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Monthly CommcKial Report. 



[Sept t. 



nature. AccorJingly> in \T65, he accompi- 

 nk'd I'vo'en'or Schonhcider to Leyden, «hcic 

 he attended the lc(Sli!res of Gaudiu';, H. S. 

 Albinus, uptV'ortieis of equal eminence. Af- 

 ter Itjying a yc.ir at Leydcn, lie prfx:ee«lcd to 

 Edinburgh, and in' 17 tifi returned byway ot' 

 Holland t<i Copcnbagin. His lot was lefs 

 plealant tlun formerly ; his Hipcnd having 

 no* ceafed, he was obliged to look, out for 

 fome immediate means o* fubliftcnce, and lic- 

 cimc a candidate for the place of furgcon to 

 the convifts ; but even tiiat infirnificant em- 

 ployment he was unaiile to obtain. He now, 

 inuch againft his inclination, l)ig.in to lludy 

 medicine during his Icifure hours, and en- 

 deavoured to incrcafc his income by tvanflating 

 Englilh works into German. In 170'.' lie deli- 

 vered his firft public ledtures, which continued 

 for .?() years, greatly to the advantage of hun- 

 dreds of ftiidents, many of whom have rifen 

 to eminence in their pro ffiir.n. In the fame 

 year lie was employed to ivriie for the prefs in 

 the Daniili Pharmacopx-ia, of wliich lie was 

 ;-;0 years afterwards one of the moft diftiii- 

 ' guiflied compilers. In 177 1 he publiflied his 

 fine produdtioii in the U.miili l-in.i;uac'c, en- 

 titled tiie Mcdkiiiifrc T-Jj\usr. It was not 

 till the preceding year he had it laft fiiccced- 

 cd tooUtain twolmall oMiccs, whi^li together 

 I'ecuicd hjni an annual income of 100 rix- 



<lf>nirs. In 1772 he was at length raifed t» 

 the aignifv of prolefi'or of medicine in the 

 univerfity of Copenlia^en. Tlie duties of 

 ttvit olTice did not prcvKnt Iiim, however, 

 from devoting a great part of his time to other 

 literary purftiits, and he publiihed a nun;ber 

 O' valuable pieces on very dilTimilar fubjedls. 

 MMlicine, furL-try, the drama, and the I.in- 

 guages, founi in him an indei.itigablc culti- 

 vator. In Denmark, Norwavj and Holftein, 

 th re are few pliylicians who .ire not indebted 

 to him for cor.fidcrable part of their Ikilland 

 knowledge. To hi:; merits as an author, mult 

 be added that of being one of the founders of 

 a medical focicty, and many other uftful in- 

 ftitutions. One confequence of his adivity 

 as a writer was, that he had fome fharp con- 

 telts with Danilh and foreign literati : the 

 molt ferio'.is was that with Baldin_;er of Mir- 

 bur?. It was chicHy by a iieriodir-"! puhli- 

 eatiftn, called the Mpdical and Sui'.;icjl Li- 

 brary, that he wai known in foreig.i coun- 

 tries. It muil be owned, however, that he 

 did not produce any finitlied nialtcr-pleccs ; 

 his reviiws in the periodical woik called Iris, 

 were diftlngiiiilied by wit and an epi-^r.urnw- 

 tical turn, but they w.°re iu>t free trom par- 

 tiality. H; wrote thirteen I'lays, which 

 did not meet with fucccfs, except that en. 

 titled '1!'C Maiine Officer. 



MONTHLY COMMl'-UriAI. in.F'ORl'. 



QX the Fourth of Auguft the EaiV India Dorks at Rlackv.all- were opined "ith grwt cev;- 

 moiiv. The EarKamden, fium the gallant dc cn'c r.ude laft ye;ir againft Liiiois, by her 

 Commodore Sir Naihaiii',1 Dance, and aho from her mag'jitude (being IVdO tons), wa: fixed 

 upon as the firft ihip to enter the Dock ; hut t!ie firong welierly wind w lich prevailed prevent- 

 ed her from gutting up ticm i.ong kcaci in inpe. 'Ihe Adniiral Gaidijer, Captain SaltwcJI, 

 (her rival in fame, in fome deirec, from hav'ni; io bravely beat oiV ti-e Bellona French frigalc 

 of 44 gnns), wa^ therefore the viiVel lubilitutcd t.j lead, v.hich iht did accordingly at the ap- 

 poimtd time of two o'clock, on Mondiv, the Uh of Aa^uil, ar.d:r a falute of artUlery, aud 

 amidft the cheers .»nd pl.iuditi of upwj-.ds of ]'Jfi!)0 pcrfons « ho were ademblcJ. The beai^ 

 tiful Tvinily Vacht, molt cleijaiitly d.-corated with flagi of diRcrer.t nations with whom ye 

 are in amity, prcceJed, aid acted the part of Ma.ler o.' the Ceremonies, taking her ftation at 

 the middle buoy. The Chairnun, Deputy, and Directors o' tlic Dock Company, fevcral 

 of his Majerty's Minirtcrs, and other peifonaecs inviti-d. afi'embled in the tirlV inltance at 

 Mr. Wells' houfe, and prucceded acrols the fliip-yard, ;:; order to euiiiarl; on. board the Admi- 

 ral G.nrdner, llacioncd re.idy in the Entr.;nce-bafon. 1 he City of London was the lecond vefTel } 

 then the Lady Caftlcreagh, and Surry, all decked with rtajs in the bell manner that the llioit- 

 rcfs of time limited would permit. Wlien the Adir.iral Gardner uas fa'ely moored at the 

 north corner of the Dock, near the furnptuoui Entrance g.iteuay, in which wai hoilled the 

 Royal (t.»ndarri, &c. Lords Howiek, Grenville, Spencer, Mo;ra, General Fitzpatrick, and the 

 Diredors (mo:l:ly elder Brethren), v/ent cn-boara the 1 rinity Yacht, and partook of an clegart 

 cold toUation that w.;s prepared forthcni. The E.ilc L; -.ia Co;-,;pan)'s ivtonJ regiment ofVo- 

 lunteers, commanded by Colon.l ThellulTon, attended, as iil-.i-vife tl.t f.ank companies of the 

 two other rc'inients, and ueie Rationed along llie fouth t..u.iy: the a-tilUry, which was ex- 

 tremely welfferved, uai p'acetl in the c^-nure ; t'lc f-.u ,U ','.\ at the conclufion, was alfo very 

 correct and much applauded. Above .WO gentlemen's carriages, filled with beauty and laihion, 

 •were admitted ; and three fheds, where the goods are to be landed, v.erc tcmporaiijy covered 

 over a.nd fitted uptor atcommodat.ng the ladies who liad tickets for feats ; anji more feledt 

 accommodation was prcparcil at the top of the Road Entrance gat.' way for ladies of diltintlion 

 and the nobilitv, from whence they had a tine view of the ceremony, and ol the beautilol 

 country and Inte'refHng objects around them at a great dillance. 



This maznificent and lubtiaiitial piece Oi workmarilhip, lor the cxclufivc accommodation of 

 all tliclndia iliipping, was finifhrii in left than three ycir:, unwr the' direction of Mr. John 

 Ke-inie a.nd Mr. Ralph Walker, c ^inf-rs. 



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