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SCOTLAND, 
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A tornade, uncommon in northern lati- 
tudes, was lately felt at Whitelaw, in the 
parifh of Ednam, Berwickfhire. At firft 
denfe light coloured cloud was noticed by 
many perfons ; it refembled an inverted cone 
and reached from the ground to a contaébable 
height in the atmofphere. Its motion was 
flow and majeftic. Upon its approach to 
the houfe it began to whirl round with ra- 
gidity, accompanied by a rattling noife. A 
_-farge ftack of ttraw, was raifed in one mafs to 
a-confiderable height in the air; and a beam 
ef timber thirty-three feet long was hurled 
Teveral feet from the place where it lay. 
Small ftones were heaped together in mounds ; 
and the fervants, horfes, and cattle were 
forcibly driven about in various direétions, 
Boe cloud dividing before it reached the 
duzglling-houfe, only one part of it ftruck the 
dailding, and no material injury enfued.— 
There was little rain at Whitelaw, cither 
Before or after the whirlwind, but in the ad- 
jacent country to the north and eaft there 
was. a heavier torrent of rain and hail than 
ts remembered ta have happened in thofe 
parts. 
Died.}. At Edinburgh, Mr. John Cameron. 
Mifs Gardener, daughter of the deceafed 
captain Gardener, af the marines. John 
Edgar, efg. writer to the Signet. Mr. Adam 
Stewart, writer. Mr. Martin Mowbray, 
principal. clerk of the General Poft-office. 
Mis. Clendining, late of the Theatres Royal 
Covent-Garden and Edinburgh. ~ 
At Dundee, aged $8, Charles Hay, efq. 
At Berwick, Mr. Alderman Pattifon. . 
Monibly Commercial Repsri: 
CAuguly 
DEATHS ABROAD. > 
Died.} Near Lifieux, on the 13th Germi- 
nal, year 7, Citizen Pierre Charles Lemon- 
nier, the moft ancient, and, next to Lalande, 
the moft celebrated of the French aftrono- 
mers, He was born November 20, 171535 
he began to make obfervations in 1731, and 
€¢ no one individual (fays Lalande in a brief 
notice of him) has been more ufeful to aftro~ 
nomy, during the courfe of 60 years.” He 
adds, ** the journey made to the. North, in 
7355 for the admeafurement of the globe, 
refted principally upon him. All the branches 
of aftronomy are indebted. to him fora part of 
their progrefs, as 1 have fhewn in detail in 
the Connoifjauce des Tems for the year 9.” 
Lately at Verfailles, where he lived op- 
preffed with years and mifery, citizen Gi- 
touft, a mufician, formerly of fome celebrity. 
When young, he obtained, like Thomas, two 
prizes for two different compofitions. on a4 
peonoied fubjeét. He had been mafter of 
mufic at the Inaaocens, had dire€ted the Con- 
certo Spirituale at Paris during fix or fever 
years; and at the time of the diffalution of 
the band at the chapel royal, Verfailles, he 
was fur-intcndant, or fuperinténdant of it. 
Of late he has compofed feveral civic fongs 
for the national and decadary feftivals ; among 
others, the well-known piece, Nows ne recon= 
nsiffons fous empire des lois, Sc. The-minifter 
of interior, who had learned the diftrefs of 
Girouft but very recently, had juft prefented 
him, in the name of Government, with the 
fum of 800 francs; but the neglect in which 
he had languifhed for fome time previoufly, 
had ruined his health. At the time of his 
death, he fold honey and milk to the inhas 
bitants of Verfailles, 
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MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. - s 
AHE manufaétures and trade of Gr asGow. continue in a flourifhing ftate, and furnith a€ 
prefent full ae for every hand that can labour. The natural effe&t of this fae 
vourable ftate of trade is evident in the increafing population of the town, which is advance 
ing rapidly ; there being more new buildings carrying on than has been known in any formey. 
year. The very extravagant prices paid at prefent for cotton-wool, however, places both the 
fpinzer and the manufacturer in very unpleafant circumftances. The fpinner, if not working _ 
at a pofitive lofs, is at leaft working without any adequate profit; and the manufa@turer is © 
laying in his goods higher than ever they were known to coft before: which circum{cribes his 
profits even deine the continuance of a good demand, and lays the foundation of a heavy 
lofs whenever a change of circumftances takes place. ‘The Weft India and American trades 
to. the Clyde increafe very faft; of which we havea proofin the Lecward Ifland fleet lately. 
arrived, the fhips deftined for this port being more numerous by one-halfthan in any former 
inftance. [ke importers of cotton-wool, both here and at other ports, have this year been 
extremely fuccefsful, from the great advance of the article. ‘The profits upon the imports 
ef cotton into the Clyde alone, fince the firft of January laft, will be found to exceed the. 
enormous {um of one hundred and fifty thoufand pounds. 
The late large arrivals from the Weft Indies have renewed the inconveniences fo Jong 
complained of in the port of Lonpon 3 which, however, we hope will now be of -fhort huss 
xation, as an .aét has pafied for eftablifhing the Wep India Dock Company, for forming the pro- 
pofed docks in the Iie of Dogs, ‘The delay occafioned by a three-years oppofition, produced. 
a difpofition to concur in almoft any plan of relief that could be carried into effeét; but we 
cannot help thinking that a ftuation nearer the prefent feat of trade, would have proved, 
much mare convenient. 
The. Shipping concerns of the East Inpta Company, is a fubjeé that has irequentag 
Produced much pee NO between the parties interefted therein; the following ftatements 
rill turnith fome information.relative ther eto, Viz. sane his oo Lat 
