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France.—In this country no alteration has. taken place since our last Report, except am 
oun'versal scarcity of specie and a total loss of commerce. lms cate 
Current Prices of Shares in Docks. Navigable Canals, Bridges, Roads, Water Works, Instie. 
tutions, and Fire and Life Insurance Offices, at the Office of Messrs, Wolfe and Co. No. 9,, 
*Change Alley, Cornhill, 22¢ October, 1810.—Grand Junction Canal, 2941. per share.— 
Grand Unién ditto, 21. per share premium.—Leicester and Northamptonshire Union dittoy 
1401. per share.-Kennet and Avon ditto, 401 ditto.—Wilts and Berks ditto, 5&1. ditto. 
Basingstoke ditto, 411. ditto—Grand: Western ditto, 41. per share premium,—Grand. 
Surry ditto, 76]. per share.—Tham.es and Medway ditto, 501. per share premium.—Croydonm 
ditto, 401]. per share..~-Huddersfield ditto, 591. ditto. —Rochdale ditto, 561, ditto.—-Peak Foe 
Fest ditto, 821. ditto —Lancaster ditto, 271. ditto.—Ellesmere ditto, 761. ditto. —- Worcester, 
and Birmingham, 51. per share premium.—London Dock Stock, 1931. per cent.— West India 
ditto, 1651. ditto.—East India ditto, 1351. ditto —Commercial ditto, 901. per shane premium. 
Strand Bridge, 51. to 71. per share discount.—-Vauxhali Bridge, 71. to 8]. ditto,—Commercial, 
' Read, 1361. per share.—Croydon ditto, 321 ditto.—EHast London Water Works, 2161. dittoi—-. 
West Middlesex ditto, 1351. to 1401. ditto.<-South London ditto, 1271. ditto —Kert dittoy. 
#21, 10s per share premium.—Colchester ditto, 451. ditto. —Globe Insurance Office, 1221. ta 
1251. per share.—Imperial ditto, 76]. ditto,—Albion ditto, 601. ditto,—Hope ditto, 10s. pee.. 
share discount.—Eagle ditto, 10s, ditto.—Atlas ditto, 10s. ditto..Rock dit.o, 24s. per share, 
premium. ck 
The average prices of Navigable Canal Property, Dock Stock, Fire-office Shares, &&c. in 
October, 1810, (to the 25th) at the Office of Mr. Scott, 28, New Bridge-street, London.— 
Staffordshire and Worcestershire, 7491. 19s. dividing 401, nett per annum.—5wansea, 1651. 5 
the last diuicend $1. per share. —Thames and Medway, 521. 10s. premium. —Monmouthshire, 
3| per share half.yearly, 135),.——-Grand Junction, 2971. to.2951.—Kennet and Avon, 42/. 40]. 
we Wilts and Berks, 58l—Huddersfield, 391.——-Rochdale, 551.—Ellesmere, 751.—-Nancaster, 
281,—-Worcester and Birmingham Old Shares, 381.—West India Dock Stock, £661.—London 
Dock, 125]. to 12Sl. 10s.—-Commercial Dock, 671. premium.—-Globe Assurance, 196]. peg 
share.-- Imperial Assurance, 761.—-East Londun Water Werks, 2151.— West, Middlesex, 140]. ‘ 
g-Kent Water Works, 51], premium.—Vauxhall Bridge, 81, discount. 
MONTHLY BOTANICAL REPORT. 
RXTE proceed to give some further account of the new edition of the Hortus Kewenears, - 
as promised in our last Report; since which we have seen, with much pleasure, an 
essay apon the natural order of the Scitaminee, by Dr. Roxhurgh,'printed at Calcutta, The. 
doctor has for the most part adopted the genera of Mr. Roscoe, but from his long residence 
in the East Indies, and his situstion in the Company’s botanic garden, he has hada much 
greater opportuninity of examining numerous species of these plants in a living state, than 
could possibly fall to the lot of any botanist resident in Europe. He has of course availed - 
Himself of these opportunities in making some corrections and many additions, to. Mz. Ro: coe’s 
essay. For want of the plates, however, with which this werk is to be illustrated, but which 
are not yet arrived, we cannot at present make any critical examination of it. 
Buttoreturn to the Hortus Kewensis.—We observe in referring tothe Botanical Magazine, 
the author has been careful to distinguish, by bis mode of guoting that work, between the. 
original work, as published by Mr. Curtis himself, and its continuation by his successors. In 
the former case the work is always quoted Curtis Adugax, in the latter, Botan, Magas. [In 
the explanation of Botan. Magax. in the list of books quoted, we.observe a trifling error, Fames 
instead of Sohn Sims, which ought however to be corvetted,, as both damies occur in the hist of 
London physicians. J. Bellenden Ker is very properly added within a parenthesis, as one of 
the authois of this work, for though his name does not occur in tie title-page, very nearly 
half of the articles are from his pen, and are marked with the letter G., Gawler being his 
name at the time he commenced writing in the magazine.] When any new name or specific | 
character is adopted into the Hortus Kewensis from the Botanical Magazine, the. names of 
Ker or Sims are added. ; ; 
We observe little new in the class Diandria except the addition of new species, the specific 
cheracters of which are foy the most part taken from Wildenow, Vahl, &c. withoutalteration. 
We were rather surprized to observe that the number of species of Veronica is just the same 
'37)) as in the prioredition. In Justicia the species are increased from 9 to, 285 in Zizephora. 
from 3 to 63 Salvia from 42 to 59; Piper from 5 to 173 Valeriana from. 12 to 19. 
Tn the class Trisndria much interesting and new matter occurs. ‘This class contains the 
pri:icipal part of the natural order of Ensate, a family that has been much: studied by Mr. 
Belienden Ker, and explained at considerable length in the Annals of Botany ; and the species © 
pore tully described in the Potanical Magazine. 
Mr. Dryander has adopted the whole of Mr. Ker’s genera, but the characters of the latter 
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