Belfast Monthly Magazine Monthly Commercial Report Source: The Belfast Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5 (Dec. 31, 1808), pp. 396-398 Published by: Belfast Monthly Magazine Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30074338 . Accessed: 22/05/2014 03:00 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Belfast Monthly Magazine is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Belfast Monthly Magazine. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 194.29.185.71 on Thu, 22 May 2014 03:00:45 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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Miss Bradford, of Churchill. Mr. Camp- bell, of 'Thurs, Cait.hness-shire, to Miss Nichol of Belfast. At Ballinderry, Mr. Te'rence Judge, to Miss Margaret Culbert, aged 13 years and 7 months. Mr. James Kearney, late ot Liverpool, to Miss Don- nelly, of Belfast.
Died...At Belfast, the Rev. William Bristow, vicar general of the diosce of Down and Connor, and rector of the pa- rish church of Belfast, aged '73. At Cul- tra, Mr. Wightmgan, wife of the Rev. Mr.
Wightman, disseuting minister of Holy- wood. At Downpatrick, on the 3d, Mr. John Graham, Copper-smith, aged, 10. At Lamrne, Winm. Montgomery esq. At Belfast, aged 16 Mr. Johnu Hart. Mr. C. Stanfield junior, aged 19. Near Bel-
fast, Mr. R. Carmichael, Woollen Drap. er. Miss Eliza Dickson of Armarfgi. In Belfast, Mr. 3ames Rooney. Mr. Robert Stephenson, surgeon. He was 26 years all Active, zealous, and indefatigable member of the Poor-House Committee, and surgeon to that institution, Mrs. Sturrock, wife of the Rev. Dr. Sturrock, Archdeacon of Arnagh.
Dow s......Married...The
Rev. lhutcheso M'Fadden of Newtowuards to Miss Ma- Icom of Comber. Mr. John Newell to Miss Carenduff. Mr. Alex. Clark of Rathfriland to Miss Brigrgs of GilIhall. At Belfast, Mr. VWm. M'Kee to Miss M'Credie. At Dunmurry, Mr. Win. G illyland, to Miss Craig. At Belfast, Mr. Sam. Priestley of Dublin, Mercht. to Miss Mary Ann Irelard.
MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. From 7 November 20, till December 20.
The weather for several weeks past has been favounrable for putting in the late crops of iwheat, which appear now generally accomplished.
The etarly sown crops have a promising appearance and will probably keep the advantage they have obtained, autl prove both earlier, and more productive thanr the later sown grain. Very little work is iow goirg forward in the farming line, except plowing lea grounds in some places; that part of huslsbaudry is too generally deferred nutil the s;pving, which occasions a great hIurry of busines,, and if tre seasonu proves wect, frequently obliges the farmer to
poosstetile the sowing of his spring torn
till a late period, amtd consequently occasions a backward harvest. If the fI'aIllers would imore generally plough their strong soils before winter, it
would lessen their spring work, the lanr euld o rd b meliorated by the f(osts, and better prepared for
harrowsing when the sowing% seasoit comes onft; this practice
is very general itn ! n gaild and Scotland ; and the advantages resulting from it have intduced the farmers of those coutntries to persevere in it. Grain of cvery kind continues to brit;m a pretty high price; and oatmeal and floure of course keep up. Pi'tatcs are both plenty and good in rquality,which added to the circumsttance of their bein no delmand tor oats for distilling might reasonably have been expIected to lower thic price of oatmeal. IThe turnuip crops have not provedl equal to their appearance and the stock of fat cattle fort sprinrg consumption it isf ared will therefire frll short of the usual suleply, nothing being done this year in the feeding way by theDistillers.
MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. The commercial horizon continues to look increasingly gloomy. Shut out from the
comnmerce of Europe and America, our prospects afford little that is promising. From this
distressingeomm:ercial situation, as well as in sur political state, there appears nothing
that can relietve us, but peace. With unrestrained commerce, and the nat ural advantages of the British enmpire, our strength must increase in peace in the ratio of our more ex- tended commerice, a.nd from the superiocity of our trade and mauutactures, we have less rivalship to fear in peace, thai in war.
"li're cotton trade, accordinrg to the late expose, is said to flourish in France. To this state Ifish Emigrants have probably contributed iiot a little; and their trade with other countries being restricted, acts as a premium on their manufactures. Our measures may also probably force America to become premnaturely a manufacturing country
At home, there is but a small quantity of cotton wool, some say not three months' stock in Great Britain and Ireland. Probably, however, occasional supplies of this articie rtay come in line to answer the demand for the manufacture, which in Ireland being mtostly con fined to horne corsutmptioa, must necessarily be Imited, and in Great Britain the present state of things nmust operate against nuch increase in that blanch of ma- nafacture.
But the present state of the linen trade is gloomy in the extreme, if we do not receive ample supplies of flax-secdl ia lime for ,owin, in thte spring We can have no prospect cF
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this being the case unless the emnbargo in America is speedily removed. -Commercial restrctrons have not hitherto been strictly enforced in Russia, but it is said that a Ukase has been lately published by Alexander prohibiting any neutral vessel from entering his ports, that he may effectually stop all intercourse A ith these counytries. But even if flax-seed should come in now, as it did last year, from Russia, the quantity is so very small, as to afford us not much prospect of relief. Our only hopes can be in the British Ministry re- scinding the oncers in c couicil, which induced America to lay on the embaigo, and in rea- lity gavt potency t torte eHciii decree, issued iii the moment of' Bonapaite's intoxication by his victurty over the Prussians, but which would most probably have remained as an idle thieat, it it had rot been succeeded by the orders in council after an interval of twelve months ; for dirjing that period, it was proved before the House of Commons last session, that neither freight nor insurance L:ad risen in consequence of this decree ; nor had any conden nation of American vessels taken place in the ports of France within that period.
A imeeting of Linen-drapers was held in Belfast, to consider of the propriety of peti. tionilig tlhe King in Parliament on the alarming situation of the linen trade, but the ques- tion was alnmost unanimtouly carried against any interference, on the alleged ground, that any public measures would spead an alarim, and occasion speculation ; impede the nreasutrs Of goveinment, and encourage the Americans to persist in the embargo; al- though it was shown in reply, that the danger was already known, so that no risque could arise fromn prblishirr it, as both the speculators at home, and the Americans, were al- ready sufficrIrttly acq,:ored with the state of things, and that it was the duty of the peo. ple to remonstrate with the goverrnment, and intorm them of such circumstances as their local knowledge afforded them the best opportunities of knowing. Ani appeal was after- wards made to the trade at large, and a nieeting of ithe linen-drapers of the north of Ire. land summoned to mecet at Anragh on the 27th instant.
A meeting at Armagh naturally zecals the recollection of the meetings of linen-dra- pers held there in 1782, and a contrast is made between those and the present times. If the sanme patlpih and extinctioin ofpuklic spirit had prevailed then, that actuated the meeting at Belfast, the iinen-drapers of treiand might probably at this day have been groaning under an iniquitous oath of office, and their ficchold properties been in subjection to the linen board, in consequence of warrants to acknowledge judgments being annexed to their bonds, as brown and white shi nimasters. In that day they resisted in a legal and constitutional manner, spoke their sentiments plainly and unequivocally, and the ob. noxious rrneasures were laid aside. 'lhcee is a conscious satisfaction in doing our duty, which even the want of success dots not remove; and when individuals do all they can, by rasitig a war ring voice aga:nst iutpendine danger, they cain afterwards meet the hour of trial with calm composure, and resignedly submit to those inconveniences which they hobnestly exerted themselves to ward off.
On the day appointed, the meeting was held, but was not numerously attended. For a detail of t-e proceedings, we refer to page 401, by which it will appear that the ori- girial plan to address the King arid Parliament w-as negatived, and the mode of private application was adopted. Time will decide on the proprity of the alternative, but it should also be taken into consideration that the policy of the measure must be determined by whet we know at present, and not by the urncertain contingency of a change in the
couicils of America. At the meeting at Armagh, a great part of the majority was com-
posed of the trained-bands of the commission buyers of the linendrapers of the neighbour- hood of Belfast, while it was refused to permit a large body of weavers who were pre. sentt, to vote, though they were as much interested in the result of the business, as the other class, or as the most wealthy in the trade. The poor man's all is of as much con- seqruence to him as the wealth of the rich. It may also be remarked that no pains were taken to marshall the opposite ranks, nor to counteract the schemes of an active canvas, -which the opponents of the petition commenced. However, niotwithstanding these dis-
advantages to the minority, the result of the meeting may, most probably, be considered as a frir specimen of the public spirit of the north of Ireland; Faking in those who at- tended, atid those who from apatby, staid at home, at a time when a niattet of such inm- portalce to the welfare of the iinen trade, arid to this country at large, was agitated. in this point of view, to draw a metaphor from the state of the we:.ther of late, to be recorded in the ensuing Metereological Report, publhi spirit is several degrees below the
freezing point. Exchatige has kept pretty stationary during the course of this month in Belfast, being
fronm 5-4 t5
per cent, and the discount on batik notes 21 to 2k. Exchange in Dublin was at or e time so low as 71, but has lately iisen to
8h. per cent. This circunmtance
strongly poitnts out the deficiency of our importations, owing to the restriction of hostile nations on iommerce. It also shows the fallacy of those theoretical reasoners, wko a few years ago asserted that the high rate of exchange at that time, was solely owing to the
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extended issue of bank paper. It could not be the sole, and perhaps not the principally efficacious cause of the high rate, because with a more extended issue of paper, exchange has regularly been considerably lower, and we have lately seen it in a bank note currency under par.
MEDICAL REPORT. List of Diseases occurrinm
i.,2 t1he prcr/ic cf a 1'ihstcran tso h5eyst!, fi'om
Ilrtsmopltysis Carlmeniulisl Periodical spitting of blond.
C(it's ---, --.--- --(;'hsCoinbo cl/cd.
Epilepsia Cerebrualis, - 1 C,)n'vulsirnss;
or Fl:li iang
Sickltesr. Oneirodyniza Grasns, 1 Nighltmiare.
yteria, - - - 2 Ilylstecl cs.
SerphIfsa,S - ..- 4 K itug's hEil.
lfqtrac.r'tp:/ iserans 1 l)ropsy of the Ifead.
Dy)mria l.Muosa, - - - f Gravel.
J)tscncerii, - - - - --I lOondy 1tilx.
Gvntrrhwa, -. - - -
',
V eneceal flicease.
1orbi i ti1''s,
- - - 1 F.cln'ie antd bowel complaisits of Chibilien.
Since our last Rieport, tths: gre.at atsd stsit'ni \'vicissitu[e of af tosmspht:ic femperatuik
aighttite naturallyy expected to cpriduce
a new\v train of' dicases, or at ieast to vary the type and cinat atcrs ist smite
degree,' of such as were then commIoll tlisn, hs.-
ever, does not appear to be thre ';ase, ift we eLxcUepJ tile iolyerase:d
nuI ber of cat-
tarshs a ssnd the preval:tcoty of c wilibli5s, which may be Isgitimintely referred to
the intieflencse of .coldt,
f 1y3 iby slcttiont of uctlr list, tothl of the opiaioct will ble uorrtct'trccd, that ctnagiouss icu
vr is ntlither
so fi'c(qut:it nror 5so ;ihl-nllatlst ill '.cold as-; il iwartsn weatther; fur t ithre
1cTyls.'s wilt be
Sectci to ith0l( a A
iaMo't coltSpicsinotis
chtaracttr than u-usal. And Inlteed, as far tas the IRcpot)'tet's observations enab!&
himn to judge,- it is more ,O011111) thallst at any period ittriers thlese last six- yeatts; that cold should hs;~ e ultt*Ce trect isl teiving tile living holdy a tegrtCe of illsus:eptibility to coiittscions f ver is not to lhc (ronuclered at, wIheVn wie reflect that the htUtman temnptatarc is ulniormly ninety-eight degrees by Fareinl:cit's 'lThsermzotnetcr, let the subjecct of experiei, t bt h placeed eitbher il Spitbres ,r
t Ioreo. Frots a know-
ledge of wuicw h fhat, ICwe coIt readily perecive why cold chiefly extibit it:; iteffects on the uncs(:Crs sintllbra'cst
of tlhe ti-sie itcsd thlroat, ill the production of C;-ttarrh, atnc on thc sk:iit in rhte ,c.tse
of tbilbltaits, all of which parts untts' be termed Sexetrior surfaces of thlt: b,.lv, fur the nose ancl tihroat are equally suhiject w\itht thl: skiln to thue iltt eclleU of coli or warmn air. When dcatth takes pphce fromt cold, a.s ;tet*n hap- pects ill sionow storuis, the torpid state of the suriface of the bo;ly ectai)le.s tite un- tortiuate snfllarer :t lit rt to huake a greater ixertiun thanti usual, of the i5ctilo*tive riauscles without fsttigue ; Ibt by this eticreased exertisn, ithere
is s tin itltllinte cx-
penditutie of the vital, or sesnsurial power', which brings on a patralytic state, ill which thce blood is accumulated in
uidnie q iantitics in tthe heart andt brain, and lyv tompressisu g th' latter, prodaces drowsisnes. and stupor, and nltimuately death vel i1 fying tile prediction of a learned
travdeller (1)r. SolUndcr) to his coupanioms prcti- ous to thtir ascending a high ntousntain, viz. " If 2ve skp, ye die.'. Whabre the linger;
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