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He fpeaks quickly, and feems interefted in 
what he fays, but is not too hot, nor does his 
a€tion pafs the bounds of moderation. He 
hears contradiction, and will bear it very pa- 
tiently, and anfwer quietly whatever objec- 
tions are made to what he fays, Though he 
has no extenfive knowledge of any kind, his 
converfation is rendered extremely interefting 
by his great abilities, and his knowledge of 
human nature, which his very early, and 
ever increafing conne€lion with men of all 
ranks and orders has given him. | This ex- 
plains how it comes to pafs, that notwith- 
ftanding his various weakneffes and wander- 
ings, fo many young peuple, as well as the 
greateft part of the inhabitants of Zurich and 
the country round, are fo firmly attached to 
him as they certainly are. His fermons are 
more followed than thofe of the moft popular 
among the other preachers (of whom there 
are many), though they are feldom carefully 
laboured compofitions, and not always very 
orthodox. ‘Their principal merit confifts in 
the pathos of his voice, action, and general 
elocution, which for the moft part captivates 
thofe who are not able to judge of any other 
merit. A great proof of the general efteem 
he is held in appeared on my walking out 
with him; almoft all thofe who met us ac- 
cofted him with the greateft refpeét, and 
many of the common people kiffed his hand 
with a kind ef filial reverence, It is in- 
Monthly Commercial Report. 
fos April 5 
deed inconceivable. what numbers of perfons 
of all ranks and orders, both citizens and 
frangers, apply to him to be the judge of 
their controverfies. When ‘one fees the 
number of affairs which he is almof con- 
ftantly immerfed in, one is furprifed how 
he can find fo much time-to write, and ve- 
ry ready to admit what he afferts is the cafe, 
that his writing is only a relaxation from his 
other employments. Amidft all his fingular 
opinions, there is none heis fo jealous of, and 
fticks fo warmly to, as his own 4kill in phy- 
_fiognomy, by which he pretends to be able to 
difcern the charaéters of men as well as he 
could do by their aétions or converfation. : 
As, however, this is the fubje€t which he 
never touches. upon before thofe who do not 
believe in his intuition, we had no converfa- 
tion about it. Indeed it would have been to 
no purpofe, for he could not have convinced 
me, and I fhould certainly have made no im- 
preflion upon him.’ What he has written 
or thought upon miracles heretofore I do not 
know, as I have not read all his writings 5 
but it is certain, that at prefent he does not 
affirm either that he ever did or ever faw a 
miracle. All he contends for, which ‘the 
warmeft oppofers of miracles will not conteft 
with him, is, that men of uncommon powers 
can do things which thofe of common powers 
cannot, and which appear contrary to the 
common courfe of nature.” 
- MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
A Proclamation has been iffued by the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland, to con- 
tinue till the 24th of June next the free entry into the ports of that kingdom of all rice, 
Indian corn, and all kind of foreign flour.—Another proclamation iffued, fame date, te 
Continue till the 24th of June next, the prohibiting the further diftilling of {pirits from 
ats, oatmeal, barley, bere, or any other fpecies of grain—and alfo the exportation of any 
Yice or potatoes to foreign parts. aye 
The prefent fufpenfion of trade with Ruffia, and the other. Northern States, offering a 
favourable opportunity for promoting the growth of bemp, and the eftablifhment of the fail- 
cloth manufaéiure in ireland, the truftees of the linen and hempen manufaéture are adopting 
fuch meafures as they conceive moft likely to conduce to this important objeét, and with 
this view propofe to give the following bounties. 
_ 1. For every ftone of hemp grown in Ireland, inthe years 1801, 1802, and 1803, well 
broken and fcutched for the hatckel or for cordage, the fum of 4d. and a further bounty of a 
complete fet of hemp hatchels to every perfon whe hall have broken and feutched half a ton 
weight thereof, 
2. To the owner of any mill or mill-machinery, wherein not lefs than 30 tons of found 
hemp of Irith growth fhall be broken and fcutched perfeétly before the 1ft of June, 1802, 
the fum of rool. 
_ 3. To the owner of any mill or mill-machinery, which fhall be ereéted after the 1ft of 
May, 1801, whether entirely new, or added to an old mill, wherein there fhall be broken 
and feutched the greateft quantity of found hemp, of Irith growth, between the 1ft of June, 
1802, and the 1 of June, 1803, not lefs than 50 tens, the fum of 150]1.—for the next 
greateft quantity, not lefs than 40 tons, between the faid periods, the fum of rool.—and for 
the next greateft quantity, not lefs than 30 tons, between the faid periods, the fum ef gol. 
4. To the owner of any mill or mill-machinery, now or hereafter to be erected, wherein 
there fhall be broken and feutched the greateft quantity of found hemp, of Irith growth, 
between the 1ft of June, 1803, and the aft of June, 1804, not lefs than 100 tons, the fum of 
3col.—for the next greateft quantity, not lefs than 80 tons, the fum of 200].—and for the 
Next greateft quantity, not leis than 60 tons, the fum of icol. : 
5. For every ftone of hemp, of Irith growth, well watered, rotted, and fcutched, which 
fhall be hackled and dreffed fit for fpinning, between the 1f of Auguft, 1801, and the 1ft of 
Auguit, 1804, thefumof 3d, - 
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