EACH DAY'S PRICE OF STOCKS IN APRIL, 1812. Bank 13 per Ct. 3 per C. 14 per Ct. 5 perCt 5perCt B. Long | Irish Imp. Imp. 90 Consols. An. 1789. Navy, 1797. 76 28 shut shut 5911 5960 shut 9041 shut shut shut 584 4 d. shut 631 shut 591: 2 shut shut 591 60 761 91 9047 shut shut shut 58 5 411 d. shut 64 shut shut shut 60 5947 shut 9021 shut shut shut 5844 shut 44 dis. shut shut shut 604 587 76 76 90 shut shut shut shut shut shut shut 5 Sunday 2214 5814 7 221 222 583 591 593 604 73 74 91 90 shut 15}} shut shut shut 44 dis. shut 59 60 8 222 223 591587 92234 223 58759 601 598 7441 903 153 shut shut 41 d. shut 641 59160 744 904 15/ 41 dis. 178 178 10 223 59 60 59 60 74 74 907 98 15 87 shut shut 178 1771 584 11 58459 60 59 74 73 90 131 874 shut shut 178 13 2234 58259 59 60 2231223 59 59 60 15 74907 914 16 223 59596059760 75774902 17 2231 58759 592 60 732 74 901 18 58 59 6059 74 90 555555 1514 874 shut shut 44 d. 65 594 601 153 shut shut 3 d. 21 2271 604 593 60 74 911191 91 903 23 593 60 741 9037 24 225 226 59 60444 744 90491 25 2254 591 601 741 911 26 Sunday 27 225 Printed by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London. 591 65 6 pr. par 1 pr. par 2 pr. 5 a 6 pr. par 1 pr. Ga 7 pr. 1 pr par par 3 pr. 6 a7 pr. par 1 pr. par 3 pr. 6 a 7 pr. par 1 pr. par 2 pr. 7 a 5 pr. 6 a 4 pr. par par 21 2 pr. 1 d. pr. 312 pr. 1 d. par 2 pr. par 12 pr. -- pr. 1 d. par 2 d. India South Seal S. Sea | S. Sea 13 per Ct. Stock. Stock. Ann. New An. Au. 1751. shut Ann. 5perCt. 3perCt. shut shut 584 Ann. Omnium. 5} } el. shut shut Ex.Bills Ex. Bills. (34d.) India Bonds. 3dp.day 1p.par2p. 1 d. 1 pr. 1.3 p. par 1 d. pariid.1p.par 10 9 10 p. 3 a 4 pr.3 a 6 pr. par 2 2 pr..1 d. 12 pr.par 1 d. 1 pr. 1 d. 1 pr. par 1 pr. par 2 pr. 1 pr. par 1 d. par 2 pr WILLIAM CARTER, Stock-Broker, No. 8, Charing Cross. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE: LONDON GAZETTE Cornw.-Covent. 2 Doncaster--Derb. Norfolk, Norwich Portsea-Pottery Preston-Plym. 2 Reading-Salisb.. Salop-Sheffield2 Sherborne, Sussex Shrewsbury Staff.-Stamf. 2 Camb.-Chath. Carli.2--Chester 2 Chelms. Cambria, Taunton-Tyne Wakefi.-Warw. Worc. 2-YORK 3 Sunday Advertise. Jersey 2. Guern. 2. Meteorological Diaries for May 1812...402,408 Cat i' th' Pan.-Fees for Absolutions, &c. 429 Dr. Fisher's Eulogy on the late Dr. Raine...403 Evening Lectures.-Analysis of Books......430 404" The Primer, 1546"-Holles Earl of Clare 451 Shakspeare.-Intercourse with Africa Arguments in favour of a partial Deluge...405 History of Surrey.-Dissenters defended...432 Hints to prevent the Increase of Sectaries...406 Cause of the Disease called Staling Blood..433 Monuments of the Family of Copledyke.....407 Escape of French Royalists over ZuyderZee434 Description of Halnaker House,co. Sussex...409 Curious Biographical Particulars of Tusser 435 Merits of Dr. Leyden's 'Scenes of Infancy.'410 Observations in Favour of Astrology.........456 Essay on re-visiting the Scenes of Youth....411 Curious Picture.-Abbey of Dieulacres....438 Thoughts on Lambert's Theoryof the Heavens413 LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTE! LIGENCE......ib. Worcester Cathedral.-Burke and Lyttelton415 Origin of hanging up Armour in Churches 416 The Death of Animals.-Flies and Swallows ib. Statue of Nelson at Birmingham described 417 RogerAscham-Gardiner Bp. of Winchester ib. Follies of theAge-Horse racing-Sparring 418 A Series of Letters on Acoustics-Letter V. 419 Falconer's Translat, of Strabo discontinued 420 Residence of Clergy an incalculable Benefit 421 On the Dilapidation of Parsonage Houses 422 Cursory Remarks on the Law of Libel......425 Terrier of Glebe and Vicarage of Awliscombe424 Bligh, Mr. Forster485-487. Mr. Perceval 499 Dr. Lettsom's LXXIVth Letter on Prisons 425 Mr. Neild's Remarks on Halifax Gol......426 Obituary, with Anec. of reinarkable Persons 488 ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION, No. CLXII...427 Bill of Mortality.-Prices of the Markets....503 Chimney-piece at Gosfield Hall described...429 Prices of Stocks on each Day in May.......504 REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS; viz. Barker's Cicero de Senectute et de Amicitiâ 441 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, by Lord Byron 448 Lewes's Poems, 454.-Dyer's Poetics, &c.457 SELECT POETRY for May 1812.........461-464 Proceedings in presentSession of Parliament 465 Interesting Intell. from the London Gazettes 470 Abstract of principal Foreign Occurrences 475 Country News 479.-Domestic Occurrences 480 Theatrical Reg.-Promotions-Preferments 484 Births and Marriages of eminent Persons...485 Memoirs of Mr. Richards, Dr. Leyden, Mrs. Embellished with a Perspective View of HALNAKER HOUSE, SUSSEX; and a Sketch of the STATUE erected at BIRMINGHAM to the Memory of NELSON. By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. Printed by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY, at CICERO'S HEAD, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-str. London; where all Letters to the Editor are desired to be addressed, PoST-PAID. The average degrees of Temperature, from observations made at eight o'clock in the morning, are 41-97 100ths; those of the corresponding month in the year 1811, were 46-90 100ths; in 1810, 45-50 100ths; in 1809, 59-77 100ths; in 1808, 43-10 100ths ; in 1807, 42-33 100ths; in 1806, 43-80 100ths; in 1805, 42-87 100ths; and in 1804, 37-99 100ths. The quantity of Rain fallen this month is equal to 65 100ths; that of the corresponding month in the year 1811, was 2 inches 13 100ths; in 1810, 1 inch 42 100ths; in 1809, 3 inches 75 100ths; in 1808, 5 inches 37 100ths; in 1807, 49 100ths of an inch; in 1806, 1 inch 29 100ths; in 1805, 2 inches 78 100ths; and in 1804, 2 inches 27 100ths. 345678901 55 71 60 80 fair 92 fair 90 cloudy ,75 fair 11 54 62 54 ,55 stormy 15 52 56 46 25 56 62 ,98 fair ,99 rain [even. ,96 rain 98 cloudy 25 cloudy 26 60 73 6229, 88 air THE [ 403 ] GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, For MAY, 1812. "I am persuaded (said the venerable Preacher of the day) I should not answer the expectations of my hearers, and certainly I should not satisfy the feelings of my own mind, if I were to pass over in silence the meritorious services of that Individual, who for so many years filled amongst us the chair of instruction, and whose approaching retirement from that duty had been announced as being, at this time, about to take place. It has pleased Almighty God, in the awakening visitations of his providence, to remove him from us by an earlier and more awful separation. A solemn and affecting lesson is here held out to us, of the uncertain tenure of human good, the vanity of earthly hopes and plans! Upon the point of receiving an honourable release from his labours, distinguished by the approbation of those who preside over our affairs, followed by the regrets, and cheered by the applauses, of all who have here profited by his instructions; He, whom we now deplore, was preparing to enter upon a state of dignified retirement, which he so well merited by his exertions, when, overtaken by disease, he was arrested in his course, and suddenly snatched from us. "To part with such an instructor must, under any circumstances, and by whatever cause, have here been lamented as a loss; but to be cut off, finally, from all intercourse with him, when in full possession of his faculties, and arrived scarcely beyond a maturity of years, by so unexpected and fatal a stroke, whilst we bow in humble submission to the all-wise disposal, and the chastising hand of Heaven, cannot hut, even at this distance from the event, awaken in every well-constituted mind the most painful and distressing feelings. In being deprived of such a man, we have lost Him who, commanding our respect by the vigour of his understanding, and the extent of his attainments; conspicuous as an elegant and successful cultivator of classical learning; celebrated as an accomplished and profound scholar in wider walks, and more recondite departments of literature; admired and followed as an eloquent and impressive preacher; with talents of such rare acquisition, had the felicity to combine the more amiable and endearing one of exciting in the breasts of those with whom he most intimately conversed, a nearer and livelier interest by his moral and social qualities; by the urbanity of his manners, the liberality of his habits, the sincerity and the warmth of his friendships! "As an Instructor of Youth, he shone forth with a lustre more peculiarly his own; he claims by the most appropriate right the tribute of our praise. Gifted by nature with a serenity of temper, which not even the provocations incidental to his employment could disturb, eminently endowed with the art of smoothing to young minds the asperities of learning; and of exciting in them a spirit of emulation, and a thirst after excellence; tempering the authority of the master,' with the benignity of a 'friend,' and the tenderness of a parent; his name will stand recorded amongst the most distinguished in the annals of public teachers. "Such was the departed Master of this school. To his numerous and afflicted friends is left the consoling reflection, that, in being taken from us, he has carried along with him the affectionate regrets and the heart-felt approbation of all those who take an interest in the prosperity of this antient seat of learning; that he has carried with him the well well-earned fame of having advanced it to a pitch of celebrity it had not before attained; that he is gone, an edifying, instance of the successful exertion of talents, when directed to an useful end; an encouraging example for the guidance of those who are to follow him in his labours." Mr. URBAN, Chapter Coffee House, A FEW days ago I was favoured with the inspection of a Pocket Book, presented by Shakspeare to his wife, Anna Hathaway, which exhibited eminent proofs of the tenderness and delicacy with which our illustrious Bard conducted himself towards the object of his affections *. The Pocket Book was covered with shagreen, the colour had been green, but time had changed it to brown. A stout silver lock and a silver peucil case with two pens, one of gold the other silver, were fitted to it. On the back of the cover of the inside memorandum book, which was green silk, was written the following lines from his own Hamlet: "To Anna Hathaway. These. Wm. Shɛakspeare, The spelling his name is as above, and appears different from all the ways which have been given us by the criticks and commentators on his works. The lines, you need not be reminded, are from his own Hamlet; but the date 1600 is material, to ascertain which is the earliest production of his pen, the billetdoux to his wife, or the play itself. MERCATOR. COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH Mr. URBAN, their powers to destroy the British Commerce, and have nearly affected their gigantic schemes of cutting off all communication between Great Britain, and the various Ports, States, and Kingdoms of Europe; at such a time when we are in imminent danger of losing the markets of a quarter of Our Correspondent, very probably, is jocular; but we indulge his whim. EDIT. the globe, it becomes essentially important to discover other channels for our commerce, and other markets for our manufactures. In this point of view, the information lately communicated to the publick, by Mr. James Grey Jackson, in his Travels in Africa," becomes highly interesting to the Statesman as well as to the Merchant. From the account which he has given of the City of Timbuctoo and its commercial relations, there is great reason to conclude, that if we could find means to open and maintain a safe and easy communication with that fertile, and populous regions in its great emporium, and with the rich, for our manufactures, that would in vicinity, we might acquire a market time compensate for the loss of that of Europe. In the warehouses of Timbuctoo, are accumulated the manufactures of India and of Europe; and from thence the immense population that dwells upon the Banks of the Niger is supplied. There is no doubt that we could furnish the articles they want, upon much lower terms than they can obtain them at present; and in returu we should furnish the best market they could have for their gold, ivory, gums, and other rich products, and raw materials. Now it certainly appears to me, and I think it must appear to every man who takes the trouble of investigating the subject, that, provided Government would give proper support to the enterprize, this important communication might easily be established. For this purpose nothing more is necessary than to take a fortified station upon the African coast, somewhere about the 29th degree of North latitude, near the confines of the Morocco dominions, to serve as a safe magazine or emporium for merchandize. From this station it would be easy to maintain a direct corre spondence with the opulent of Timbuctoo; regular caravans might be established to depart at fixed periods; the protection of the Arabs can at all times be purchased at stipulated prices, which may be considered as premiums of insurance, or as a tax for convoy, and thus in a little time these caravans might carry out merchandize, to and from Tim buctoo, with as much regularity and safety, and with less expence, than our |