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Death Abroad — Monthly Commercial P^eport. [Otfl. T, 



DEATHS ABROAD. 



Schiller, the celebrated German dramatic 

 poet, author of the RoSbfirs, &c. died ac 

 Weimar, o.i the loth November, 1804, in 

 the 45th year of liia age. 



Ac Montreal, in tli« province of Canada, 

 on the I 5th of June, 1805, Btyce M'Cum- 

 Diing, cfq. fcignior of Grand Valley, and 

 late a capwiii i.-i the ^th Weft Injia rt;i;i- 

 rntnt. He commenced his milit.ny career in 

 the allied aimy, umlcr the cominai.n of Prince 

 Ferdinand of lirunfwick ; fervcH his king and 

 country faithfully and honourably, forty five 

 years, and wai aftively engaged in every war 

 in which Great Britain wa? involved, during ' 

 his life He was coo! and coUefted in the 

 greatelt danj;er ; never aftuattd by momen- 

 tary impuUe ; he was a fteady, aftive, en- 

 terprifing, good folJier, and litirally a brave 

 man , and without any often atious diiplay of 

 his zeal, was an enchufiaft in his deiire to 

 fupport the cliarailer of the Britifh army. 

 Endowed with (trength and a robuft confti- 

 tution, he was patient of hardlhip ; whh 

 chearfulnefs er.couraged others to exertion in 

 their duty, arid uni/erfally gained the erteem 

 and refpcft of all with « hoin he ever ferYt:d. 

 Generous and hofpitable in the field, his 

 door Was thrown open to relieve the wants 



and fatigues of his brother officers, and Bryce 

 M*Cummin(;*s ho-fpita'ity was proverbial. 

 With a conftitutwtn at laft worn out with fe- 

 vcre fei vice (particularly in the Weft Indies, 

 wliere he was taken prifoner by the Caribs, 

 and oiilv efcap^a deach i:i cold blood to fuft";:r 

 what was worfe, fix monihs dofe confine- 

 merit in a cjntr^.iled dungeon, in a tropical 

 climatp), he retired to Canada to join his 

 children, and pafs tiie remainder of his days 

 in peace! But all human hopes are fallaci- 

 ous ; the lol's of his wife (vyhom lie fiifvlved 

 o;.ly eleven months), wiui had forty years 

 been his faitbful companion thiough all his 

 vicilhtudes of fortune, the misfortunes of hia 

 family (in his old age), whom he had brought 

 up with creoit to himfelf, in ftrift principles 

 of honour, rectitude, and as faithful and 

 loyal fubjects, added tohisown fervices either 

 forgotten or negletted, b ire heavy on hinn, 

 and his ftrength was not equal to a fea voy- 

 age, which he only fui vived to die on the 

 9th day after his arrival at Montreal, in t^lc 

 66th year of hii age, fincerely regretted by 

 his relatives, and all who k ew him. His 

 remains were conducted to the ferry by a re- 

 fpectauK- body of his friend's and ciczens, and 

 from ttience to the banks of Luke Champlaia 

 for interment. 



MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



■X^ITH great picafure we have now to announce the arrival of the Eaft and Weft India 

 Fleets It is matter of prond congralulaiion that thefe Fleets, about which fo much 

 fear and alarm has prevailed, ftould have eluded the vigilance of the Combined Sc|iiadron9, 

 an! arrived in I'afcty. Their value is fo immenfe, that their lofs would have inrt.'^.tcd a deep 

 and lafting wound on the commerce uf this country. The value of the cargoes of the Eaft 

 India Fleet alone is edimated at foyrteen millions and a half; the addition to the revenues at 

 five millions and a half ; and is the largeft and richeft fleet that ever came to England from 

 the Eaft Indies ftnce the Company has besn ii.coiporated. Thus, in this inltaiice, is our good 

 fortune ftrikingly confpicuous j but it feems t > baffle all cr)nje£^ure to determine the views of 

 tlic French Government in the expedition of the Combined S4uadron. Jf the capture of 

 thtfe Fleets had been part of their object, it has been coniplcteiy dcfe.itcd by their unconquer- 

 able timidity j for though it is almoit impolTible to rate too high the achiev-ments of Briiilh 

 /kill and courage, yet it would be prefu3iptuoufly vain-glorious to imagine, that a^ainft the 

 force of the Combined Squadrons, however maileily their diipofuions, thete could have been 

 any hoje of efcape. 



The Governor of tlie Bahama Idands has iiTued a Proclamation, extending the time for 

 the importation of grain, livd (lock, and lumber, in neotral veft'els, for tiirre months fiom 

 the date of the laft notice ; but the infettion cf the ufual declaration of forfeiture attach- 

 ing to the introduiflion of any other articles but thufe enumerated, lev'rni to have excited 

 confiderable difguft in the United States of America ; and it is reported that the Americans 

 have entered inio fcveral ftrong refolutioni, not only to remonftrate with our Government 

 en the ful^jea, but to prohihit the exportation of thefe articles 10 any of the Britifh Colo- 

 nies till fomcanangemcnt is adopted. Itis very natural that the Americans (houid feel jealous 

 of this excluliorr ; but they (hould recoUeiS, that it is perfetlly confjftent with the Navig,;t'oa 

 Laws ; and though various opinions may now be entertained of the policy ot thefe meaiures, 

 and of the operation of thofe principles upon which they are founded, relatively to America, 

 during the contin'.ance of war, ftill the right cannot be denied : care, however, fhould be 

 taken to render the cxercife of thefe regulations as agreeable as poffible. Upon a fubjeft fe 

 interefting and important, we regret that our limits do not allow us to indulge in detail, par- 

 ticularly as the fpc^ch of Lord Holland in the laft feflion of Parliament, co.itaining a moft 

 able and elaborate examination of the matter, is not in print j but we doubt not that the 

 ^^leftion will again b<: difcuiTcd. 



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