his unfortunate master, retired to Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire, where, in 1754, the subject of this memoir was born. Charles, under the immediate guardianship of his father, received an excellent classical education, and was, at a proper season, sent into France, to perfect himself in the language of that country, à language which, from his youngest days, he spoke with the correctness and Huency of the most accomplished native. Being designed by his friends for the medical profession, he was, on his return to England, placed as a pupil with a London practitioner of eminence, and, having obtained a competent knowledge of pharmacy and surgery, entered into the sea service as a surgeon, in which capacity he made several voyages. Being tired of this service, he entered into an engagement with Mr Tait Wilkinson, and made his first appearance on the stage at York, in 1775, in the character of Carlos, in the Fop's Fortune, under the assumed name of Raymur. Thence he went to Norwich, and afterwards to Bath. At the death of the late Mr Farren, he entered into an engagement with Mr Harris, at Covent-Garden Theatre, where he appeared in 1797, in the part of Shylock, in the Merchant of Venice. In characters of sensibility and deep pathos, Mr Murray has been unrivalled; and in such parts as Old Norval, Lusignan, and Adam, "we shall never look upon his like again." Mr Murray has left a son and a daughter in the profession. The latter (Mrs Henry Siddons) is highly distinguished as an actress, both in tragedy and in genteel comedy, and is the present proprietor of the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. Her brother, Mr William Murray, the acting manager of that respectable theatre, is also a great favourite in this city. 10. At Restalrig, Alex. Duncan, Esq. W. S. Mrs Margaret Parlane, spouse of Dr Chas. Stuart, of Dunearn. 11. While travelling, within six posts of Florence, the Countess of Besborough, sister of Earl Spencer and the late Duchess of Devonshire. In Newhall Street, Liverpool, Edward Simon, aged 104 years and 22 days. He had been employed as a labourer in the Docks near 70 years. His mother died aged 103 years, his father 104 years, and his brother 104 years. At Edinburgh, Mrs Isabella Wilde, relict of Robert Newall, teacher in Annan, and daughter of the late James Wilde, teacher in Dumfries. 12. In Cumberland Place, New Road, London, aged 70, the Hon. Mrs Mill, widow of the late John Mill, Esq. of Noranside, Forfarshire. 13. At Ayr, Major John Chalmers. At Broughton Place, Christopher Moubray, late Cashier of the Friendly Insurance Office. -At Greenock, after a lingering illness, John Lawmont, Esq. surgeon, R. N. He was surgeon of the Vincejo at the period of her capture, and the confidant of the lamented Captain Wright in the Tower of the Temple in Paris, and the last friend who had access to his dungeon. At Perth, John, the eldest son of Laurence Craigie, Esq. of Glendoick. James Dunlop, of Househill, Colonel of the Renfrewshire Militia. 14. At West Wells, Wilts, aged 71, Lieut. General Kerr, formerly of the Hon. East India Company's service. At her house, Writer's Court, Mrs Mary Hunter, in the 78th year of her age. At his house, Robert Bruce, Esq. of Pitteadie. 15. At Dublin, at an advanced period of life, Dr John Barrett, Vice-Provost of Trinity College in that city. 16. Of an apoplexy, in London, Rear-Admiral Burney, F. R. S. in his 72d year, eldest son of the learned and elegant Historian of Music, and brother to Madame d'Arblay, the celebrated novelist, and the late Dr Charles Burney. Admiral Burney, at a very early period of his life, first as midshipman, afterwards as lieutenant, accompanied Cap tain Cook in the two last of those enterprizing, perilous, and important voyages, which have reflected so much honour on the late reign, and proved so beneficial to the general interests of mankind. 17. At Edinburgh, aged 52, Miss Grace Seller, daughter of the late Mr William Seller, Peterhead. At Weymouth, Charles Kerr, Esq. late of Abbotrule. At Kenleith, Helen, third daughter of Mr William Watson, farmer there. At Ormsary, Alexander Campbell, Esq. of Ormsary. 20. At St James's Square, Isabella, youngest daughter of Mr James Wilson, British Linen Company. 21. At Halloway Head, near Norwich, at the extraordinary age of 121 years, Mr John Maddock. He retained his faculties to the last. At New Rattray, Robert Birrell, Esq. late Provost of Kirkaldy. At Alnmouth, after a short but severe illness, Eleanor Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Annett, of that place; and on the 15th April last, on board the Kent East Indiaman, on her passage to Bombay, Elizabeth Fenwick, youngest daughter of Mr Annett, and wife of Andrew Gibson, M. D. civil surgeon at the Court of Sattarah. 25. At Bedford Place, Alloa, Margaret, eldest daughter of Alexander Macfarlane, Esq. 26. At Kennington, near London, while on a visit to his friends, Mr Andrew Lawrie, late of Buccleugh Street, Edinburgh. 27. At Edinburgh, Mr Luke Fraser, late one of the Masters of the High School of this city, aged 85 years. 28. At Woolwich, Lieut. Colonel James West, Royal Artillery. 30. At Craighouse, Miss Colquhoun, eldest daughter of the ate Humphrey Colquhoun, Esq At Bankfoot, Mrs Jean Hay, relict of Alex. Robertson, Esq. one of the Principal Clerks of Session. Lately. The Widow Crooks, of Fineshade, near Doncaster. This poor woman was so impressed with what she considered an evil omen, (an owl's flying three times across her on her way from church), that she actually became ill in consequence, and died. Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. Edinburgh. MONTHLY REGISTER. COMMERCIAL REPORT, December 12th, 1821. Sugar.The market for sugar has improved a little since our last. The consumption goes on, rather increased than diminished. As the whole supplies for the year are now at market, with the certain prospect of a reduced crop in Jamaica, and a late crop on the Leeward Islands, for 1822, and that in consequence thereof no great supply of sugar can reach Britain before next summer, there is every prospect of a considerable advance towards the spring. The holders both of raw and refined sugars are more firm, and less anxious to bring their produce to market. Coffee. The coffee market continues very languid, and the prices to decline, nor is it likely that there can be any alteration in the coffee market till the spring purchases for the continental markets take place, which will be next month and February. The great quantity of this article, however, which is now introduced into the continent from the colonial possessions of foreign powers, both in the western and from the eastern world, and also from a trade with powerful countries in the latter, carried on by the Americans and others, render any increase of the exportation of coffee from this country, and consequently any material improvement in the prices, an event by no means probable. Corn. The grain market every where continues dull, and the prices on the decline. Immense speculations in grain were entered into upon the continent of Europe, and in the United States, and in British North America, upon the unfavourable appearances of the harvest in England. On these speculations, very large sums of money must be lost, and we fear chiefly on British account. From every quarter of the world we hear of the same complaints of the cheapness of agricultural produce, and consequent agricultural distress. Rum.-The rum market has rather been more steady of late. The price is low, that scarcely any thing can sink to a lower degree. Brandy, after a considerable rise, remains stationary; and in Geneva there is no alteration. The immense quantities of this article which is daily smuggled into this country, escaping detection, and the very large quantities that is detected and daily sold at revenue sales, renders all attempts at importation by the regular merchant hopeless and ruinous. We are not aware of any alteration in the value of other mercantile commodities, so as to require observation. The cotton market is dull, but the consumption is undiminished. The quantity imported is fully equal to the demand. We subjoin a short abstract of the cotton trade of the world, which may not be uninteresting to our readers. COTTON-WOOL AND FOREIGN TRADE. One of the most valuable articles of commerce in the eastern world is cotton. Indeed this article ranks amongst the foremost in the commerce of other parts of the world: The quantity raised and consumed is exceedingly great, and the value of the articles into which it is manufactured beyond what we can accurately calculate. The consumption of the following countries may serve to give us a general idea of the quantity of the article annually produced and brought to market. The average weight of the bales may be taken at 3001b.-a pecul is 125tb. Consumption of Cotton, 1819-20. Great Britain, United States, exclusive of what is consumed in China, the produce of that country-what is consumed and produced in the Levant, and in Africa, in the interior parts of which a very considerable quantity is produced, manufactured, and worn by the natives. The more we consider the evidence taken before the legislature regarding the foreign trade of this country, the more we are gratified at the commercial information therein given, and the more the country is indebted to the present administration for the very proper manner in which they have taken up and investigated this business. The data they have obtained cannot fail to lead to the most important and beneficial regulations, and to secure the immediate extension and future prosperity of our trade. To the Eastern world we ought to look for the accomplishment of our hopes and wishes on this head. The new world can only be rendered greatly serviceable when connected with the trade to China, India and the Indian Archipelago. The population in those parts which covet or would covet our manufactures, as soon as they become acquainted with them, exceeds 400 millions-nay, a greater number, for, we may say, all Ásia and its Isles eagerly look after them. The field, therefore, is immense, and the returns are not only articles of the most valuable description, but such as our manufactures particularly require. In the East Indies, the demand for and sale of our cotton manufactures continue to increase. To the opening of that trade is to be attributed the knowledge which the nations have acquired of them. It is only within the last three years that these have become known in China, where they were received from the overstocked markets of India. The moment they arrived they were readily sold at "a considerable profit a profit of importance." Cochin China also is a country amazingly populous, and which, being of the same manners, have the same wants as the Chinese. At present, however, it is little known, and must continue so to Great Britain, because only small vessels of 150 to 200 tons can approach the coasts with safety, until these become better known. The East India Company's ships are from 1000 to 1400 tons burthen, and no other British merchant ships are allowed to approach these parts. The Malay trade, a name given by the Americans to all the trade carried on in the seas east of India, is well known to be very lucrative. These countries produce in abundance the raw materials used in our manufactures, such as silk and cotton, a considerable quantity of which is also consumed in their internal manufactures. For the European and American markets, Cochin China produces cotton, raw silk, gold, &c. and the Eastern Isles supply coffee, pepper, rice, various spices, sugar, tortoise shell, mother of pearl, various gums, ivory, camphor, cassia, cinnamon, musk, some gold, &c. Amongst the articles chiefly wanted in those parts, and which we could readily supply, are, iron, (there is none in the Indian seas,) crystal, glass ware, carriages, &c. their cheapness, the British manufactures would supersede those of China in all the Eastern world. The Chinese carry on an extensive trade with those parts. Of the extent thereof some idea may be formed, when we are told that there are 40,000 Chinese, from the maritime provinces of that Empire, resident in Java, all of whom are engaged in mercantile affairs. cerns. From Our The whole trade of China is in the hands of the Hong Merchants. This is a body consisting of ten merchants, with powers and privileges similar to our East India Company. Without their advice the Chinese Government does nothing in mercantile conTheir support might easily be obtained. Interest would prompt them. trade in various branches of the cotton and woollen manufactures might be greatly extended in China, because, by means of water conveyance so general throughout that Empire, all these articles could be carried into the interior and northern Provinces, where they are much sought after, at two-thirds less expence than they can be obtained through Russia. Thus, at Kiatshka, what cost here 2s. or 2s. 2d. is there sold for 8s. or 9s. The same could be landed at Canton for 3s. Experience has shewn that gold and silver may be too dearly bought, and these metals are not the most valuable articles in course of trade. In every country these bear a high value. Bartering one commodity for another, particularly the manufactured for the raw material, will, in the present state of commercial relations with the eastern-we may say with every quarter of the world-be found the most profitable and eligible exchange. Thus, in the fur trade carried on by the Americans from the north-west coast to Canton, to dispose of these furs for specie, and to barter them for Chinese produce, according to the evidence of Mr Ellice, 'makes a difference in China of 25 per cent in favour of the latter mode, besides the profit which would be obtained upon those Chinese articles in the European or American market. It is to this trade by barter, that we look for the greatest extention of our commerce in all those parts of the world, and which can only render South America, particularly Lima and Chili, advantageous thereto. Thus, a vessel going round Cape Horn may adapt all or part of her cargo to the latter markets, from whence she obtains in return for so much of her cargo as is disposed of, copper and specie, abundant in these places, and the first of which articles is particularly valuable in the Indian and Chinese markets. On specie the profit is great, even from the difference of exchange. In Chili, the dollar is 4s. to 4s. 6d., but in Calcutta, by the exchange, it is worth 5s. 6d. With this specie cargoes can be bought in Canton and in India to suit the British, European, and American markets,-nay, even such cargoes as will suit Chili and Lima, should the vessel return by these places, though certainly the least profitable route. Besides a great trade, partly in specie and partly in barter, (the latter the greatest) can be, and is, carried on by vessels going from South America to Calcutta, with all the numerous islands which lie betwixt these places. From Buenos Ayres and Chili alone, the capital already annually employed in this trade to the eastern world, is about £300,000, exclusive of the proceeds arising from the sales of British goods in the former places, and which may be, and are, employed in the same trade. The trade from Peru will become much more valuable than that from either, or from both of the viceroyalties mentioned. Melody the second is pathetic, being the Lamentation of a Connaught Ranger, discharged. I had eleven cousins in that regiment. I may as well give it as my opinion, that the only cure for our present difficulties, is to go to war without delay; and I venture to say, if an aggregate meeting of the seven millions of us could be called any where, a war would be voted nem. con. I don't much care with whom, that being an afterthought, but I certainly would prefer having a shaking of those ugly-looking garlic-eaters, the Spaniards, who are now so impudent as to imagine they could have fought the French without us. I heard one Pedro Apodaca say as much, and I just knocked him down, to shew him I did not agree with him in opinion. I would engage, that 200,000 men would be raised in a day in this country, and if we would not batter the Dons I leave it to the reader. The third is amatory. Compare this with the best of Tom Moore's ditties. But to be sure it is absurd to think of a man of his inches talking of making love to half the girls of the country, as he does in Little's poems. The fourth is warlike-something in the manner of Sir Walter Scott's Gatherings. It relates to a feud in Kerry. (2) The fifth is convivial, and was extempore. I did not write it with the other four, but actually chaunted it on the spur of the occasion this morning, at the time noted. It is to the famous tune of Lillebullero-my uncle Toby's favourite; and the tune, as you may see, by Burnet, with which Lord Wharton whistled King James, of the unsavoury surname, out of three kingdoms. It is among us a party air, and called the Protestant Boys; but honest men of all parties must approve of my words. They come home to every man's feelings. The last is sentimental. I wrote it merely to prove I could write fine if I liked; but it cost me a lot of trouble. I actually had to go to the Commercial Buildings, and swallow seven cups of the most sloppish Bohea I could get, and eat a quartern loaf cut into thin slices before I was in a fit mood to write such stuff. If I were to continue that diet, I should be the first of your pretty song writers in the empire; but it would be the death of me in a week. I am not quite recovered from that breakfast yet-and I do not wonder at the unfortunate figure the poor Cockneys cut who are everlastingly suffering under the deleterious effects of tea-drinking. I have scribbled to the end of my paper, so must conclude. Believe me to be, my dear North, Your's truly, SONG I. SAINT PATRICK. A FIG for St Den-nis of France, He's a trumpery fellow to brag on; A fig for St George and his lance, Which spitted a (2) The tune of this ("The Groves of the Pool") is indigenous of the South of Ireland. There is a capital song to this tune, by R. Millikin of Cork, beginning with "Now the war, dearest Nancy, is ended, and peace is come over from France." Millikin is the author of the Groves of Blarney, which Mathews sings with so much effect. The Standard-Bearer has supplied us with some lines on that unknown poet. See No. LVII. p. 382. There is a sort of sketch of his life in Ryan's Worthies of Ireland. We should gladly make room for a fuller account, with specimens of his poetry. If it is good-as we are sure it must-its locality will be of little consequence. C. N. his unfortunate master, retired to Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire, where, in 1754, the subject of this memoir was born. Charles, under the immediate guardianship of his father, received an excellent classical education, and was, at a proper season, sent into France, to perfect himself in the language of that country, a language which, from his youngest days, he spoke with the correctness and fluency of the most accomplished native. Being designed by his friends for the medical profession, he was, on his return to England, placed as a pupil with a London practitioner of eminence, and, having obtained a competent knowledge of pharmacy and surgery, entered into the sea service as a surgeon, in which capacity he made several voyages. Being tired of this service, he entered into an engagement with Mr Tait Wilkinson, and made his first appearance on the stage at York, in 1775, in the character of Carlos, in the Fop's Fortune, under the assumed name of Raymur. Thence he went to Norwich, and afterwards to Bath. At the death of the late Mr Farren, he entered into an engagement with Mr Harris, at Covent-Garden Theatre, where he appeared in 1797, in the part of Shylock, in the Merchant of Venice. In characters of sensibility and deep pathos, Mr Murray has been unrivalled; and in such parts as Old Norval, Lusignan, and Adam, "we shall never look upon his like again." Mr Murray has left a son and a daughter in the profession. The latter (Mrs Henry Siddons) is highly distinguished as an actress, both in tragedy and in genteel comedy, and is the present proprietor of the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. Her brother, Mr William Murray, the acting manager of that respectable theatre, is also a great favourite in this city. 10. At Restalrig, Alex. Duncan, Esq. W. S. Mrs Margaret Parlane, spouse of Dr Chas. Stuart, of Dunearn. 11. While travelling, within six posts of Florence, the Countess of Besborough, sister of Earl Spencer and the late Duchess of Devonshire. In Newhall Street, Liverpool, Edward Simon, aged 104 years and 22 days. He had been employed as a labourer in the Docks near 70 years. His mother died aged 103 years, his father 104 years, and his brother 104 years. At Edinburgh, Mrs Isabella Wilde, relict of Robert Newall, teacher in Annan, and daughter of the late James Wilde, teacher in Dumfries. 12. In Cumberland Place, New Road, London, aged 70, the Hon. Mrs Mill, widow of the late John Mill, Esq. of Noranside, Forfarshire. 13. At Ayr, Major John Chalmers. At Broughton Place, Christopher Moubray, late Cashier of the Friendly Insurance Office. At Greenock, after a lingering illness, John Lawmont, Esq. surgeon, R. N. He was surgeon of the Vincejo at the period of her capture, and the confidant of the lamented Captain Wright in the Tower of the Temple in Paris, and the last friend who had access to his dungeon. At Perth, John, the eldest son of Laurence Craigie, Esq. of Glendoick. James Dunlop, of Househill, Colonel of the Renfrewshire Militia. 14. At West Wells, Wilts, aged 71, Lieut. General Kerr, formerly of the Hon. East India Company's service. At her house, Writer's Court, Mrs Mary Hunter, in the 78th year of her age. - At his house, Robert Bruce, Esq. of Pitteadie. 15. At Dublin, at an advanced period of life, Dr John Barrett, Vice-Provost of Trinity College in that city. 16. Of an apoplexy, in London, Rear-Admiral Burney, F. R. S. in his 72d year, eldest son of the learned and elegant Historian of Music, and brother to Madame d'Arblay, the celebrated novelist, and the late Dr Charles Burney. Admiral Burney, at a very early period of his life, first as midshipman, afterwards as lieutenant, accompanied Captain Cook in the two last of those enterprizing, perilous, and important voyages, which have reflected so much honour on the late reign, and proved so beneficial to the general interests of mankind. 17. At Edinburgh, aged 52, Miss Grace Seller, daughter of the late Mr William Seller, Peterhead. At Weymouth, Charles Kerr, Esq. late of Abbotrule. At Kenleith, Helen, third daughter of Mr William Watson, farmer there. In Russel Square, London, aged 88, the Right Hon. Sir James Mansfield, late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. 24. At Stockbridge, Mrs Elizabeth Currie, widow of the late Lieut. Colonel Irving, of the 78th Regiment of Foot. At his house, Canonmils, Mr Jas. Thomson, damask weaver, Leith Wynd. At New Rattray, Robert Birrell, Esq. late Provost of Kirkaldy. -At Alnmouth, after a short but severe illness, Eleanor Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Annett, of that place; and on the 15th April last, on board the Kent East Indiaman, on her passage to Bombay, Elizabeth Fenwick, youngest daughter of Mr Annett, and wife of Andrew Gibson, M. D. civil surgeon at the Court of Sattarah. 25. At Bedford Place, Alloa, Margaret, eldest daughter of Alexander Macfarlane, Esq. 26. At Kennington, near London, while on a visit to his friends, Mr Andrew Lawrie, late of Buccleugh Street, Edinburgh. 27. At Edinburgh, Mr Luke Fraser, late one of the Masters of the High School of this city, aged 85 years. 28. At Woolwich, Lieut. Colonel James West, Royal Artillery. 30. At Craighouse, Miss Colquhoun, eldest daughter of the ate Humphrey Colquhoun, Esq At Bankfoot, Mrs Jean Hay, relict of Alex. Robertson, Esq. one of the Principal Clerks of Session. Lately. The Widow Crooks, of Fineshade, near Doncaster. This poor woman was so impressed with what she considered an evil omen, (an owl's flying three times across her on her way from church), that she actually became ill in conse quence, and died. Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. Edinburgh. |