1828.] 
February. His death was sudden, being 
occasioned by the rupture of a blood-vessel 
in the heart. Both houses of the legislature 
of New York immediately passed resolutions 
for going into mourning, and paying other 
honours to his memory. His funeral took 
place on the 14th of February, accompanied 
by every possible token of respect and sor- 
row. 
SIR THOMAS BOULDEN THOMPSON. 
Vice - Admiral Sir Thomas Boulden 
Thompson, Treasurer of Greenwich Hos- 
pital, &c. was born at Barham, in the 
county of Kent, on the 28th of February, 
1766. His father, Mr. Boulden, married 
the sister of the late Commodore Edward 
Thompson, an officer of eminence, and a 
gentleman extensively known in the polite 
and even in the literary world. His poems 
are still in high request amongst the choice 
spirits of the navy. 
In June 1780, young Boulden, the sub- 
ject of this brief memoir, assumed the name 
of Thompson ; under the auspices of his 
uncle, he entered into active service, on 
board the Hyena frigate; and soon after- 
wards accompanied the fleet under Sir G. B. 
Rodney to the relief of Gibraltar. 
In the following year, Mr. Thompson 
served in the West Indies, obtained a lieu- 
tenancy there, and distinguished himself by 
capturing a French privateer of superior 
force. 
Some time after the termination of the 
American war, Lieutenant Thompson joined 
the Grampus, of 50 guns, bearing the broad 
pennant of his uncle; upon whose death 
he succeeded to the command of the Nau- 
tilus sloop, in which he continued about 
twelve months, when he returned to Eng- 
land, and was paid off. 
Captain Thompson obtained post rank on 
the 22d of November, 1790. In 1796, he 
was appointed to the Leander, in which he 
joined the Mediterranean fleet under Earl 
St. Vincent. Soon afterwards, he accompa- 
nied Sir Horatio Nelson in his unfortunate 
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enterprise against Teneriffe. In that affair, 
he was amongst the wounded. 
Captain Thompson was in the battle of 
the Nile; and, five days after, he fought his 
memorable action with Le Généreux, of 78 
guns, and 900 men. Notwithstanding the 
superiority of force, he did not yield until 
after a close and inveterate conflict of eight 
hours ; at the expiration of which time, the 
Leander, greatly disabled, and with her 
decks full of killed and wounded, had be- 
come totally unmanageable. 
For his gallant conduct upon this occa- 
sion—the defence of the Leander being con- 
sidered without parallel, even in the annals 
of the British navy — Captain Thompson 
received the honour of knighthood. 
In 1799, he commanded the Bellona, off 
Copenhagen ; and, in the action there, he 
lost one of his legs. 
About the year 1806, Sir T. B. Thomp- 
son was nominated Comptroller of the 
Navy ; an office which he held till February 
1816, when he succeeded to the treasurer- 
ship of Greenwich Hospital. He was created 
K.C.B. on the 2d of January, 1815; and 
G.C.B. on the 14th of September, 1822. 
Sir Thomas sat several years in Parlia- 
ment, as one of the representatives of the 
city of Rochester, his seat for which he ya- 
cated on receiving his last appointment. He 
died at his residence, Hartsbourne Manor 
House, in Hertfordshire, on the 3d of March. 
On receiving the melancholy intelligence, 
his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, 
addressed a letter of condolence to Lady 
Thompson, sympathising with her upon the 
loss which not only she, but the country, had 
sustained in the death of so distinguished 
an officer; at the same time telling her, 
that, knowing she had a son, a lieutenant 
on the South American station, he had re- 
served for him a commission as captain, 
which should be presented to him on his 
return; and, farther, his Royal Highness 
promised that he would not lose sight of 
him.—Sir T. B. Thompson’s remains were 
interred on Monday, the 10th of March. 
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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
By the time this Report will get abroad, the harvest of corn and seeds may be deemed 
completely finished throughout the three kingdoms ; and, although with abundant difficul- 
ties and heavy expense in too many parts, on the whole, with far greater success than 
could haye been even hoped. It was quite natural and in course, under the late circum- 
stances, and in a case relating to bread for the national supply, for the public mind to be 
powerfully excited, and for gloomy apprehensions and alarms suddenly to arise. Such 
fervonrs, whether in regard to prospective good or evil, to large or defective crops, are ever 
in extremes. Just so it has proved, and fortunately, on the present occasion. Accounts, 
indeed, fayourable enough to surprise us, are coming from various parts of the country ; 
and, on the whole, alarm has, in a considerable degree, subsided. ‘This also has been 
confirmed, so far as our personal observations have extended over several counties. After 
all, in this truly miscellaneous year, both in respect to weather and the earth’s produce, 
aged Es remains ill-luck plus satis to individuals, in deficiency both of quantity and qua- 
lity of bread-corn, by consequence, to the public. 
In Cornwall and the extreme west, and also in some few parts of the north, they boast of 
wheat crops, equal in hoth respects to the crops of last year, and scarcely deem worthy of 
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