but during the height and severity of the disorder--a fact which is inconsistent with the supposition of inflammatory irritation being the essense of the complaint. The protracted and perfect intervals of its paroxysm affords also proof positive that much derangement may be present without the presence of inflammation; for this last is a continuous and regularly disorganizing process, at least, it is not susceptible of those thorough remissions which are exhibited in hooping-cough. When, however, the disorder terminates fatally, it is admissibly through the medium, for the most part, of inflammation; but even then the inflammation is rather consequence than essence-a distinction which, in the judgment of the present writer, is not merely theoretical, but which has considerable and important bearing upon practice. Is consumption catching? The reporter has just had an interview with a young lady who refuses to be comforted by the assurance that her present complaint does not display the precise characters of incipient phthisis. She recollects with painful solicitude the long and close attention that she gave to her brother, who died last year of true pulmonary decline-and that these protracted attendances are too often followed by the superinduction of the disease upon the friend or relative, must be admitted as a forcible fact in favour of the notion that some degree, at least, of communicable power is possessed by the complaint under notice. It may, and has been said, that the mental anxiety and bodily fatigue which the kind of attention now supposed involves, are sufficient of themselves to account for the second disorder and death,-- but in that case, the mortal malady would not necessarily be marked by the same features in both instances. Neither will that similarity of con T stitutional tendencies which relationship might imply, serve to explain the circumstance now referred to; for the relationships of husband and wife are those which are especially obnoxious to these distressing and melancholy sequences. The laws which re gulate and limit the transfer of disordered states from one to another individual are still involved in very considerable and perplexing obscurity; and the opinions of those whom we might expect to be umpires in the great question, are as much "contraria in contraria," nay, more so, than those entertained by the "profane vulgar." The sentiments, indeed, of medical men on these contested points actually stand at an antipodean distance. While some contend that even plague itself is not communicable as a contagion, others have averred that it is not safe for a person to occupy an apartment rendered vacant by death from consumption, without such a thorough cleansing as shall ensure for the new occupant a complete freedom from consumptive fomites. A nun, we are told, died in Italy of consumption-her successor, notwithstanding that precautionary measures were taken, shared the same fate; another, and another, followed; and the cell thus continued to be haunted by the disease, till a discovery was made that a bell-rope, used by the first inmate, had been permitted to remain. This of course was removed; and now the noviciates continue to live in the room as in a common apartment. British, reformed medicine derides these superstitious articles of faith; but it is difficult to remain at the due point of scepticism, and not, while opposing unreasonable assent and credence, plunge at once into a dissent and disbelief to the full as unreasonable and false. D. UWINS, M.D. Bedford Row, June 20th, 1820. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. HERE is little of novelty to be reported in the present month. The cold and wet weather, which seems happily to have ended with the 20th of this month, increased the bulk of vegetation, but without proportionally accelerating the fructifying process. With a continuance of the present summer weather, the wheats may be expected to blossom successfully-a circumstance of great consequence towards an abundant crop. Complaints are still made of much of the wheat being too thin upon the land; but it has occasionally happened, that such crops, thin of straw, have been thickest of grain. All the spring crops are of good report, excepting that precarious article, the pea. The Middlesex hay-harvest is at its height, and the weather at present fine; and should the season continue warm, grass, in the more backward counties, will be abundant. The turnip culture proceeds successfully, and a The large breadth of Swedes will be sown. cattle cabbage culture, also, has revived of late years. Hops appear strong and luxuriant. Cattle and milch cows have sold well throughout. The breed of pigs has greatly decreased in England, the county of Essex excepted; imports from Ireland increasing. Good horses command almost any price which can be asked. Smithfield: Beef 4s. 6d. to 6s.-Mutton 4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. Veal 4s. to 5s. 8d.-Pork 3s. 8d. to 6s.-Lamb 5s. to 7s.-Bacon 5s. to 5s. 2d.-Raw fat 3s. 8d. Corn Exchange: Wheat 50s. to 82s.Barley 28s. to 42s.-Oats 19s. to 32s.-The Quartern-loaf in London 114d.-Hay 31. to 51. 5s.-Clover do. 61. to 81.-Fine straw 11. 7s. to 11. 16s. Coals in the Pool, 29s. 9d. to 42s. 6d. per chaldron. Middlesex, June 23. MONTHLY Hemp, Riga Rhine Iron, British, Bars 5 6 0 MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. PRICES OF MERCHANDIZE. May 26. Cocoa, W. I. common Flax, Riga 0860II0000 5 0 0 to 6 0 June 23. £5 0 0 to 8 0 0 per cwt. 5 0 5 15 0 5 17 0 ditto. 0 5 16 0 0 0 1 1 0 ditto. 0 per cwt. 1 per lb. 3 ditto. 00 per cwt. 0 0 ditto. 00 per ton. 000 ditto. 60 per cwt. ditto. 0 0 0 per ton. 7 0 0 ditto. 000 per galt. 000 per ton. 0 0 O per cwt. 3 14 0 0 0. ditto. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ditto. 0 0 11 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 ditto. 8 1 3 10 per lb. ditto. 60 0 0 per butt. Premiums of Insurance...Guernsey or Jersey, 12s. 6d.-Cork or Dublin, 10s. 6d.—Belfast, 10s. 6d. Hambro', 10s. 6d.-Madeira, 20s.-Jamaica, 30s.-Greenland, out and home, 4gs. to 5gs. Course of Exchange, June 23.-Amsterdam, 12 5.-Hamburgh, 37 2.-Paris, 25 80.Leghorn, 463-Lisbon, 52.-Dublin, 8 per cent. Premiums on Shares and Canals, and Joint Stock Companies.—Birmingham, 5351. Coventry, 9991.-Derby, 1121.-Ellesmere, 751.-Grand Surrey, 551.-Grand Union, 341. -Grand Junction, 2181.-Grand Western, 41.-Leeds and Liverpool, 2751.-Leicester, 260. -Loughbro', 24001.-Oxford, 6401.-Trent and Mersey, 19001.-Worcester, 251.-East India Docks, 1631.-London, 801.-West India, 1721.-Southwark BRIDGE, 251.-Strand, 51. 10s.-Royal Exchange ASSURANCE, 2291.-Albion, 401.-Globe, 1181.- -GAS LIGHT COMPANY, 611.-City Ditto, 931. 10s.-At the Office of Wolfe and Edmonds'. The 3 per cent. Reduced, on the 23d was 68; 3 per cent. consols, 69; 5 per cent. navy 1054. Gold in bars 31. 17s. 104d. per oz.-New doubloons, 31. 14s. Od.-Silver in bars 5s. Od. ALPHABETICAL List of BANKRUPTCIES announced between the 20th of May and the 20th of June, 1820: extracted from the London Gazette. BANKRUPTCIES. [This Month 131.] Ainley, R. Doncaster, haberdasher. (Watkins and Ainley, J. Blackmoor Foot, Yorkshire, clothier. (Willas, L. Ainsworth, T. and R Bolton, J. Thornley, Warrington, and P. Cort, Turton, Lancashire, whitsters. (Medowcrofts, L. Ansell, W. Cambridge, upholsterer. (Smith, L. Archer Ashby, W. M. Albury, Surrey, paper manufacturer. (Stevens and Co. L. Askey, W. Oxford-street, tailor. (Roberts. (Smith, 4. Bailey, J. Watling-street, merchant. (Maugham. Baker E. Pope's Head-alley, Cornhill, broker. (Templar. Ball, E. R. Albury, Sussex, paper manufacturer. (Stevens and Co. L. Balters, J. Southampton, grocer. (Willis and Co. L. Barter, H. Bishops' Waltham, grocer. (Parting ton, L. Bell, J. R. and W. Wilkinson, Old Broad-street, merchants. (Bovill and Co. Bentley, R. Liverpool, grocer. (Chester, L. Bibby, R. Liverpool, merchant. (Chester, L. Bleasdale, T. Chorley, ironmonger. (Alexander (Hindman. and Co. L. Boullen, P. Norton Falgate, hosier. Bradley, J. Manchester, cotton manufacturer. (Hurd and Co. L. Bramall, J. Saddleworth, Yorkshire, worsted spinner. (Widesworth and Co. L. Bragg, J. Whitehaven, thread manufacturer. (Falcon, L. Brunn, S. Charing-cross, sword cutler. Taylor. Bulpin, R. Bridgewater, draper. (Berkeley, L. Butts, T. C. Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street, wholesale perfumer. (James. Butt, T. Southampton, shoemaker. (Slade and Co. L. Caig, P. Liverpool, tailor. (Wheeler, L. Cadogan, J. Water-street, St. Clement's, carpenter. (Platt. Chalker, R. North Walsham, Norfolk, scrivener. (Warner. Chester, J. Doncaster, grocer. (Lever, L. Chaplin, D.Haverhill, Suffolk, maltster. (Taylor, L. Clively, C. Lamb's Conduit-street, linen draper. (Jones. Cooper, J. Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, coal dealer. (Bartlett. Cryer, T. Siston, Gloucestershire, dealer. (Gregory and Co. L. Davis, T. jun. Little Baddow, Essex, pig dealer. (Richardson and Co. (Sculthorpe. Davison, T. Hinckley, mercer. Dickinson, J. Church-passage, Guildhall, ware(Lake. Dorrington, W. Town Malling, Kent, collar maker. houseman. (Drace and Co. L. Downing, F. Huddersfield, grocer. Co. L. (Jacomb and (Clarke and (Tucker. Edwards, R. and J. Hales Owen, Worcestershire, ironmongers. (Constable and Co. L. Ellett, J. Crispin-street, Spitalfields, coach spring maker. (Fowell and Co. Froggott, J. Leicester, brandy merchant. (Jeyes, L. Frost, G. Wigan, shopkeeper. (Ellis, L. Garlick, M. Halifax, bookseller. (Beckett, L. Garrad, A. Downham Market, Norfolk, tanner. (Tooke and Co. L. Gibbins, J. jun. Fint, Gloucestershire, master mariner. (Bowyer, L. Gill, T. Little Tower-street, hydrometer maker. (Noy and Co. Gilson, T. Nottingham, laceman. (Long and Co. L. Gledston, G. South Blyth, Northumberland, ship owner. (Mitchell and Co. L. Green, E. Leeds, earthenware manufacturer. (Wilson, L. Hackett, R. Newport, Isle of Wight, spirit merchant. (Worsley. Haigh, J. Ley Moor, Yorkshire, cloth merchant. (Walker, L. Hanne, J. Bath, cabinet maker. (Smith, L. Hardwick, W. Poynings, Sussex, farmer. (Sowton, L. Hargreaves, S. Liverpool, woollen draper. lington and Co. L. (Ad Hatfield, W.sen. Huntingdon, ironmonger. (Egan and Co. L. Hays, P. Little Thames-street, biscuit baker. (Pope. Hitchon, J. H. Kidderminster, factor. (Seudamore, L. Holden, J. Blackburn, druggist. (Wigglesworth, L. Honyman, J. Church-street, Spitalfields, silk manufacturer. (James. Huggett, T. Bermondsey-street, grocer. (Denton. Hughes, B. Bristol, victualler. (Poole and Co. L. Izod, J. Holborn-bridge, hardwareman. (Long and Co. L. Jackson, J. Liverpool, sail maker. (Lowe and Co, L. James, W. jun. Bromyard, Hereford, auctioneer (Williains and Co. L. Jarman, T. Bristol, money scrivener. Middlehurst, J. Blackburn, grocer. (Blakelock, L. Morris, T. jun. Wing, Rutlandshire, baker. (Long and Co. L. Moses, L. Great Prescott-street, merchant. (Poole. Nathan, M. and A. Abram, Old-street, tallow chandlers. (Rogers. Needham, C. jan. Live: pool, merchant. (Ellis, L. Newton, M. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, cooper. (Lead-. better, L. Park, T. King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, woolstapler. (Adlington and Co. L. Pilling, J. Rochdale, woollen manufacturer. (Longdill and Co. L. Prentice, A. and T. Shelley, Manchester, muslin manufacturers. (Edinunds, L. Pretty, T. Tipton, Staffordshire, iron manufac Searle, J. Lower Grosvenor-street, shopkeeper. (Parken. Seward, A. Salisbury, grocer. (Brundrett and Co. L. Sugden, J. and J. W. Mitchell, Dorking, carriers. (West, L. Sugden, R. Halifax, bookseller. (Beckett, L. Sylvester, W. New Woodstock, mercer. (Chilton, L. Triphook, T. St. James's-street, bookseller. (Poole. Trudgett, W. Bury St. Edmund's, miller. (Sandy's and Co. L. Tupling Wilby, D. Ossett, Yorkshire, mercbant. (Lake, L. Wills, G. Hatton-garden, broker. (Riching. Withers, W. Cheltenham, coal merchant. (Wil liams and Co. L. Wood, G. Gloucester, marble mason. (Dawson and Co. L. Worth, T. Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, haberdasher. (Thomas. DIVIDENDS. Aldebert, JCC Becher, and J Harbreaves, Copthall buildings. Amsdell, W Plaistow. Anderson, M Southampton. Anshell, G Carshalton. Aubert, N A Lloyd's-coffee-house. Aves, W Watton, Norfolk. Baldwin, W H Liverpool. Ball, J Watling-street. Ball, T Keyford, Somersetshire. Bamford, W Houndsditch. Barrett, W Old Broad-street. Bell, R and R Hedley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Becket, J and R Roberts, Silver-street, Wood-street. Bennett, A Worship-street. Bensly, C Strand. Bentley, R White Horse-yard, Drury-lane. Berg, A E St. Paul's Church-yard. Blackborn, J Witham, Essex. Bolingbroke, H Great Yarmouth. Bolton, W Bury-street, Westminster. Boyle, W Hull. Bradley, R Warrington. Briant, W Kennington. Buckley, J Lawrence-lane. Budden, F Rochester. Burford, W Gillingham. Campbell, D B Harper, and A Baillie, Old Jewry. Carpenter, J and JP Wellington, Somersetshire. Champness, S Fulham. Cliffe, C Commercial-road. Collins, J Gosport. Cobham, W jun. and T Jones, Ware. Cole, R King-street, Holborn. Cooke, W Birmingham. Coulthred, J High Melton, Yorkshire. Coote, CT Sutton, Cambridgeshire. Crombie, R Chelsea. Crump and Hill, Kidderminster. Cummings, J Osborn-street, Whitechapel. Dalzell, A Great Alie-street. Dampier, E Primrose-street. Davidson, J East India-chambers. Price, D Watford. Price, G Threadneedle-street. Pugh, G Red Lion-street, Holborn. Rabbeth, W Red Lion-passage, Red Lion-square. Read, A Lower Grosvenor-street. Ready, S Southampton. Richards, J Whitchurch, Shropshire. Richards, H Beaconsfield. Ridge, G Reading. Roberts, W jun. Deal. Robertson, J and J Stein, Lawrence Pountney-hill. Roberts, S Sheffield. Rowland, R Strand. Satterthwaite, T Liverpool. Schlesinger, M B Church-row, Clement's-lane. Sinnott, W Bowling-green-lane, Clerkenwell. Shelley, G M Whitechapel. Slocombe, J Bristol. Smith, W Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Smith, J S Brighton. Southey, R and F Fish-street-hill. Spence, W Bishopwearmouth. Stevens, J Cheltenham. Stunt, T Allen-street, Goswell-street. Stevenson, L Beverley. Summers, W Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Swan, W New-street, Commercial road. Tomlinson, J Harwarden, Flintshire. Tyler, J Petworth, Sussex. Vaughan, W Pall Mall. Vernon, T Towcester. Waddington, H Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Walcot Results from Observations made in London for the Month of May, 1820. During the first fifteen days, the weather was mostly fine, warm, and dry; the fall of rain amounting only to two tenths of an inch. But during the last sixteen days, (with the exception of the 21st, 22d, 23d, and 24th, which were chiefly clear and very warm,) it was cloudy and cold, with frequent and heavy falls of rain, accompanied at intervals with gales of wind from the W. and S.W. On the 18th, 18th, 25th, and 27th, there fell half an inch of rain on each day. Much rain also fell on the 29th, in short heavy showers; one of which, about 11 a.m. was accompanied with distant thunder. A shower of hail fell in the afternoon. A bright solar halo appeared in the even TH Cumulus. Cumulo-stratus. Nimbus. ing of the 17th, and a very large faint lunar halo on that of the 21st. A moderate degree of temperature for the most part prevailed; the thermometer generally standing between 60° and 65° in the day, and between 40° and 45° in the night. At all times, however, it was rather fluctuating. On the 3d, 4th, and 5th, it was below temperate (55°), and in the nights of the 4th and 5th, fell to 334° and 364°. On the 22d, 23d, and 24th, it exceeded 70°; but on the 25th, a reduction of 14° took place, and it continued very low during the remainder of the period. A. E. St. John's-Square, 21st June, 1820. POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN JUNE. HE return of the QUEEN from Italy on the 6th of the month, has excited greater interest through the nation than any event for many years. On the afternoon of her arrival, the following message was delivered to both Houses of Parliament: "GEORGE REX, "The King thinks it necessary, in consequence of the arrival of the Queen, to communicate to the House of Lords, certain papers respecting the conduct of her Majesty since her departure from this country, which he recommends to the particular and earnest attention of the House. The King felt an anxious desire to prevent all disclosures and discussions which must necessarily prove painful to his feelings; but the step adopted by the Queen leaves him no alternative. The King has the fullest confidence that the House of Lords will adopt that course of proceeding which becomes the justice of the case, and is due to the honour and dignity of the Crown." On the Thursday following the committee was nominated in the House of Lords, but her Majesty transmitted the following communication: "The Queen thinks it necessary to inform the House of Commons, that she has been induced to return to England in consequence of the measures pursued against her honour and her peace for some time by secret agents abroad, and lately sanctioned by the conduct of |