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is proprietor of the lands on each fide the 
Fiver, propofes to build the bridge at his fole 
expence. 
IRELAND. | 
Died.) At Hilden, near Belfat, Hugh 
Dickfon, efq. late Lieutenant-colonel of the 
29th regiment of foot, in which kighly-me- 
ritcrious corps he had ferved neat forty years, 
with the higheft credit, as an cfficer anda 
gentleman, efteemed by his brother-officers, 
and almoft adored by the foldiery. 
DEATHS ABROAD. 
Died.] At Berlin, Sarti, the celebrated 
compoler. 
Lately, in the Eaft Indies, Lieut. Col. T. 
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thing which related to the belles-lettres.—. 
Unfortunately, however, politics engroffed 
too much of his attention. His exterior figure 
diftinguithed him from nearly all other men. 
He was {mall of ftature, fhort of body, high- 
breafted, hunch-backed, with an inclining 
head, a long nofe, wide mouth, and very pierc- 
ing eyes. This curious machine was fupport~- 
ed by what might be called two laths, inftead 
of legs. Such was the refidence. of a foul 
which appeared too great for her habitation. 
At Paris, of a fever, aged 28, Francis Xau. 
vier Bichat, M. D. a phyfician of extraordi- 
nary talents, belonging to the Hotel Dieu.. 
His funeral, which took place .on the 23d, 
Wharton, Commander of the fifth regt. of was attended by fifteen mourning-coaches, 
Nativelnfantry, andeldeftfon of T. Wharton, and as many private carriages, and by fix 
efq. Commiftioner of Excife, hundred medical fludents on foot. The, Firit 
At the Hague, Mr. Irhoven Van Dim,late Conful has decreed that an infcription, on 
Secretary to the Council forthe American black marble, in honour of this phyfician, 
pofieffions. He may be ranked amongthe and of Default, the celebrated furgeon of the 
firft-rate linguifts, as he fpoke almoftall the fame hofpital, who died a few years ago, 
living languages as fluently as hisown. He fhall be placed in the hall of the Hotel 
was likewife well flsilled in the Greek, He- Dieu, 
brew, and Latin tongues, and excelled in every 
MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
HE evils of the impofition of the tonnage-duty, at a time, when even without any fuch 
new burthen, the mercantile navigation of Great Britain was to fuffer by the unavoidable 
effeGs of the Peace, are felt with continually increafing feverity, in all the fea-ports of the 
empire. One of the Members for Liverpool affirmed, in a recent debate in the Houfe of 
Commons, that the carrying trade of this country was already lefs, by one-third, than in 
the laft years of the war. Similar complaints are heard from almof ali thofe perfans who 
are the moft interefted and beft informed in this matter, throughout thefe kingdoms. Ge- 
neral Gafcoigne means foon to mové the Houfe of Commons for a repeal of the Tonnage- 
duty Act. And there is great reafon to expe, that, if the fhipping-intereft fhall, with 
due fairnefs, vigilance, and difcretion, bring all the neceflary information before Parliament, 
the Minifter will find fome lefs oppreffive fubttitute fora tax which ought never to have been 
impofed, and which has been already levied at a feafon when the fhipping-intereft fhould 
rather have received new relief and encouragement, to enable them to withftand, in the car- 
rying-trade, the.new competition of foreigners. It is by fuch taxes that the wooden walls 
of Great Britain are liable tobe the mo% dangeroufly fapped, 
In the feries of years between 1783 and 1802, the annual amount of the value of the Ex- 
ports and Imports of the Britith trade has been nearly doubled. In 1789 the value of the 
imports was 17,82,000l.; the value of the Exports, 19,330,0001l. In 1$01, the Imports, 
32,000,c001,; the Exports, 42,242,000, 
. Jt is eftimated, and we believe corretly, that 50 cargoes, each from 500 to 1000 tons, 
are annually imported from India to the harbours of Hamburgh, Copenhagen, and Oftend, 
which, by more liberal and judicious arrangements in our India-navigation, might be made 
to.arrive, in the firit inftance, in Britifh ports. The fhips which the Government-General of 
India has received orders to permit to be built, in that country, for the accommodation of the 
private trade, are to be of the burthens of from Sco to s50 tons each. ‘The keels are to be 
laid within three calendar months from the day on which leave for building fhall have heen 
given by the Governments in India. Twelve other calendar months are to be allowed for 
building the veffel, between the time when its keel was laid, and that of its being in coms 
plete readinefs to be launched. ; 2 
The merchant-fhipping of the United States of America, appears, from the laft eftimate of 
which we have received information, to amount to about 100,000 tons. The annual value 
oftheir Exports wae, for 1801, about $0,000,000 of dollars. 
It is known, from accurate experiment, that the beef fold in the markets of London for 
ten-pence or a fhilling per pound, docs not, in fa€t, coft the butcher more than four-pence 
ghree farthings per pound. ; ai . 
~ A canal is about to be formed, under the direction of that able civil engineer, Mr. ems 
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