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pears in the Repoït of the Committee of the Houſe of Commons, appointed laſt year to enquire into the fate of the copper trade.— To him our nayy and commerce owe the incalculable benefits reſulting from the preſent ſyſtem of copper-faſtening and ſheath- ing our‘ips. In 1782, and ſome time beforé, many fatal acci- dents having happened to our veſſels from copper-fheathing upon ¡ron bolts, it was generally reſolved to diſcontinue the practice of copper ſheathing, becauſe it was deemed impracticable to make copper bolts bard enough for their neceſſary drifis into the tim- ber. Through his means, a mode of preparation was introduced, by which copper bolts, nails, and other faſtenings were made, egual to any of iron or even of feel, in haráneſs, ſtrength and elaſticity; and from that time, the praGice of copper faſtening and iheathing bas-been univerſally adopred. We will not attempt

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e advantages of this praétice.---But ithas failen within our knowledge, that coppered veſſels, upon an average,

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er ceni. upon the premium of inſurance, both of zes; and that our ſhips trading to the Eaſt Indies, now make three voyages in leſs time than they could perform two when they were uot coprered,‘The account of our Marine Inſurance Duties, laid on the table of the Houſe of Commons, immeuſe amount per annum.

Mr. Williams‘has through life been charadterized by an extra- ordinary attention to buſineſs, an enthuſiaſtic warmth in the proſecution of his plans, and an unremitting perſeverance in bringiag them to maturity, vhich are equalled only by his acut

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enels and diſcernment inf their formation. We ſhall cloſe our account of this gentleman, with ſincerely wiſhing him health and life to enjoy his well-carned richés.---For we bave been informed by many of the friends of his carlier days, that He bears his Faculties moſt meeckly---that, like a true aneient Briton, he is diſtinguiſhed by. a generous ſpirit of hoſpitality, and that the poor and diſtreſſed always find in him, a benevolent, charitable friend,

HAND-HOEING OF WHEAT.

For the Commercial and Agricultural Aflagazine. Mr. EDITOR, Find that your Magazine has even found its way into the

hands of pradtical farmers: permic me then, by your means, to remind them, that they_now have it in their power to adopt a ſimple proceſs that muſt prove highly benehcial to the public, and certainly not injurious to themſelves, They now‘have the faireſt-opportunity of introducing the hand-hoe into their wheat- field, which they know is peculiarly encouraging to ſuch crops as are thin, weak or foul.“And, let me bég of them, when they have given ſuch crops one complete hoeing, and ſee the almoſt inſtantaneous effe which it has in invigorating the plant, not to