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feparation he was ele&ted to the Heveltic Le- 
giflature. The Diref&tory afterwards made him 
Infpe€&tor General of the Heveitic Artillery, 
and it was in this quality that he made the 
~campaign in Switzerland. The occupying 
the lake of Conftance, and the retreat which 
eniued, made him fenfible how much a 
School of Artillery was.requifite. Govern- 
ment took the hint, and the School 1 
eftablifhed in the Monaiftery of Sain* &Jrban 
in the canton of Lucern. Haas fuperdutended 
#t till his death with all the vigor of youth, 
He died at Saint Urban, of the dropfy, and 
was buried at Roggwil, a village in the cane 
ton of. Berne, with the honours due to. his 
dignity; as a member of the Legiflacure, and 
to his military ftatton. 
[The remains of the late Earl of Powis 
whofe death we announced in our laft, being 
attended from his houfe in Portland-place, 
London, by the Marquis of Hertford, Lord 
Berwick, the Members for Ludlow, Bifhop’s 
€aftle, Montgomery, &c. on its way to 
Powis Caftle, it was there received by the 
principal gentlemen of the county, and a 
train of his Lordfhip’s tenantry and fervants, 
who proceeded with it from thence to inter- 
ment in the family-vault at Welth Pool. 
At the conclufion of the fervice, the coro- 
net being offered at the altar, his Lordfhip’s 
feveral titles were folemnly proclaimed— 
viz. Earl of Powis, Viicount Ludlow, Baron 
Herbert of Cherbury, Baron Powis of Powis 
Caftle, and Baron Herbert of Ludlow. The 
Monthly Commercial Report. 
[May ts 
concourfe of people affembled was beyond all 
precedent, and their refpe&ful behaviour 
during the ceremony evinced their feelings 
on the folenzn occafion, By defcent from his 
father, Henry Arthur Herbert, who was at 
the head of one great branch of the Herbert 
family, his Lordfhip was Earl of Powis, Vif- 
count Ludlow, Baron Herbert of Cherburys 
Baron Herbert of Ludlow, and Baron Powis 
of Powis Caftle. Through his mother, who 
was.at the head of another great branch of 
the fame family, his Lordfmip was defcended 
from and heir to the Herberts, who hereto- 
fore hadthe Marquifate, Earldom, and Ba- 
rony of Powis. Her paternal grandfather 
(to whom, onthe death of her uncle, the 
laft Marquis of Powis, without iffue, fhe was 
only child of, his youngeft brother became 
heir) being Marquis and Earl of Powis, Vif- 
count Montgomery, and Baron of Powis; 
which Barony of Powis he derived from his 
‘anceftor, Sir William Herbert, created Lord 
Powis in the fifth year of Charles I. the 
Earldom and Marquifate from another an- 
ceftor of the Chriftian-name and Sur-name, 
created Earl of Powis in 1674, and Marquis 
of Powis and Vifcount Montgomery in 16875. 
this latter anceftor was created Duke of 
Powis. His Lordfhip was Lord Lieutenant of 
the counties cf Salop and Montgomery, Co- 
lonel of the Shropfhire Militia, and Recorder 
of Ludlow. He died a batchelor, leaving 
and only fifter,wife of the prefentLord Clive. } 
MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
HE unexpeéted event, from which hopes have arifen of a change in the politics of Ruffia; 
has excited among the merchants very fanguine expe@tations of the reftoration of the 
Britith fhips and property which had been confifcated, and of which, previous to this event, % 
there appeared fo little profpe@ of recovery, that moit of the underwriters by whom it was. 
infured, have paid total lofles thereon. The fufpenfion of commercial intercourfe with this 
country, caufed the merchandize that was feized to fell confiderably higher than ufual, 
which, if the ‘accounts come to be fairly adjufted, will be no fmall advantage to the mer- 
chants here, arifing from a meafure intended to do them the greateft injury. ; : 
The Countervailing Duties of Excise, impofed in confequencé of ‘the Union, on articles 
the growth, produce, or manufacture of Ireland, on importation from thence into Great Bri- 
tain are as follow—Beer 8s. per barrel of 36 galions. Bricks 5s. per 1000; plaintiles 4s, 1ed. 
per 1009; pan or ridge tiles I2s. tod. ;"paving tiles, not exceeding ten inches fquare, 2s. 5d. 
per Ioc; exceeding ten inches fquare 4s. cd. per Ioo, Candles, of tallow, 1d. per lb.3 of 
ee fpermaceti, 344. per lb. Chocolate, cocoa or cocoa patie, 28. per Ib. Cyder and Perry 
19s. 2d. per hogfhead, Plate Glafs 2s. 23d. per fquare foot; flint, enamel, ftained, ‘pafte, or 
phiai glafs 43s. 6d. per Cwt 5 broad glais 8s. id. per Cwt.; crown glafs or German theet 
glafs, 29s. gd. per Cwt.3 chemical and garden glailes, and all other vefiels of common bottle 
metal 4s. oid. per Cwt.3 any other fortsor Irith glafs 4as. perCwt. Hops 12 per lb. Lea- 
ther, manufaétered or unmanufactured, vatious rates, according to the defcription thereof; 
Mead 1244, pergailon. Paper fir clais 250. per 1b.; fecond clafs 1d. perlb.; third clafs zie 
per lb.3 patteboard, millboard, and fcaleboard 10s, 6d. per Cwt.5 glazed papers for clothiers 
and hot-preffers 6s per Cwt.; books, bound or unbound, 2d. per lb. Printed Goods, viz. co 
hangings 13d. per fquare yard; foreign calicoes and rauflins, printed, painted, ftaine 5 708 
dyed, in Ireland, in addition tothe duty payable on the importation of foreign calicoes, and 
muflins 7d. per yard. Printed, painted, ftained, or dyed Irith, made calicoes, muflins, linens, 
and ftufis, made either of cotton or linen mixed with other materials, fuftians, velvets, vel- 
verets, dimities, and other*figured fiufis, made of cotton and other materials, mixed or wholly 
made of cotton wool, 32d. per yard. Printed, ftained, painted, or dyed filk handkerchiefs, in 
addition te the duty on the importation of Silk; 42d. per yard; other printed, faiged, painted, 
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