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at issue, and the apparently real intention of holding the balance even between the two 

 great interests, has, according to the usual course of human affairs, pleased neither, but lei't 

 the majority of both dissatisfied. The Corn Bill, however, when known, was supposed so 

 much in favour of the landed interest, that it actually put speculation on the alert, and occa- 

 sioned an immediate rise of two or three shillings per quarter in the price of wheat. Second 

 thoughts have occasioned a relapse ; and, in i'act, all speculation on the subject, for the pre- 

 sent, must be a mere blank, unless it be probable to expect that the continental holders of 

 wheat will be glad to avail themselves of an opportunity of which they have been so long 

 deprived the open ports of this country. In such case, they may possibly overload our 

 market in the first instance, which, nevertheless, under their present extent of culture, they 

 cannot do permanently at least for many years to come. The old stocks of malt, fortu- 

 nately large, are moving and clearing-off at a high price. Complaints of distress and appre- 

 hension, general among the tenantry: yet all the operations of husbandry are carrying on 

 with considerable effect, and no discouraging news afloat of quitting farms. The imperial 

 measure seems to have been better relished in Scotland than in the south, where, after all, 

 the objections to it are probably not grounded in a thorough consideration of the nature of 

 the case. Spring is cheerfully putting on one of its finest suits of green in our capricious 

 yet fortunate climate. 



Smithfield. Beef, 4s. to 5s. 4d. Veal, 5s. 4d. to 6s. Mutton, 4s. to 5s. 8d. Lamb, 

 6s. 9d. Pork, 4s 4d. to 6s. Wilts Bacon, 5s. to 5s. 4d. Irish, 4s. to 4s. 8d. Raw fat, at 

 2s. 6d. 



Corn Exchange. Wheat, 44s. to 68s. Barley, 36s. to 44's. Oats, 24s. to 42s. 

 Bread, 9d. the 41b. loaf. Hay, 80s. to 130s. Clover ditto, 90s. to 140s. Straw, 32s. 

 to 4-5s. 



Coals in the Pool, 36s. 40s. 

 Middlesex, March 22, 1827. 



MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



Cotton. Prices are still nominal, and in little demand. Orleans, 6d. to 7d. ; Barba- 

 does, 7d. to 7|d. ; Demerara, 8d. to lOd. ; Brazil, 7d. to lid.; Sea Island, 7d. to lOd. ; 

 West-India, fld. to lOd. 



Coffee In o demand for exportation, and dull for home consumption. A few purchases 

 have been made by the grocers at our last quotations. 



Sugar.- The market continues brisk, and good bright qualities are saleable at an advance 

 of Is. per cwt. Pieces, 50s. to 66s. per cwt., as in quality. 



Rum Continues from Is. 8d. to 3s. 3d. per imperial gallon, as in strength and flavour. 

 Leward Island in little demand. 



Brandy and Hollands. Brandy keeps up its price; and Hollands in little demand, and 

 flat in the market. 



Hemp, Flax, and Tallow Continue steady, without any alteration. 



Course of Foreign Exchange. Amsterdam, 12. 7. Rotterdam, 12. 7. Antwerp, 

 12. 8. Hamburgh, 37. 6. Altona, 37. 7. Paris, 25. 85. Bordeaux, 25. 85. Berlin, 

 1. Frankfort on the Main, 154^. Petersburg, 8^ Vienna, 10.21. Trieste, 10.24. 

 Madrid, 34. Cadiz, 34f. Bilboa, 33. Barcelona, 33. Seville, 33. Gibraltar, 34. 

 Leghorn, 47. Genoa, 43f. Venice, 46. Naples, 38 }. Palermo, 1H. Lisbon, 58f. 

 Oporto, 4S|. Buenos Ayres, 43. Dublin, 1. Cork, l. 



Bullion per Oz. Foreign Gold in bars, 3. 17s. 6d. New Doubloons, ,3 Os. New 

 Dollars, 4s. 9d. Silver in bars, standard 4s. lid. 



Premiums on Shares and Canals, and Joint-Stock Companies) at the Office of WOLFE, 

 BROTHERS, 23, Change Alley, Cornhill. Birmingham CANAL, 268/. Coventry. 1150/. 

 Ellesmere and Chester, 99/. IQs. GrandJunction, 290/. Rennet and Avon, 25Z. 15*. 

 Leeds and Liverpool, 385Z. Oxford, 680?. Regent's, 351. Trent and Mersey, 1,850/. 

 Warwick and Birmingham, 268/. London DOCKS, 83/. West-India, 198/. 10*. East 

 London WATER WORKS, 120/. Grand Junction, 66/. 10*. West Middlesex, 67/. 

 Alliance British and Foreign INSURANCE. 1 dis. Globe, 144/. Guardian, 18/. 15s. 

 Hope, 5/. Imperial Fire, 91/. GAS-LIGHT, Westminster Chartered Company, 56/. 

 City Gas-Light Company, O/. British, 13| dis.- Leeds, 195/. 



