1827.] Monthly Agricultural Report. 551 



stocked with rough and cold-handed samples. There seems little doubt of a further 

 decline in price, though probably not very considerable, until the great question shall 

 have been determined. Barley has experienced a considerable reduction in price ; 

 for which the abundant crop may have been a sufficient cause, without recourse to the 

 new regulations, to which the maltsters have been subjected by the government the 

 defenders of which assert that the sole motive of these additional regulations is the 

 proved impossibility of obtaining the whole of the duty, in the old mode of estimating 

 it. The case of the agricultural labourers, sufficiently deplorable throughout alt times, 

 whether of plenty or scarcity, seems now perfectly hopeless. It is a revolting subject. 

 There is such a bitter and indomitable spirit aroused, both in town and country, against 

 that system of ancient tyranny and ignorance, and of modern insanity and folly the 

 GAME LAWS, that they will, beyond all doubt or apprehension, in no great length of 

 time, be accommodated with a drastic purge. The liberalism of the present govern- 

 ment, Game Laws remaining in statu quo ante, would be mere quiz and pretence. 



SmithfieM.Beef, 3s. lOd. to 4s. lOd Mutton, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 8d. Veal, 4s.6d.to 5s. 

 10d. Pork, 5s. (Dairy) to 6s. 6d. -Raw fat, "2s. 9il. 



Corn Exchange. Wheat (Old), 42s. to 66s. Barley, 26s. to 35s. Oats, 16s. to 

 30s. Bread, 9|d. the 4 Ib. loaf. Hay, 70s. to 110s. Clover 90s. to 126s. Straw, 

 30s. 6J. to 40s. 



Coals in the Pool, 33s. to 43s. per chaldron. 

 Middlesex, Oct. 22, 1827. 



MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



Sugar. There was an increasing disposition last week to purchase Raw Sugar; 

 there was more business reported ; the fall in the prices is from 2s. to 3s. per cwt. The 

 Sugar is to-day 7,589 hogsheads and tierces less than last year. Dry brown, which was 

 selling at 65s., is now 623. per cwt. The delivery last week short of the corresponding 

 week in 1826, is 419 hogsheads. At the conclusion of the market, the estimate sales of 

 Muscavudos were 700 hogsheads, prices unvaried. Refined Sugars gave way last 

 week ; Lumps being reported at 84s. to 85s. per cwt. Molasses, 2b's. to 27s. per cwt. 



Coffee. The Coffee market gave way materially. Old Jamaica descriptions were 2s. 

 per Ib. Lower Ordinary St. Domingos, 37s. 6d. 



Rum, Brandy, and Hollands. The Rum market continues quiet, and rather a heavy 

 appearance. Brandy is still held up with firmness : in Hollands, there is BO altera- 

 tion. 



Cotton. The Cotton market continues very dull, and no alteration in prices. New 

 Orleans, 6d. to 6j*d. per Ib. j Pernambuco, 8d. to 9d. 



Indigo. The Company's sale of E. 1. Indigo, consisting of 6,784 chests, commenced 

 on the 3d instant, and finished on the 12th. Blue, 11s. 9d. to Itfs. per Ib. ; Blue and 

 Violet, 11s. to 12s. 



Hemp, Flax, and Tallow. The Tallow market very dull last week ; prices 37s. to 

 37s. 6d. per cwt. Hemp and Flax lower. 



Cochineal. 42s. to 43s. per Ib. 



Course of Foreign Exchange. Amsterdam, 12. 3. Rotterdam, 12. 3. Antwerp, 

 12. 4. Hamburgh," 36. 10. Frankfort, 15. Petersburg, 10. Cadiz, 35^. Barcelona, 

 35._Cadiz, 35. Paris, 25. 35. Bordeaux, 25. 60. Vienna, 10. 6. Gibraltar, 46. 

 Naples, 38|. Malaga, 35. Lisbon, 47*. Oporto, 471 Bahia, 44. Buenos Ayres, 44. 

 Dublin, 11.- Cork, \\. 



Bullion per Oz. Foreign Gold in bars, 3. 17s. 6d. New Dollars, 4s. 9df. Silver in 

 bars, standard 5s. 9d. 



Premiwns on Shares and Canals, and Joint-Stock Companies, at theOjfice of WOLFE 

 BROTHERS, 23, Change A'.ley, CornhilL Birmingham CAXAL, 300/. Coventry, 1250/. 

 Ellesmereand Chester, 114/. Grand Junction, 311 /. Kennet and Avon, 29/. 5s. Leeds 

 and Liverpool, 395/. Oxford, 720/. Regent's, 27/. Trent and Mersey, 850/. 

 Warwick nd Birmingham, 295/. London DOCKS, 90/. West-India, 207/. 10*. 

 East London WATER WORKS, 124/. Gram! Junction, 65*. West Middlesex, 68|/. 

 Alliance British and Foreign INSURANCE l\ dis. Globe 151/. Guardian, 21J/. 

 Hope, 51. ImperialFire, 97^. GAS-LIGHT, Westmin. Chartered Company, 55/. City 

 Gas-Light Company, 167^. British, II dis.- Leeds, 195/. 



