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at fir on account of his fame, and foon af- 
terwards om his own account, by every man of 
eminence or merit, which France at that pe- 
- Fiod poffefied, From feveral among thefe he 
obtained that friendthip, which was the only 
ft recompence of his ftudies, and the beft re- 
ward of his great genius. The venerable 
Maletherbes and his unfortunate family, the 
Monthly Comme cial Report. 
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f December, 
merit. Tt is, in fact, impoffible for any man 
to pofiefs a better haath: 3 to be more un- 
affeCtedly modeft, to poffefs a better heart, or 
to be_more truly virtuous than was Etienne 
Montzolfter. 
At New York, of that deftru€tive malady 
the yellow fever, Dr. Perxins of Connec- 
ticut, the inventor of the metallic traétors. 
excellent La Rochefaucault, the learned and 
pnfortunate Lavoifier, &c. honoured him 
with the title of their friend, with the ¢en- 
dereft offices of friendthip, and with profeffions 
of efteem, which Mentgolfier never ceafed to 
‘Hearing that the yellow fever had azain made 
its appearance at New York, he left the place 
of his refidence to lend his aid as a phyfician, 
and unfortunately bécame the vi€tim of his 
own Bameniy 

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OMMERC TAL REPORT. 
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HE check which the foreign commerce of this country has see! experienced, will, we 
hope, be attended with ‘ie beneficial efedt of rendering thofe > who furmount the mieten 
difficulties, more cautious in forming new connecti ions, and lefs adventurous in hazardous and 
unlimited fpeculations ; for ner feems to be little reafon to doubt that it originated chiefly 
from the late general eagerneis to get into the Hamborgh trade, which rc many of our 
merchants more anxious to ee correfpondents in that city, than to inquire fufficiently into 
their credit and ftability, and confequently ee Msgs many perfons there to engage in met-= 
cantile concerns without adequate capital or enn Gass while the profits that had heen re- 
cently made in this trade, increafed both the orders from eo and the adventures from 
this country, till the market was glutted, and the want of fale precluded the means of pay- 
ment. We are happy to find that the commercial diftrefs, both on the continent and in this 
country, begins to fubfide, though it is {till far from being got over. It has lately been in 
contemplation to adopt fome regulations for a more direét trade with Holland, a meafure, 
which, i if it could be carried into effe&, would be attended with much mutual advantage 5 and 
it will certainly be a very beneficial aagincia ae of ‘¢ civilized war,” if any mode can ue de- 
vifed of avoiding the punifhment which in many cafes a country infli€@s upon itfelf in 
prohibiting all means of commercial intercourfe with the fates involved in its politi¢al con- 
tentions. 
The Brg MINGHAM manufacturers in copper and brafs have for fome time paft been working 
at little or no profit, from not having made any alteration in the prices of their goods, not- 
withftandine the advanced price of the raw material ; this we believe the manufaéturers do 
under the expcétation of copper getting lower, in hich however they are ftill difappointed:; 
for though it had fallen a little, it has fince been raifed again, except by the Birmingham 
“companies, who ftill continue to. fell upon the fame terms. 
that there exifts a monopolizing influence in the copper trade, which has the power of mate~- 
rially | affeetia ag the price, or that'the demand for copper is much greater than formerly, both 
“of which appear to be flrong reafons for the a adoption of the meafure that has been propofed of 
admitting foreign copper into thas country, duty free, and pekibieing the exportation when- 
“ever the price is fo extravagantly high as it is at Brefene: Under this difadvantage it would 
be fome confolation if the ftate of the f foreign markets, which are the peas fupport of the 
Birmingham mianufattures, afforded an encouraging profpeét, but the hopes of recovering 
‘tome of the branches of trade, of which we ae Keen deprived by the war, feem te vinith 
almoft as foon as they appear 3 all expe€tations refpe€ting Holland, fo far as they depended on 
the late enterprife, are intirely Waned and as to Italy, feceulation itfelf fhrinks from the 
précarious ftate of affairs in a country where the reverfes of fortune have been fo fudden and 
frequent. 
In confequence of the propofed union, we have lately thought proper te extend our view 
to the prefent ftate of the trade and manufa@tures of fre/and, the principal branches of which 
we have already noticed, there are however fome others of lefs importance, which may 
“defetve to be mentioned. dofiery has never been an object of export from Ireland, 
this’ country pofiefting fuch advantages with refpect to the materia als, as well as Gia 
fuperior {kill in the manufacturing of them, enables us ereatly to unde rfell the 
Irifi hoGer in foreign, and fometimes in the home’ market, notwithftanding” the 
heavy duty on the importation of Britifh hofiery into Ireland: as an article of home cons 
fumption, however, the manufacture of ftockings in Ireland is in a very improving fate. 
The manufactures of Leather and of Paper are declining, which is attributed to the recent 
duties the legiflarure has impofed on them; but with refpect tothat of leather, it may per- 
“haps be in confequence of the large quantitie 3 of hides which are exported untanned 5 and of 
the very high price and bad quality of the bark ufed by the Trifh tanners, which in general-is 
the refufe of the Britith market. The declime of the paper manufactory is probably owing to 
the dearnefs and fcartity of foreign rags, the natural confequence of a war with thofe countries: 
trom which the market had been ufu ally fupplied. 
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