.

A Society of SHIP-OWNERS has been lately established in London. The object of the affociationis, to co-operate lawfully in those things in which all the proprietors of our merchant-ships have one common interest. The ship-owners of Shields, Sunderland, Leith, Kirkaldy, &c. have, for this end, joined those of London. They have affumed the denomination of the "Society of Ship-owners of Great Britain. They will be particularly vigilant to enforce the Navigation-act, and to prevent foreigners from becoming interlopers in our carrying trade. The Trustees of the Society are Messrs. John Hill, Thomas Gillefpy, and Ifaac Robinfon, Mr. Nathaniel Atchefon is the Secretary.

From the late enumeration of the inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland, it appears, that, in England and Wales alone, not fewer than 1,843,354 perfons competent for labour are employed in trade and manufactures.

The public income of Great Britain, which may ferve as a barometer to indicate the degree of the profperity of our trade, was, including the Loans and other extraordinary resources for the year ending January 5, 1802, not less than 63,026,5071. 68. 11 d. sterling. Of this fum not less than 28,105,3921. 16s. 94d. arose out of the permanent taxes.

The East India Company's ships lately arrived from China, have brought home 30,400 pieces of nankeen; as alfo 8,182,799 lb. of tea, of which 6,678,672 lb. are Congou.

The French Government has appointed a Commercial Agent to refide in Glasgow. As the great defire of the French is, at prelent, to rival our cotton-manufactures, their design in fending an agent to Glasgow may be chiefly to find the means of gaining a knowledge of the most ingenious practice of bleaching, spinning, weaving, &c. which are in ufe in the manufactures of that place.

The great commercial town of Liverpool has, in the course of the last month, suffered losses by fire to the value of little less than 500,0001. sterling. Of this sum, to the amount of 95,000. is to be paid by different Infuring Companies. The rest is loft to the immediate proprietors of the houses and goods which were confumed. Many other tires, in the latter part of September, have destroyed much valuable property belonging to our manufacturers and merchants. It should feem that proprietors, having the comfortable fecurity of infurance, are, even without actual malice or felony of intention, much too negligent of the fit precautions for averting danger by fire; while, on the other hand, the Infurers, content if their profits annually exceed by a reafonabile degree the fum of their expences and loffes, ufe but very inadequate means to watch againft cooflagrations, or to extinguith them when they have actually burst out. But, it ought to be ferioufly confidered, that whatever is left by fire, is destroyed out of the general capital of the nation: and it thould be made a great object of common concern to find means for rendering fuch tires lefs frequent and lefs terribly deftructive.

The City of London exhibits a new instance of its commercial profperity, in the preparations, of which notice has been given in the Gazette, to remove Bethlem-hoipital; -to demouth London-bridge, and erect instead of it another, more convenient for the river-navigation; to enlarge Smithtield-market;-farther to improve the Port of L ndon; and to establish a free marketior Coals in the wards of Billingsgate and the Tower.

The great fair of Beaucaire, lately celebrated in the fouth of France, was the scene of much less bulinel's than had been transacted last year at the fame fair, Two hundred and ten veflels came the Rhone with goods for fale at this fair when it was lately held. Of these vessels 113 were French, 57 Spanith, 3x Genoele, and 2 Neapolitan. Fine broad cloths were fold to advantage in the beginning of the fair. Silks were fold at very low prices, and not in confiderable quanuty.Mallins were eagerly bought at high prices. Spices and Dyer's woods were high. Coffee and legar were very low. Soaps obtained a brisk fate. Goods from Spain, were, in general, low. The EXHIBITION of specimens of the manufactures of France at Paris, which annually takes place during the five complimentary days of the French year, which are the days intervening in ur kalendar between the 17th and the 24th of September, has not, for the prefent year, produced thing to thew that the manufactures of France are at all in a state to wage any alarming com. petition with those of Britain. And yet, the worksän steel, în pottery, in the cotton, and in the woollen-manufactures, which it has produced to public notice, fully evince, that, if the career of improvement should stand for a few years still in the arts of Great Britain, the French might probably overtake and furpass us in those works which are now the great foundations of our general profperity.

The Emperor of Ruffia is fitting out two ships to make a voyage of trade and discovery-round the world, and to establish on an island, contiguous to fapan, a factory or colony which may open a trade with the Japanete.

The interest due for the lad fix months upon the French sper, Cent, frock, is now in a train of being paid off ne market-nrice of that stock is now 52 francs 80 cours, par cent, Our 3 per Cent. Confcis are at 69 1-8th.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.

Observations on the State of the Weather, from the 25th of August, to the

24th of Sept. 1802, inclusive, two miles N. W. of St. Paul's.

Barometer.

Highest 30.05. Aug. 29, Wind S. W.

Lowest 35°

Thermometer.

Aug. 30, Wind W.
Sept. 13, Wind S. W.-

On the 30th day of August the thermometer ftood as high aş 109 80 but on the next day it was not higher than 70°.

THE changes of the density of the atmosphere have again been inconfiderable. From the 29th ult to the 4th instant, in the morning, the mercury in the barometer funk very gradually: on the former day it stood as high as 30.05, and on the latter it was no higher than 29.42, so that during the peroid of fix days, it had fallen as many tenths of an inch without any rain. It then began to rife, and it was not till the glais was at 29.65 that the rain came which might be expected in consequence of the defcent of the mercury. The afcent began on Saturday forenoon; but the rain, which was exceedingly violent for some time, did not come till eight o'clock on Sunday evening. On the 8th the mercury began to fubside again, and on the next day there was rain: the glass, however, continued to fall, till the evening after, without any more; fince which the mercury has been very high, and very steady, scarcely varying two-tenths in the last thirteen days.

Between the roth and 14th the temperature of the atmosphere was very low, the greatest heat in those days was scarcely above the temperate standard; fince then it has been several times be. yond 70°. The three hottest days fince our last report were the 28th, 29th, and 3oth ult. A fevere white froft on the 8th instant cut off a great variety of tender vegetables that happened to beexpofed to the northerly blast.

With the exception of the storm late in the evening of the 5th, we have had twenty-seven days without any rain; of these twenty-one have been almost without a cloud, at leaft after to in the morning, till which hour the fogs have been frequent and thick, a circumstance which usually happens in this neighbourhood at this season.

We learn from the fea-coaft, that the want of rain is very much felt; the wells on the highlands in Kent and Suffex are literally almost dry; the nights and mornings there are exceedingly cold; but the days so scorching, that the changeableness of the temperature reminds our failors of an East Indian climate, in which the heat of day, to an European almost infufferable, is fucceeded by froft and ice at night.

N. B. The Ancient Egyptian Zodiac contained in Denou's Travels in Egypt, and which was promised fhould be given in our present Number, cauld not be prepared in time, but it will be given in our Next, accompanied by an Original Differtation.

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