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fearches were, howevet, by no means, con-. 
fined to politics and law. He was an able 
and profound metaphyfician, though’he never 
publithed any thing on that abftrufe, but in- 
térefting fcience: he acquaintance with the’ 
works of Imagination, both ancient and mo- 
dern, was alfov very extenfive, and his cri- 
ticifms were at once ingenious and folid, 
‘evincing am admirable union of acutenefs of 
underftanding, with an elegant .and corre& 
tafte, It. is impoffible that thofe who en- 
joyed the pleafure of his acquaintance, can 
éver forget the rich variety of his colloquial 
powers. Condorcet obferves of Turgot, that 
on every fubje€t which occured, his opinion 
feemed the refult of particular and accurate 
inveftigation ;—fuch were the conneétion and 
order of his ideas. The fame obfervation 
may be applied moft juftly to Mr. Millar. 
However diftant thé topic might be from his 
ordinary, frudies, he -never failed to place it 
in a point of view, infru€tive even to thofé 
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pre was indeed 4 continued fource of 
information and amufement. A furprifing 
flow of fpirits, a very’ lively imagimation, a 
conftant and unaffected pleafantry, a Buets 
humoured irony, made him the delight of 
the young and gay ; while the novelty of 
his ideas, t he Searnefs of his expofition, and 
the variety of his illuftration, gave chore 
of his friends, who had acquired fome habits 
of fpeculation, the highet pleafure that a 
thinking mind can feel. It is, inva great 
mealure, to thefe talents for converfation, 
‘thar we mutt afcribe the refpectiul attach. 
ment, which he never failed to excite in his 
pupils, and his wonderful fuccels & Bimu. 
lating their exertions, and infpiring, them 
with literary curiofity and-ardour. By his 
death, his family lo& a mot affeétionate fa- 
ther; his fri iends, the life a foul of their 
focie ie the Univerfity, her brighef orna- 
ment; and his country, a’ frm and enlighten- 
ed afferter of her liberties, ey 
who had more fully confidered it. fa con« 
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MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
(CONSIDERABLE difcuffion has lately taken place atthe Haft India Houfe, on the fubje& 
of the private trade to India. The Dire€torsaccufe the India merchants and their agents 
of a defign toay open the trade between Great Britain 4 and Ind ia, while the merchants dif- 
claim all fuch ideas, and affert that they only contend for a fair adminiftration of the a& of 
47933 ; that they do not defire to interfere with any of the rights and privileges of the Com- 
pany, or to trade in any one article they at prefent referve, or hereafter wilh to add, to their 
exclufive monopoly ; they only hope to be allowed to trade in fuch articles as do not oe part 
of the Company’s inveftments. On nay point, indeed, no difficulty or difference feems to 
exift ; the whole of the queftion at iffue is relative to the manner of cunveying. the mer- 
chants goods to the port of ‘London. It is afcertained, beyond a doubt, that the Company 
cannot furnifh Britifh-built fhips for this purpofe y@idstondtite rates of freight, as the act di- 
re&ts ; the merchants therefore with to ave India-built fhips employed, the expence of 
which is moderate, if their loading is regulated as the Governor-general has recommended ; 
and of this plan, the Marquis Wellefiey himfelf has faid,—‘* That inftead of endangering 
the ftability of the trade and power of the Company, and tie nation in India, it will confti-. 
tute the moft folid bafis of fecurity for the prefervation of both.”—It feems highly probable, 
that in the next feffion of Patliament, fome meafures may be adopted for promoting the 
views of the merchants, and enabling them to engage more'advantageoully in this important 
Branch of trade. 
Tn confequencé of the adjuttment of the differences between this country and the Northern 
powers, orders of council have. been iffued for revoking the order for layin an etbargo on 
Ruffian, Danifh, and Swedijh thips ; and that forbidding the payment of money or Bie due 
on behalf of any perfon or perfons, being fubjects. of, and refiding in, Ruilia, Denmark, or 
‘Sweden, forthe freight of the fhips of thofe countries guesined under the embargo.. 
has likewifé been’ iffued,. ‘permitting importations into the furrendered iflands of $t. Martin 
and St. Euftatius, fubje@ to the fame regulations as prevail in his Majefty’s other, Weft In- 
dia pofleffions ; and two. other orders, one continuing the prohibition of exporting or carry- 
ing coattwife, gunpowder, arms, or ammunition ; and the other continuing the prohibition to 
export lignum vitz. 
‘The importations from Portugal enc pis in confequence of the Gituation of that country, been 
unufually great; in the firft week of June, 2000 pipes and hogtheads of wine, 10,000 bales of 
cotton, S000 chefts and boxes of oranges, wae 3000 hides, were imported From Lifbon and 
Oporto. 
The quantity of tea brought from Ching; by the fleet lately artived, confifted of 
25,208,377 lbs.of bohea—7,577,691 lbs. of congou--647,232 Ibs. of compoi—=§ 1,799 Ibs. of 
fouchong, 260,98olbs. of finglom—1, 362,1071bs. of twankay—428,130 ]bs. of hyfon fkin, and’ 
143,079 lbs. of hyfon—in alt, 12,680,145 lbs. There were alfo 105,700 pieces of brown, 
and-49;300 pieces of white, Nahheer, and 107,167 1bs of raw Jfilk, with feveral parcels of 
goods, the particulars of which are not yet known. 
The price of fir timber, in confequence of the embargo being taken off in the ports of 
Ruffia, has already experienced a great fall, and it may be expetted to be ftili cheaper i in a 
» Sort time. Hemp ani tallow have likewife fallen very confiderably. 
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