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WALES.

Cardiganshire is pronounced the healthiesi county in the kingdom; the deaths there are as I only to 74.

The Commissioners of the Navy have sigmified that government are willing to let woon lease certain lands, contiguous to the Lew Dock-yard, Pembroke, for the purpose of building upon, with the view of formDg a town, market, &c. adjacent to the yurd.

Di d.] At Talgarth, Brecon, Rev. Wm. Davies.

At Haverfordwest, John Matthias, esq. At Newton, Glamorgan, Rev. Mr. Jenkins. At Langoed Castle, in South Wales, aged 83, John Macnamara, esq. formerly, an intimate friend of the late Mr. Pitt, and M. P. for Leicester, the representation of which borough he twice contested. He was brother to Admiral M. and has left two sons and a daughter married to Sir Edw. Hamilton.

At the Abbey, near Llanrwst, Mrs. Bayley, wife of John B. esq. of Desborough, co. Tipperary.

SCOTLAND.

Birth.] At Daly, in Galloway, the wife of Mr. Rob. Fergusson, of one boy and three girls, all of whom died soon after the birth.

Married.] At Portpatrick, Arthur | rench, esq. son of Arthur F. esq. M. P. of French Park, county of Roscommon, to Mary, second daughter of Christ. French McDermott, esq. late of Crega,

Died] At Delnies, near Nairn, in the 104th year of his age, John Reid, supposed to be the oldest soldier in his Majesty's dorainions, having entered the service in the yd battalion of the Royal Scots, &8 years ago. His first encounter with the enemy was in 1743, at Dettingen, where the British, under the command of that gallant and true Scotsman, the Earl of Stair, defeated the French with immense slaughter. In 1745, he fought at Fontenoy. In 1746, he fought with his regiment at Culloden. In 1749, he was one of the storming party at the murderous encounter at Waal, in Holland, where his regiment was nearly annihilated. His last appearance in the field of honour was in 1759, on the heights of Abraham, where the immortal Wotte breathed

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his mighty soul in the arms of victory. His strength was such, considering his great age, that he scarcely passed a day without walking three or four miles; and, to the day of his death, was able, without the aid of glasses, to read his Bible, which afforded him exquisite delight through a long course of years.

At Edinburgh, Mrs. Isabel Taylor, 105. She was born in the parish of Crieff, county of Perth, on the 4th of March, 1713, in the reign of Queen Anne. Her memory remained nearly unimpaired, and she would converse on the events of 100 years with surprising correctness. Her hearing and sight were good to the last day of her life, and her recollection continued till within an hour of her death.

At Anstruther, Mr. Daniel Conolly, late treasurer of Crail, and formerly a serjeant He was in the 28th regiment of foot, 80. born at Oldcastle, in Ireland, on the 17t March, 1738; entered the army at an early age, and was at the taking of Louisbourg in the year 1758, at the siege of Quebec in 1759, and on the field when the gallant General Wolfe fell. He was also at the taking of Martinique and the Havannah u

1762.

At Edinburgh, in his 73d year, Alexander Robertson, esq. of Ettrick-hall, late one of the keepers of the records of Scotland, which important office he had filled with honour to himself, and with the esteem and approbation of every professional man in Scotland, for nearly half a century.

At Perth, the Rev. James Scott, late senior minister of Perth, 85. Mr. Scott was ordained minister of Kinfauns in 1759, admitted minister of Perth 1762, and resigned his charge, in consequence of the infirmities of age, in 1807.

At Glasgow, Mr. James Russell, junior. He has lett the following donations :-To the poor of the Relief Chapel, Campbell-street, 2001.-Sabbath Evening Schools, 501.-To the Royal Infirmary, 501.-To the Lunatic Asylum, 501.-To the poor of his native parish, Falkirk, 50).

IRELAND.

The plan for establishing a branch of the linen trade in the county of Cork, to employ the idle part of the population, and to effect which, a handsome subscription has been entered into, is as follows:-To purchase flax-seed, to be sold considerably under the prime cost to poor cottagers, in a suflicient quantity to sow one-sixteenth part of an acre-to purchase flax, to be re-sold in small quantities to poor spinners, to be paid for at the rate of five pence a fortnight-to purchase spinning-wheels, to be sold to poor females at half price, and to be paid for at two-pence halfpenny per week-100l. to be deposited for the purchase of yarn in sma!! quantities, that the poor may not be obliged to wait for a market; the remainder of the funds, with the sums as they come in from

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the looms, are to be appropriated for the encouragement of linen-weavers and spin

ners.

Married.] At Dublin, Lieut. James Fleming Faris, 88th regiment, to Sophia, third daughter of Henry La Nauze, esq.

Died] At Irishtown, county of Westmeath, Mrs. Gernon, youngest daughter of the Dowager Countess, and sister to his Excellency Count Magawley, 19.

Sir Edward Loftus, bart. of Mount Loftus, Kilkenny, 85. He was the senior member of the grand juries of Kilkenny and Wexford, and was therefore father of these distinguished bodies.

In Dublin, the Hon. Walter Chetwynd Talbot, son of the Lord Lieutenant and Countess Talbot, in his sixth year.-Mr. Patrick Lynch, author of various publications in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew,

At Gortnagally, near Dungannon, John Woods, an industrious farmer, at the advanced age of 122 years. He lived a regular and sober life. His wife died about two years ago, aged eighty-two. He was fortytwo years old the day of her birth. He was born in 1696; of course he has lived in the reign of five successive monarchs; and the reign of the present king has been longer than that of any other who ever ascended the throne.

At Loughgilly, near Dungannon, John Conroy, 110. He retained his faculties un til his dissolution. He was an industrious farmer, and through his long and useful life, he supported the character of an honest

man.

BRITISH COLONIES.

Died.] At St. Helena, Edw. Watson, esq. of the Bengal Civil Service.

At Madras, Lieut. W. Buck, of the second bat. 5th regt. native infantry, 25.

Admiral Douglas, previous to his departure from Jamaica received a visit from a native man, who is regarded as the Patriarch of the island; he is 143 years of age, and in so good health, that on that day he walked from his house (which is on the Hope Estate) to the Penn (the Admiral's residence) and back again-about 14 miles. He was never off the island: the great earthquake there, in 1687, is yet impressively remembered by him; he was then a stout lad. The admiral was so highly gratified by the compliment, and the venerable man's interesting appearance, that he brought home a correct likeness of him, which, we understand, he intends to send to the Royal Exhibition in London.

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The Panopticon at Petersburgh, a large wooden building, five stories high, has fallen a prey to the flames. This building was erected only a few years ago, after a very ingenious plan, and as workshops for many branches of the marine. It was also used as barracks for sailors. It was capable of containing 3000 persons. In the middle of the building there was a hollow cylinder, which went through all the stories, and in the middle a chair for the superintendant of the works, from which, without being seen himself, he could see every thing through the openings in the cylinder, and overlook each of the work-rooms, which were furnished with glass doors; and, by another contrivance, could let himself up and down as he thought proper. In every stary were doors to the cylinder, opening from the inside, so that the superintendant could come out of the cylinder, and show himself whenever it was necessary. The architect of this building was the English General Bentham. In the lowest story was the steamengine, by which all the machinery was put in motion. Unhappily some of the workmen have perished in this dreadful fire, which broke out in the forge, in the lower story, and rapidly communicated to the other parts of the building.

It is stated that there are immense bodies of ice now floating in the Atlantic, as there were, during the last spring and summer.-The packet, which has arrived from Halifax, saw one 200 yards in height, and apparently seven leagues in circumference, standing southward with the current. On account of the connexion of every circumstance of this sort with our Arctic Expeditions, the captain's log, with the latitude, bearings, &c. have been sent by the Postoffice to the Admiralty. Captain Quereau, of the Grand Turk, which has arrived at Derry from New York, states that on the 15th of February, in lat. 48. he passed through several immense islands of ice, some miles in extent, and from three to four hundred feet high. The ship, with strong westerly gales, was two days in getting clear of them.

Birth.] At Stockholm, Viscountess Strangford of a son and heir.

Married.] At Oporto, Maj.-Gen. Charles Ashworth, to Mary Anne, third daughter of

the late Hon. Justice Rooke.

At Florence, J. H. Browne Folkes, esq. only son of Sir Martin Browne F. bart. to Charlotte, youngest daughter of Dominick Browne, esq. of Castle Macgarret, Ire

land.

Died.] At Paris, Rev. Thos. Robinson, Nansloe, Cornwall.

Henry Cobbett, son of the notorious WilOn the 6th of August, 1817, at the Eleuliam Cobbett, has stated in a public advertisement, that he has discontinued the pub- therian Mills, on the Brandywine, near Willication of the Political Register, in conse-mington, in the State of Delaware, North

quence of the want of patronage to encourage its continuance in the United States.

NEW MONTHLY MAG.-No. 53.

America, in the 78th year of his age, Peter Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Member of 3 P

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the Institute of France, Counsellor of State, and Knight of the Order of Vasa, of the Le gion of Honour, and of the Order of the Lily. Born with a strength of mind, an ele vated courage, and an indefatigable spirit of benevolence, worthy of the best days of ancient times, he devoted his life to the service of his country and mankind. So pure was his patriotism, and so disinterested his motives, that his time, his health, and his ta lents were continually engaged in the prosecution of those great ends, regardless of the opportunities of improving his for tune and of personal aggrandisements, which his eminent political employments presented to him. In the course of a long life, spent in public stations, his incorruptible integrity shone conspicuous. Conversant with courts, and daily mixing in the affairs of the world, his character retained to the last its original warmth of feeling-a trait as rare as it is extraordinary, which always led him to regard events in the most favourable light, which is seldom to be found but in the unsuspicious confiding temper of youth. To this primitive and benevolent cast of mind is to be attributed that kindness of heart and constant playful cheerfulness, which accompanied him to the last moments of his life, and gave an endearing charm to the affection with which he was regarded by his friends. In the year 1773, the principles of philosophy and political economy displayed in one of his publications, "Les Ephemerides du Citoyen," being obnoxious to the French minister, the Duke de Choiseuil, he was obliged to leave France. Several foreign princes, then distinguished by the liberality of their sentiments, offered him an asylum. The Margrave of Baden appointed him a privy and aulic counsellor of legation; Leopold of Tuscany, and Joseph II. corresponded with him; Gustavus III. of Sweden decorated him with the Order of Vasa; and the King of Poland, Stanislaus Augustus, appointed him his Director of the National Education. This last situation, which presented the most advantageous prospects to himself and family, he relinquished to accept an inferior station in the service of his native country, at the invitation of his intimate friend, M. Turgot, who was then appointed Minister of Finances by Louis XVI.

In 1782 he was commissioned by M. de Vergennes to correspond with Dr. James Hutton, the confidential and secret agent to the king of Great Britain, and laid with that gentleman the basis of the peace of 1783, by which the independence of the United States was acknowledged. He was many

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years inspector afl commissary general of commerce and manufactures, and counsellor of state. In those different capacities greatly contributed to extricate French industry from the shackles by which it was restrained. In 1787 and 1788 he was appointed by the king secretary of the assembly of notables, and in 1789 he was elected a member of the first national assembly, where he distinguished himself by his sound principles, his courage, and his talents; he devoted himself to counteract the factions of the day, whose intrigues and plots have disgraced the French revolution, and frustrated the hopes of those who wished to behold France regenerated and happy. He was twice elected president of that celebrated body. His principles were those of moderation; his object the improvement of government, without violence. He opposed the abettors of anarchy with a courage and active energy bordering upon temerity. When a horrible tyranny stalked through France, and levelled, in its progress, the great and the good, M. du Pont was persecuted and imprisoned, and after several narrow escapes, his life was preserved only by the downfal of Robespierre. Subsequent to that event, and when the reign of terror had ceased, he was elected a member and also president of the Council of Ancients. The Jacobins having succeeded in overthrowing the Directory in Fructidor, 1798, he left France, and for the first time visited America. In 1802 he returned to France; and when Bonaparte sacrificed the cause of freedom upon the altar of personal ambition, in causing himself to be nominated consul for life, and then emperor, Du Pont de Nemours remained steady to the principles which had guided his path through life, by abstaining from any participation of his government. Bnt the confidence of his fellow-citizens followed him into the recesses of private life, and his appointments to the presidencies of the Bank territoriale, and the Chamber of Commerce, and his election to numerous charitable institutions, of which he was an active and conspicuous member; mark the extent of that confidence, and the sincerity of their regard. At the fall of Na poleon, Du Pont de Nemours was appointed secretary of the provisional government, which accepted the house of Bourbon in the hope of thereby securing to France a free constitution and government. Upon the return of Napoleon from Elba, he emigrated a second time to America, where his two sons had been naturalized many years.

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REPORT IN CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

M. BRUGNATELLI proposes the following method of detecting arsenic and corrosive sublimate in their respective solutions, and for distinguishing them from one another. Take starch of wheat boiled in water until it is of a proper consistence and recently prepared; add a sufficient quantity of iodine to make it of a blue colour; then dilute it with pure water till it is of a beautiful azure. If some drops of an aqueous solution of oxide of arsenic be added, the colour changes to a reddish huc, and is at length quite dissipated. The solution of corrosive sublimate, poured into the ioduretted starch, produces in it almost the same change as the arsenic, but if some drops of sulphuric acid be added to the fluid discoloured by the oxide of arsenic, the original blue colour is restored with more than its original brilliancy, whilst the colour of the fluid that has been discharged by the corrosive sublimate cannot be restored either by the sulphuric acid or by any other means.

M. ARVIDSON, assistant to the celebrated Swedish chemist, Berzelius, has discovered a new alkali in the stone called petalite, but to which Dr. Clarke of Cambridge proposes to give the name of Berzelite. The new alkali is named lithion. The experiments have been repeated and confirmed by Vauquelin. Of this discovery Dr. CLARKE says, that "it will be followed by a complete revolution in the analytical part of mineralogy; many are the substances which it will be necessary to examine again; and the presence of this new alkali will perhaps be ascertained in other substances exhibiting the remarkable lustre, and somewhat of the fracture of Petalite."

Dr. CLARKE has analyzed a red siliceous stone found at Gryphytta, in Westmania, Sweden, and brought to England by Dr. LEE, of St. John's College, Cambridge. All the specimens of this mineral are of a red colour, possessing neither more lustre nor translucency than horn. The fracture is rather splintery than conchoidal, resembling that of flint: it has also the hardness of flint. Its specific gravity estimated in pump water at a temperature of 56° Fahr. is 2.71. To this mineral Dr. Clarke has given the name of Leelite. He found its constituent parts to be as follow:-Silica 75; Alumina 22; Manganese 2.50; water of absorption 0.50.

M. BERZELIUS has discovered a new metal in sulphur, to which he has given the name of selenium. As it occurs in the proportion of 13 grains only in 500lbs. it is not surprising that it should have hitherto escaped the notice of chemists.

To deprive coal-gas of that portion of sulphuretted hydrogen with which it is always more or less contaminated, it has hitherto been made to act on quick-lime either in a dry state or combined with water in vessels so constructed as to bring a large surface of the lime into contact with the gas. This method is naturally very imperfect on account of the feeble action of sulphuretted hydrogen upon lime. In proof of this statement the gas supplied to the metropolis need only be examined in the following manner: Collect a four ounce phial full of the gas, in a wash-hand bason or other vessel filled with water, in the usual way, and plunge into it a slip of paper moistened with a solution of nitrate of silver or super-acetate of lead. The paper will instantly acquire a brown colour. A new method of getting rid of the sulphuretted hydrogen gas has lately been employed with success; and the facility, cheapness, and expedition with which it may be applied in the large way justify the belief that it will be highly beneficial to the manufacturers of coal-gas in general. The process consists in passing the gas, as it is disengaged from the coal, through a heated iron cylinder, or other vessel, containing fragments of metallic iron-the waste clippings of tinned iron will answer very well-or any oxide of iron at a minimum of oxidation; for example clay iron stone, so disposed as to present as large a surface as possible; the sulphuretted hydrogen becomes decomposed by the metallic iron, and the gas is obtained in a pure state. This iron, if in the state of metal, aequires by the process a crystalline structure, and affords abundance of sulphuretted hydrogen by the affusion of dilute sulphuric or muriatic acid, which proves that it is converted into a sulphuret-a quantity of sulphuric and sulphureous acid is likewise collected at the extremity of the vessel. The gas thus treated gives out no disagreeable smell during combustion, and its purity is attested by its not acting upon the solutions of lead, silver, or any of the white metals.

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BANKRUPTS

FROM APRIL 23, TO MAY 23, 1818, INCLUSIVE.

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Where the address of the Solicitor is not mentioned, he must be understood to reside at the same place as the bankrupt. The Solicitors' names are between parentheses.

ALPE J. P. & Co. Fenchurch str. merchants

(Young & Hughes, St. Mildred's ct.

Ashe J.S. Liverpool, merchant (Lace & Co.
Ball R. C. Bristol, baker (Frankis

Barber B. Bradwell, lead-merchant (Wilson, Gre

ville str.

Barnard D. Fenchurch st. merchant (Holt, Thread

needle st.

Barton W. Doncaster, malster (Fisher

Barah D. Houndsditch, apothecary (Nettleford, Norfolk st.

Batley C. Red Lion yd, stable-keeper (Gray, Tyson pl.

Batty W Kirkby Stephen, tobacconist (Chester, Staple Ion

Bishop C. Southwark, linen-draper (Wright, Upper Thaines st.

Blurton J. Old Bond st. coach maker (Martin,
Fitzroy st.

Boote & J. Stratford-upon Avon, corn-dealer (Ad-
lington & Gregory, Bedford row.
Briggs J. Sculcoates grocer (Shaw, Ely-pl.
Brinsley C. Ashborne, butcher (Brittlebank &
Bainbrigge

Brown J. London, merchant (Clarke & Co. Chan. cery-lane

Buddle W. Drury-lane, carpenter (Coombs, Clif.

ford's Tun

Bullocke J. Catherine-st. button-seller (Harvey & Richards, Bucklersbury

Carmichael J. Little Russel st. baker (Rogers &
Son, Manchester buildings

Carnaby J. Morpeth, brewer (Brummell
Clark J. Manca, carpenter (Leigh & Co. New
Bridge st.

Clifford M. & J. IIull, merchants (Sandwith
Coleman W. A. Wapping, slopseller (Knight &
Freeman, Basinghall-str.

Dean J. Bancroft-pl. baker (Willett, Crown ct. Dennis R. Bardney, blacksmith (Spencer, Belvi. dere-pl.

Dorn A. Vauxhall, victualler (Nettlefold, Norfolk st.

Farrar T. Southowram, manufacturer

worth & Crosby, Gray's Inn

(Wigles

Forder W. Basingstoke, stage coach proprietor (Shearman & Wyllie, Red Lion sq.

Gooch J. B. Northampton sq. merchant (Mount, Tokenhouse-yd.

Gregory J. Salford, victualler (Ellis, Chancery-la.
Haines J. Longton, carrier (Milne & Parry, Temple
Hall T. Reading, tailor (Vines

Halse T. II & T. D. Meriton, Maiden-la. button-
makers (Wallington, Gt. Surrey str.
Halsted W. Chichester, linen draper (Dally
Hazlehurst M. Liverpool, pump maker (Leece
Heath W. Hanley, blacksmith (Prowse

Hilbero H. G. St. Mary Axe, merchant (Oakley &

Birch, Martin's la.

Hirst T. N. & J Wood, Huddersfield, merchants (Beckett, Noble st.

Kingsell J. Blackwall, painter (Goodchild, Mi.

nories

Lachlan J. Gt. Alie-str. ship broker (Dennett &

Co. King's Arms yd.

Lamb J. Minories, merchant (Smith, Finsbury sq. Le Pleistrier J. Minories, watch maker (Mayhew & Co. Chancery la.

Liddell J. Huddersfield, cordwainer (Thomas, Hind ct.

Loudon J. C. Lloyd's Coffee house, merchant (Abraham Gt. Marlborough st.

Lyne E. Plymouth, merchant (Tonkin

Malkin T. Burslem, blue colour maker (Wilson, Temple

Man H. S. Calcutta, dealer (Drake, Old Fish st. Martin J. Mitcham, butcher (Pritchard Essex st. Milue G. Broad st. merchant (Smith & Lawford, Draper's hall

Moore W. Sowe by, cloth maker (Evans, HattonGarden.

Nash W. Bristol, drysalter (Bevan & Brittan Neale W. Warminster, victualler (Lampard Nichols W Huntingdou, rope maker (Sweeting Nicholl E. Hemel Hempstead, wine merchant (Martindale, Gray's Inn sq.

Oldacres W. Lea Grange, farmer (Alexander & Holme, New Ina

Poolman J. H. New York Coffce-house, merchant (Templer & Co. Burr st.

Poulgrain R. & H. Fowey, shipwrights (Brown Powell W. Brookbury, farmer (Pewtriss, Grays Ian Preston T. sen. Macclesfield, victualler (Higginbotham.

Pritchard J. Battle-bridge, varnish manufacturer (Toulman, Carmarthen st.

Rolland F. St. James's st. perfumer (Walls, Rutsell sq.

Rose J. V. Cambridge, brush maker (Haggerston & Whiteley

Sadd J. Greystoke pl. builder Warrand, Church.

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Sansum J. Cree Church lane, victualler (Lewis, Crutched Friars

Sargent G. Hastings, ship owner (Clarke, Minories Siepi L. Haymarket, jeweller (Mayhew & Co. Chancery lane

Simmons T. Birmingham, dealer (Punton, Wine
Office ct.

Small J. Bristol, coach proprietor (Frankis
Southee J. Canterbury, baker (Plummer
Spear A. Basinghall st. merchant (Blunt & Bow-
man, Broad str. buildings

Spence J. Providence-row, merchant (Michell,
Union ct.

Standish J. Liverpool, flour dealer (Bulmer Stansfield A. Holebottom, fustian maker (Bennett, Tokenhouse yd.

Stubbs W. Manchester, coal dealer (Duckworth & Co.

Taylor B. M. Poplar, builder (Walker, Lincoln's Inn Fields

Holden J. Westbromwich, back-buckle-maker (An Thackray T. & R. Bottrell, Greenwich, linen dra

stice & Wright, Temple

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pers (Sudlow & Co. Monument yd. Thomson J. Mappleton, farmer (Alexander & Holme, New Inn

Tilley J. J. Hampstead, music seller (Hartley, New Bridge str.

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