232 Agrlculiiintl Repoii. \_Avg. 



meat is consumed. In the midland counties, fat cattle and sheep are said to be as higli 

 priced as in Smithfield — yet both plentiful in the country, es^pecially sheep, though such 

 numbers have been reduced or destroyed by the rot. As in our last Report, store cattle 

 and sheep have a quick sale, on good terms, in some parts of the country, while in others, 

 they are scarcely ridded at any price. The price of pigs still declining every where. 



Harvest will commence in a few days on the most forward soils. The foulness of the 

 lands in every district is more and more a prominent topic in every report, with the 

 melancholy addition of a heavily increasing number of labourers without emi)loy. The 

 prospect for the coming winter is appalling. The corn markets have been on a descending 

 scale for a considerable time, nor is tliere much probability of their rising, notwithstanding 

 the expected deficiency of the present crops. 



Smithfield. — Beti, Us. to 4s. Cd Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d.— Lamb, 4s. to 5s. Cd. 



—Veal," :5s. 8d. to 5s. 2d Pork, 4s. Cd. to 5s. 6d. 



Corn Exchange Wheat, 50s. to 80s — Barley, 27s. to .'iSs — Oats, Ifis. to 32s — 



Fine Bread, the London 41b. loaf, lO.^d — Hay, 50s. to 100s — Clover, ditto, 80s. to 115s. 

 — Straw, 3i]s. to 45s. 



Coals in the Pool, 24s. 6d. to 31s. 9d. per chaldron. 

 Middlesex, July 24^/f. 



MONTHLY COM.-\IERCIAL REPORT. 



Sugars The demand for Muscavadoes last week was apparently languid, but the 



buyers took ciF, privately, much larger parcels than what generally transpired ; they were 

 estimated to exceed 2,800 hogsheads and tierces. The stock of West-Indian Muscava- 

 does is C,251 hogsheads and tierces more than last year. The weekly deliveries continue 

 to be much less than those of 1828. At the close of the market the estimated purchases 

 this day, including tlie Barbadoes public sale, was 1,000 hogsheads and tierces. The 

 Refined IMarkct was very dull last week ; several of the holders pressed sales, by submit- 

 ting to prices a shade lower, but generally the trade was without variation, and the demand 

 limited. East-India Sugar. — There were few purchases by private contract last week. 

 Mauritius, of a very bad quality, went off heavily at prices Is. and 2s. under any previous 



sale. Foreign Sugars The purchases were extensive by private contract last week ; 1 ,000 



chests White, at an average of 48s. sound Brown and Yellow, at 20s. damaged at 17s. 

 sound White low, to Aliddling, 30s. Damaged, 24s. 



Coffee The public sales last week consisted of about 800 casks, 200 bags British 



Plantation, 3, 161 bags East India. The Jamaica sold at a reduction of Is. to 2s. but were 

 taken in large parcels for export and on speculation, all other descriptions sold at full 

 market prices, and with mote spirit. 



RtriM, Bhandy, Hollands The contract with government has had an unfavouia- 



ble effect on the market, on account of the low price at which it was contracted. The sales 

 since arc 240 punclieons Leeward, at Is. lOd. and parcels of strong proofs, free on board, 

 at Is. lid. to Is. ll.^d. Several parcels of strong Jamaica 28s. to 32s. over.sold 2s. lid. 

 and 3s. 2d. In Brandy and Geneva there was no alteration. 



Hejip, Flax, Tallow The Tallow market is rather more firm, and the prices 



higher, owing to the advance at St. Petersburgh. In Hemp and Flax there is no material 

 alteration. 



Course of Foreign Exchange Amsterdam, 12. 5;^ Rotterdam, 12. 3^ — Ham- 

 burgh, 13. 15 Paris, 25.05 Bordeaux, 25. 95 — Frankfort-on-the-Main, 152^ 



Petersburg, 10 Vienna, 10. 9 Madrid, 36. Oi_Cadiz, 3G. 0^ — BUboa, 3G. ()\ 



Barcelona, 36 Seville, 36. 0| Gibraltar, 47- OJ — Leghorn, 47. 0,1 — Genoa, 25. 75. 



—Venice, 47. 01 JIalta, 48. Oi Naples, 39. Of — Palermo, 119 — Lisbon, 45. Of. 



—Oporto, 45. Of — Rio Janeiro^! 24 — Dublin, 1. OJ — Cork, 1. Oi. 



Bullion per Oz Portugal Gold in Coin, £0. Os. Od — Foreign Gold in Bars, 



£3. 17s. Jid New Doubloons, I4s. 3d New Dollars, 4s. 9^d Silver in Bars, 



(standard), 4s. 1 1 Jd. 



Premiums on Shares and Canals, and Joint Slock Companies, at the Office of 



Wolfe, Brothers, 23, Change Alley, Cornhill Binningham Canal, 292/. — Coven- 



trj', l,080i? Ellesmere and Chester, 110/. — Grand Junction, 295/ Kennet and Avon, 



27:5/ Leeds and Liverpool, 470/ — Oxford, 670/. — Regent's, 22/ — Trent and Mersey, 



{\ sh.), 790/ Warwick and Birmingham, 270/. — London Docks (Stock), 84.y AVest 



India (Stock), 173/. — East London Water Works, 113/ — Grand Junction, 51/. — 



West IMiddlesex, 70/ Alliance British and Foreign Insurance, 8J/. — Globe, 148^. 



Guardian, 22|/. — :Hope Life, 5§/ Imperial Fire, 105/. — Gas-Light Westminster 



Chartered Company, 03/ — City, 187.y British, 12 dis — Leeds, 195/. 



