74 



State of Public Affairs in July. 



[Aug. l, 



siJerable. t'lic London market lias hern supplied of late with great quantities of wlieat 

 Vrom the North, evincing the considerable increase of {-rowth in those parts. Generally 

 the farmers of inferior pioperty have disposed of the whole, or greater part, of their 

 corn, and will be extremely distressed for the means of ^icttinj^ in their harvest; but a 

 better state of things may be looked for, when the reductions of rent ami taxes slialt 

 have had time to operate. Vast and uDeqnal difterence still subsists between the retail 

 prices of butclurs' meat in the country, where lamb and veal of the best quality liave 

 been long sold at four pence per lb. and in the capital, proving the latter to be by no 

 means overstocked with snpplies. 



Smithtield : Beef is. to os. 4d. — Mutton 4s. to 5s. 6d.— Veal 5s. to 6s. — Lamb 

 6s. to 7s. ed.^Pork 49. 4d. to 5s. 4d. — Eufjlish bacon 4.s. to 5s. — Irish do. 4s.— Oil- 

 cake 91. 9s. to lOl. per thousand.— Fat 4s. — Potatoes ll. 10s. (chats) to 61. 



Corn Exchange: Wheat 60s. to 8Ps.— Barley 28s. to 34s.— Oats 2()s. to .Tls.— Quar- 

 tern loaf in London, 4lb. 5ioz. from lO^d. to 13d. -Old liay 41. 10s. to 61. lOs. per load, 

 ^Clover do. 51. lOs. to 7l. 7s.— Straw ll. 15s. to 31. 



Coals in the pool, ll. 14s. to 21.6s. per chaldron. 

 Middlesex; Jtdij 26. 



POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN JULY. 



Cunlainivg official Paper. i and Authentic Documents. 



CRKAT BHITAIV. 



ON the 2(1 of July the Session of Par- 

 liament was closed by aspcfciifroiu 

 the throne, and hy a complimentary ad- 

 dress from jMr. Abbot, the Speaker. 

 AVc have subjoined both ; but we eoii- 

 fess we doubt (lie utility of this novel 

 practice of addrcssin;; the throne by 

 one, whom the forms of good breeding 

 oblige to use the laiignage of adu- 

 lation. It appears to us, tliat the re- 

 presentatives of the people ought not to 

 be tlms committed by the private views 

 of any Speaker; and that, if the Speaker 

 is to be allowed to continue such gra- 

 tuitous eulogiums on the executive, his 

 orations ought at least to be previously 

 submitted to the liouse. Ko man is 

 personally more respectable thau jNIr. 

 Abbot ; but it cannot be denied that lie 

 is of the Pitt-parfy, and tliat he approved 

 of the late wars ; while being on such 

 occasions merely the organ of the House 

 of Commons at large, he ought not offi- 

 cially to address tlie throne with senti- 

 ments crowing out of his personal feel- 

 ings, unless in known concordance witli 

 those of every individual member. 



" May it pleuse your Royal Highness, 

 "At the close ot a laborious session, 

 ve, his Majesty's most 'aithfnl Commons, 

 attend upon your Royal Highness with our 

 concluding Bill of Supply. 



" During the course of our deliberations, 

 ■we have, in obedience to your Royal Higli- 

 ness's commands, examined the various 

 treaties and conventions which have been 

 laid before us. We have there seen the 

 tranquillity of Europe re-established upon 

 a basis of legitimate government, by the 

 same presiding counsels which planned the 

 bold, provident, and comprehensive niea- 

 snres commenced in the negociations at 



Chaumont, matured in the Congress at 

 Vienna, and completed by the I'eace of 

 Paris. We have al«o seen the wise and 

 generous policy of the Allied Powers in 

 disclaiming all projects of dismembtring 

 the great and ancient monarchy of l"i auce ; 

 have been contented to adopt such pre- 

 cautionary measures as might eHectually 

 protect the world from a renewal of its 

 former suft'erings ; and we have rejoiced 

 more especially that this important charge 

 has been confided, by common consent, to 

 the same victorious commander, whose 

 triumi)hs have so mainly contributed to 

 the glory of their countiy, and the general 

 happiness of mankind. 



" In our domestic concerns, the great 

 and sudden transition from a state of ex. 

 tended warfare to our present situation, 

 has necessarily produced many serious 

 evils and diflfjculiics, to which we have not 

 failed to apply our most anxious attention. 

 To the disti esses of the aiiricultiiral inte- 

 rest we have rendered such immediate 

 relief as could be devised, heping also that 

 tliey may daily decrease, and trusting 

 much to the healing influence of time. 

 For the benefit of commerce, and the 

 general convenience of all ranks of his 

 Majesty's subjects, a new coinage has 

 been provided ; and in various ways, by 

 positive enactments or preparatoiy inqui- 

 ries, we have devoted much of our labours 

 to the general improvement of the condi- 

 tion of the people, their relief, and their 

 instruction. In settling our financial ar- 

 rangements, the expenditure of the ser- 

 vices of our civil and military establish- 

 ments has been considered witli reference 

 to the pecuniary resources of the year ; 

 and amongst the mo'-t important of our 

 measures, as affecting the joint interests 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, is the law 

 which we have passed for consolidating 

 the revenues of both portions of the United 

 Kingdom. 



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