At Dorchester, Lieut. Oldfield, of the Royal Engineers, to Miss Arden, daughter of Mr. A. sur eon. Died.] At Upwood, Edward Buckley Batson, esq. 83. At Witchampton, at the rev. Roe King's, Mrs Sarah Nicholls. At Blandford, Harriot Jane, youngest daughter of the rev. Thomas Diggle, rector of Tarrant Hinton. At Lyme, Mr. Richard Underdown, of Colyton, Devon. DEVONSHIRE. Married.] At Totnes, Wm. Marshall, esq. assistant paymaster-general at the Cape of Good Hope, to Louisa, second daughter of Wm. Bengal, esq. George Drake, esq. captain in the 1st Devon regiment of militia, to Maria, eldest daughter of the late JohnMoore Knighton, of Greenosen. At Tiverton, the rev. John Browne, late of Sidney College, Cambridge, to Miss Walker, eldest daughter of the rev. Wm. Walker, rector of Swainswick, near this city. The rev. Ambrose Stapleton, vicar of East Budleigh, to Miss Jackson, daughter of the late William J esq. of Salterton. At Kenton, Leighton, esq. to Miss Aitchesen, daughter of the late Captain A. in the service of the Hon. East India Company. At Exeter, Lieut. Lloyd Down, of the Royal Artillery, to Miss Anne Winter. At Stonehouse, Dr Prynn, of Plymouth, to Miss Tatlock, daughter of the late William T esq. of Chatham dock-yard. Died.] At Dawlish, Mrs. Shuttleworth, wife of James S. esq.. At Lympstone, Lady Charles Fitzroy, eldest daughter to the Earl of Londonderry, and sister to Lord Castlereagh. At Plymouth, Sarab, wife of Mr. E. Hoxland, bookseller.-Lieut. Ribouleau, of the Brave, French prison ship, in Hamoaze.Mrs. Hov. At Cornwood, George Crawley, esq. captain in the Royal Navy, and son of sir T. C. Boevey, bart. of Flaxley Abbey. At Tiverton, Mrs. Blundell, wife of Philip B. esq. At Heavitree, Mr. Ellis.-The rev. Dr. Henry Manning, late rector of Stokeinteignhead and Drewsteignton, in the county of Devon; the former of which he had enjoyed fifty-two years with great honour and repu tation to himself, and much to the edification of his parishioners, by all of whom he was sincerely respected and beloved. At Parker's Well House, Miss Rebecca Jane Sproule, 19. At Exeter, Mr. John Bansill-Miss Chaloner.-Mrs. Land.--Lieutenant Darby, of his Majesty's ship Impetueux. He put an end to his existence, by shooting himself in the head with a pistol, in his bed-room, at the new London inh, where he had arrived on his way to join his ship at Plymouth. According to letters found in the pocket of the deceased, love, and a quarrel with his rival, whom he had refused to fight, added to the dread of being deemed guilty of cowardice, induced him to the rash act. The Coroner's jury, pronounced a verdict of felo de se, and on the following day his body was interred according to the form of law in such cases. He bore a very fair character, and was held in the highest esteem by his brother officers, some of whom, immediately on hearing of the fatal disaster, went express from Ply mouth, to Exeter; but unfortunately the verdict had passed before their arrival, other wise, we may reasonably suppose, their evi dence would have occasioned a material alteration in the opinion of the jurors; for they testified in the most positive terms, that the deceased had for a long time past been much disordered in his mind, in consequence of some private troubles. CORNWALL. There is a prospect of Polgooth mine going to work again. She is certainly rich, and tin is in demand, The copper lode lately discovered near Padstow, ranks among the most extraordinary ever known in Cornwall. The ore lies within a yard of the surface, and is very fine. A case has commenced in the court of chancery-the prince of Wales v. sir John St. Aubyn, which has sprung from a claim made by his royal highness, as duke of Cornwall, to the lands below high-water mark in the whole of the river Tamer, which embraces the whole of Hamoaze and the port of Plymouth. These, belonging to the honour and manor of Trematon, one of the greatest royalties in the country, constitute the most prominent feature of the ducal dig. nity. They were granted by Edward III. in parliament, to the Black Prince, the first duke of Cornwall; in whose grant all the properties of the duchy of Cornwall are de clared to be inalienable, indissoluble, and inseparable, from the duke, at any time, or in any shape, or manner, by the crown, or any other power whatsoever. It is the object of his royal highness to rescue his duchy from all usurpations by which it may have been impaired, and to preserve it inviolate for the benefit of himself and successors. The case is one of greater importance, from the value of the property disputed, than was, perhaps, ever discussed in a court of justice. Married.] At Helston, the Rev. Edward Rogers, Prebendary of Sarum, and fellow of Magdalen college, Cambridge, to Miss Sophia Plomer, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Plomer, attorney. Died.] Suddenly, the rev. Arthur Wade, vicar of Tintagell, near Camelford, Coro wall. It is remarkable that this man made his will above fourteen years since, but it was not executed till about four hours previous to his death, as his wife was conscious (she (she said,) that whenever he should do it, he would depart this life; and so it came to pass about four hours after the solemn document was signed. Near Penzance, Richard John, esq. com. mander of the Dolphin revenue cutter, 42. At Bodmin, Mr. Davey, innkeeper, and about a week afterwards in childbed, his wife, Mrs. D.-Miss Peggy Every. In the parish of St. Breward, Mr William Harris, and three days afterwards his daughter, Miss Philippa H. 21. At St. Columb, aged 75, Mr. John Rouse, an opulent farmer, under whose bed were found 1500 guineas, besides bills, &c. At Penzance, John Batten, sen. esq. WALES Petitions have been presented to Parlia ment, praying for leave to bring in bills to effect the following undertakings, viz.-To complete the bridge over the river Rumney, near Cardiff-To inclose the commonable and waste lands in the manor or lordship and parish of Manachlogddu, in the county of Pembroke, and in the parishes of Llangunnor and Llandarog, in the county of CarmarthenAnd to amend and keep in repair certain roads in Carnarvonshire. Married.] Captain Brigstocke, of the N. Gloucester militia, son of W. O Brigstocke, esq. of Blaenpant, Cardiganshire, to Miss Harriet Mansel, sister of sir William Mansel, bart. of Iscoed, Carmarthenshire. John Salisbury, esq of Galt Vaynan, Denbighshire, lieut.-col. of the Denbigh Militia, 1810. Amsterdam, 2 Us. Mar. 27. to Miss Mostyn, daughter of the late Joha M. esq. of Lleweney. Died.] At Langhorne, Carmarthenshire, Mrs. Mary Foxton, relict of Mr. John F. esq. 81. At Llwyndern, David Jones, esq. a justice of the peace for the county of Brecon, 62. At Hay, the rev. John Thomas, a prebend of Brecon, Vicar of Llowis, Radnorshire, and of Lanwarn, Herefordshire. NORTH BRITAIN. Robert Owen, esq. of New Lanark, is turning his attention very closely to the Lancastrian system of education, by establishing a school on that plan for the benefit of poor children. We perceive, too, with great plea sure, that schools are about to be established in Glasgow. Died.] At Belhaven, near Dunbar, Lieut.colonel William Stiell, formerly of the 60th regiment of foot, at the advanced age of 104. At Canaan House, the rev. Dr. Henry Grieve, 74; senior minister of the Old Church of Edinburgh, one of the deans of the Chapel Royal, and one of his majesty's chaplains in ordinary for Scotland. DEATH ABROAD. In October last, at Calcutta, in the 86th year of his age, Cudbert Thornhill, esq. late master attendant of the port there, and one of the oldest European inhabitants of Bengal: he was resident there before the taking of the place by Surajah Dowlah in 1750, and was present during the siege, but escaped the horrors of the black hole, by getting on board the shipping at Fulta. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. 30th. Apr.3d. 6th. 10th. 13th. 17th. 19th. 24th Ditto, Sight Rotterdam,.. Hamburgh, 29 6 Altona, Paris, 1 day date.. Ditto, 2 Us. 20 15 32 WM. TURQUAND, Exchange and Stock Broker, No. 9, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill. MONTHLY MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. EAST INDIES. The following is an account of the cargoes of the Gen. Stuart, from Bengal and Fort St. George; the Boyne, Providence, Ocean, Warren Hastings, and Union, arrived on account of the United Company of merchants of England, trading to the East Indies, viz. Company's. Salt-petre, 11,050 bags. Sugar, 11,937 ditto. Ingevan hemp, 4 bales. Sunn or bemp, (on account of government,3,344 ditto. Salem steel, 18 bags.-Privilege. Indigo, ,285 chests. Cotton-wool, 5,873 bales. Raw silk, 161 ditto. Pepper, 12.558 bags. Laclake, 62 ditto. Sal-almoniac, 109 chests. Scain sticklack, 38 ditto. Gum Tragacauth, A ditto. Gum-copal, 11 ditto. Gall-nuts, 252 bags. Seedlack, 155 ditto. Safflower, 51 itro. Shellack, 9 ditto. Ginger, 150 ditto. Piece goods, 155 bales. Bengal mats, 4 tto. Madeira wine, S pipes. Elephant's teeth, 2.-The market prices of the principal East India commodities are, as follow: Tea-Bohea, 1s. to 2s. 5d.; singlo, 3s. 7d. to Ss. 11d; congau, Ss. 3d. to 3s. 10d.; pekoe, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6d.; fine hyson, 5s. 94. Indigo of different colours, from 2s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. per lb. Sugar, (an indifferent article,) from 31. 19s. to 41. 15s. Saltpetre (rough), 31. 18s. to 31. 19s. per cwt. Cotton-wool, 1s. 3d. to 1s. 6d. Ras China silk, from 38s. to 42s. 3d.; Bengal ditto, 22s. to 42s. per lb ; and elephant's teeth, from 141. to 291. per cwt. At the Company's safe, which took place on the 9th of April, 674 Bales of Bourbon' cotton wool, sold at prices from 23. to 2s. 1148.; 25 bales ditto, at 1s. 6jd. to Is. 94d.; and 31 bales ditto (damaged), 44d. to 8 per lb. 870 bales Surat cotton-wool, d. to 93d.; 75 bales ditto (damaged and inferior), 34d. to 8d. per lb. WEST INDIES.-There have been many fresh arrivals from the islands within the current month, but the cargoes, we are sorry to state, came to a very indifferent market. Sugars continue dull in the London market, and at Liverpool they have fallen considerably within the course of a few weeks. Our present prices are: Jamaica and St. Lucia, 31. 15s. to 41. 55.; Barbadoes, 31. 15s. to 4 guineas; Montserrat, 31. 175. to 41. 6s.; and Barbadoes (clayed), 5L to 51.12s. per cwt, The demand for Jamaica rum is pretty regular. Leeward Island is also Jooked for, in order to the supply of the navy contract. The former fetches from 4s. 4d. to és. 4d. per gallon; and the latter from Ss. 8d. to 4s. 4d. Little business has been done in the London cotton market of late, but at Liverpool the sales are tolerably brisk, owing to the spinners purchasing rather freely. Jamaica cotton-wool sells at 1s. 5d. to Is. 6d.; Barbadoes, 2s. 6d. to is. &d.; Tobago, 1s. 63. to 1s. 9d.; and Grenada, 1s. 9d. to 2s. per lb. Logwood much in demand for exportation, its present prices are: for Honduras (chipt), 401. to 45h; and for Jamaica ditto, 371. to 381. 10s. per ton; the price of the unchipt is uncertain. Fustick is dull of sale, it fetches from 221. to 231. 10s. per ton. Jamaica white ginger, brings from 5 guineas to 91.; and the black, from 31. 18s. to 41 6s.; that of Barbadoes, from 41. 115. to 41. 15s. per cwt. NORTH AMERICA.—It gives us pleasure to find that the American government seems disinclined to adopt those harsh measures which it so lately contemplated. Mr. Macon's Bong threatened prohibitory bill it appears was, after a long delay in the Senate, returned to the House of Representatives, with which it originated, with amendments: these amendments were refused, and so the measure is again to go through the usual stages. Several American merchants are of opinion, that the bill will not, in its present form, ultimately be suffered to pass into a law; a supposition which is, in some sort, supported by the late symptoms of disagreement which have appeared between the court of France and the American legislature. The arrivals from North America within the last month, have not been Jess frequent than in the preceding. Generally speaking, the commodities of North Ame sica sell well in our markets. Tallow has been sold a little lower, but there now appears a pretty general expectation that this article will ere long improve. The demand for tobacco suspended. Maryland, of different qualities, is quoted from 5d. to 16d. the former being the price of scrubs, and the latter. that of fine yellow; Virginia, from 9d. to 11d. per lb. Wax, fetches from 131. 153. to 141. 10s. per cwt. New Orleans cotton-wool, 1s. 54d. to 17d. per lb. Ashes are rather dull both in the London and in the Liverpool markets. Po ashes sell from 21. 10s. to 31. 19s.; Pearl ditto from 21. 14s. to 31. 10s. per cwt. Whest and flour, are dull and low. Tar, 11. 18s. to 21. per barrel. Pitch, 15s. to 16s. per cwt. Dak, 141. to 181. 10s.; ditto plank, from 111 10s. to 15 per last. SOUTH AMERICA. By a private letter from Buenos Ayres, we learn that that port is caly partially opened to the British. The viceroy has adopted the measure with the conCurrence of the Junta; and it is said that it will merely be of a temporary nature. The permission to enter the part extends only to the ships now there. Trade is very bad at Buenos Ayres, and the Spaniards are wonderfully alert in looking after smugglers. Our correspondent states that a gentleman lately lost 100,000 dollars by a seizure. Buenos Ayres tallow is considered a tolerably saleable article in the London market; it fetches from 81.73. to 31. 85. per cwt. Brazil roll-tobacco, sells well at 98. and 10d.; and leaf ditto, ditto, st 54. and 6d. per lb. Buenos Ayres hides, 71d to 1s. per lb. Brazil-wood, 1421. to 1501. and brazillette brazilletto, 271: to 301. per ton. Cochineal (garbled), 21. to 21. 4s. Guatimala indigo, of different colours, from 6s. 3d. to 12s. 3d.; Caraccas ditto, from 6s. to.12s.; and Brazil ditto, from 28. 61. to 5s. per lb. FRANCE. The importation of corn from France into London, during six months, has been such as to produce the vast sum of 1,582,3501. sterling. Such a traffic as this must inducitably drain the country of its specie, and pour wealth into the lap of the common enemy; but we must be content to continue it as long as we can, and to exchange gold against that which cannot be dispensed with; the first necessary of life. The following article explains the footing upon which the commerce with France stands, according to the latest determination of Buonaparte. Extract of a Letter from the Minister of the Interior, to the Prefect of the Seine. Paris, March 12, 1810.' 1. The licences will contain, as before, an obligation to export three-fourths of the tonnage in agricultural produce, of the growth of France; half the cargo to consist of wine or brandy; the other fourth to be composed at pleasure of whatsoever articles are permitted to be exported by our custom-laws. 2. Licensed vessels may import all such articles of produce and merchandise as are permitted by our laws; in which are not included tobacco, cotton-wool, and yarn, cotton cloths, colonial and East and West India produce; excepting, nevertheless, dye-woods, guiacum, drugs used for the purpose of dying, shumac, Peruvian bark, and medical drugs. A list of the articles coming under the denomination of drugs for dying, will be contained in a special instruction to be given by the counsellor of state, the director-general of the customs. 3. The licenses shall be paid for at the rate of 20 francs per ton, and in proportion to the burthen of the vessel; but the maximum for any license is fixed at 600 francs;f that is to say, there will be no additional charge for any burthen above 300 tons. 4. The outfitter on being informed that the license is in the hands of the prefect, will repair to the office of the receiver-general of the department, or that of the receiver for the district, where he will deposit the fee, payable at the rate of 20 francs per ton. The license will be delivered to bin on producing the receipt. HOLLAND. A treaty has been concluded between this country and France, one article of which is interesting to commercial men. It runs thus: "Until Great Britain shall rescind those orders in council of the year 1807, all commerce shall be prohibited between England and Holland."-All merchandise of English manufacture is prohibited in Holland. It is also decreed, that all merchandise imported by American vessels, that have arrived in the ports of Holland since the 1st of February, 1809, shall be put under sequestration. BALTIC.-The holders of Baltic produce have become less anxious to sell, in consequence of the last accounts received from Gottenburgh, which give reason to apprehend, that our intercourse with the ports of the Baltic, during the ensuing season, will be more obstructed than formerly. Added to this, the government contract for hemp has had the effect of raising the prices both at London and Hull; and the holders of course are daily in hopes of obtaining better prices. By a late royal ordinance it appears that colonial produce is to be excluded from all the Prussian harbours, except those of Stettin and Konigsberg. The king of Sweden has, with the rest of the continental sycophants, who wear crowns, acceded to the non-importation system of the French emperor, and has consented to shut his ports against English goods and manufactures of whatever description, with the exception of salt, sufficient for the consumption of his kingdom. Swedish iron, in bars, fetches from 211. to 231 10s. per ton; ditto pitch, from 21s. to 23s. per cwt. and ditto tar, froin 47s. to 48s. per barrel. Stockholm deals, 671. to 701.; Memel ditto, 351. to 361. and Dantzic, 21. 12s. to 21. 16ss per last. IRELAND. It is with pain we are obliged to state under this head; that the permission to distil spirits from grain, which was lately extended to Ireland, has proved lamentably detri mental to the interests of the principal West India houses at Dublin and Cork, several of whom, having speculated too deeply in sugars, have been necessitated to call' meetings of their creditors. The provision-trade is flourishing, and the manufactures of the north are in a most prosperous state. Prices of Canal, Dock, Fire-office, and Water Works, Shares, &c. 21st April, 1810-Grand Junction Canal, 2501. per share. -Wilts and Berks ditto, 591. ditto.-Kennet and Avon ditto, 461. ditto Huddersfield ditto, 401. ditto.-Lancaster ditto, 251. 10s. ditto.-Grand Surry ditto, 801. ditto.➡Croydon ditto, 501. ditto.-Globe Fire and Life Insurance, 1281. per share. Albion ditto, 601. ditto. -Imperial Fire ditto, 751. ditto.-Rock Life Assurance, 6s. per share, premium.-London Dock Stock, 1301. per cent.-West India ditto, 1751. ditto.-East India ditto, 1341. ditto.-Commercial ditto, 921. per share premium.-East London Water Works, * 16s. 8d. sterling. 251. MONTHLY MAG. No, 198. 2 F 2321. 2321. per share.-West Middlesex ditto, 1801. ditto.-Kent ditto, 431. per share premium. At the Office of Messrs. Wolfe and Co. Canal, Dock, and Stock, Brokers, No. 9, 'Change Alley, Cornhill. The average prices of Navigable Canal Property, Dock Stock, Fire-office Shares, &c. in April 1810, (to the 25th) at the Office of Mr. Scott, 28, New Bridge-street, London.Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, dividing 401. per share clear per annum, 7301. to 7351.-Grand Junction, 2501. to 2531.-Monmouthshire, Sl. per share half yearly, 142).— Swansey, 1101.-Leeds and Liverpool, 1881.-Kennett and Avon, 481. to 451. 10s.-Wilts and Berks, 531. to 601.-Huddersfield, 411. 10s.-Dudley, 481. 10s.-Rochdale, 471.-Peak Forest, 661.-Ellesmere, 801.-Lancaster, 261.-Croycon, 481. 481. 10s.-Worcester and Birmingham New Shares, 51. 10s. premium.-East India Dock Stock, 1351.-London Dock, 1301-Commercial ditto, 901. premium, ex-dividend.-Globe Assurance, 1981. to 1501 Thames and Medway, 421. to 441. premium.-Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 221. 10s.—Strand Bridge, 21. per cent. discount, to 41. NATURALIST'S MONTHLY REPORT. MARCH, Neglected now the early daisy lies, Nor thou, pale primrose, bloom'st the only prize. DURING the greatest part of the present month the wind has been easterly. The unusual check which vegetation has sustained in consequence of this, is supposed to have been injurious to the wheat crops; and some of the farmers, in despair of their recovering the damage they have received, have been induced to plough them in. The 14th was a peculiarly cold and unpleasant day; the wind blowing very fresh. From the 17th to the 224, the weather was seasonable and fine; but from the 22d to the 25th, the wind was extremely piercing. On the 26th it changed from east to west; in which quarter it chiefly continued till the end of the month, March 5. In warm and sheltered places the leaves of the bramble are beginning to ap pear. The pilewort (ranunculus ficaria) is in flower. March 9. The evening of this day was unusually pleasant. Redbreasts, larks, and thrushes, were singing in almost every quarter. The partridges also were calling to each other in the fields in no inconsiderable number, March 10. At a meeting of the inhabitants of the place from whence this report is writ ten, the churchwardens have received an order not only to give rewards for the destruction of sparrows, but to extend these rewards to all species of small birds. How ignorant are the generality of mankind of their own good! This order includes no fewer than forty differ-nt kinds of birds which do not eat a single grain of corn, but which, in the course of the spring and summer, devour millions of insects, that would otherwise prove infinitely more injurious to the farmer than all the sparrows which haunt his fields, were they ten times more numerous than they are. And even with respect to sparrows, which are certainly in some measure injurious to the crops, were the farmer but seriously to reflect that the Almighty has not formed any race of beings whatever without giving to them an important destination, he would not probably be so anxious for their destruction. It has been satisfacto rly ascertained that a single pair of common sparrows, while their, young ones are in the nest, destroy on an average above three thousand caterpillars every week! At this rate, it all the species of small birds were to be extirpated, what would then become of the crops! March 14. The daffodil (narcissus pseudo-narcissus,) smaller periwinkle (vinca miser,) sweet violet, and dandelion, are in flower. March 18. Several species of willows begin to put forth their catkins. March 20. The seven spotted lady-bugs (coccinella septem·punctata,) are seen on almost sli the hedge banks which are exposed to the san. As I was this day walking along the side of a hedge, my attention was called to a large bee which was humming about a particular spot. I soon leard a rustling in the bottom of the hedge, at a little distance, which at first I supposed might be occasioned by a lizard, Standing perfectly still, a stoat ran along before me. For a moment it was startled by my presence, but heedless of that, it immediately afterwards made a dart towards the bee. Whether the animal mistook the noise made by the bee for that of a bird, or whether these quadrupeds (although they are known to dislike honey) may occasionally devour bees, as well as other insects, I an ignorant. March 21. The corn horse-rail (cquisetum arvense,) butter cups (ranunculus acris,) marsh marygold (caliba palustris,) water purslane (montia fontana,) rue-leaved saxifrage (suzie fraga tridactylites,) and primroses, are în flower. March 25. We had, this day, a remarkably high tide, without any apparent cause; and consequently expected a storm from the south or south-west to follow. (See the Report for 3 November |