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and as the flocks of the merchants are known to be very low, the confumption mut have 
diminifhed confidervbly, for the importers upan fpeculation find fo little demand on the quays 
that at Jeaft one third of the quantity imported into the port of London will be houfed by the 
- Excife for fecurity of the duties. hs i 
4. About 15 or 20 veffels have arrived from Hamburgh, with brandy, geneva, and various 
articles of merchandize, the produce of Germany and Italy, which jit has become neceflary 
to thip through the medium of that port. ee Ne 
5. A fleet has alfo arrived from the Baltic, with naval ftores 5 and feveral fhips, both 
Englith and foreign, with wheat, oats, and other grain, from the Baltic, Embden, 8c. The 
Greenland Fifhery has turned.out rather unfucceisful, two or three fhips having arrived with 
only one fifh each, and fome clean 5 latter accounts are, however, more favourable. ; 
The export trade of the port of London is in general heavy, except to North Amer'ca, for 
the different ports of which, a confiderable quantity of goods are thipping off. Several vice 
tuallers are leaving the Thames for Lord St. Vincent’s fieet: Inith mels-beef is at prefent 
from 71. to 71. 4s. -- 
With refpest to our home manufactures, that of hardware, at Shefficld, appears to have 
fuffered lefs than moft others by the war; till the prefent, and a part of the lait year, it ex- 
perienced but little diminution, ow’ng, in a greet meifure, to the increafed demands frem 
America, but the remittances from thence have of late been fo irregular, that the merchants 
are by no means inclined to execute orders {o readily as formerly 5 this, with the lofs of the 
Span‘sh and Italian markets, has lefiened the demand for many articles confiderably, particu~ 
larly faws, files, table knives, razors, and pleted goods. The only branches of this manu~ 
facture which remain pretty gocd are fciffars and pen-knives. ; 
At Glafgow and Paifley, the labouting people are at prefent fully employed, while the 
manufa€turer who employs them, driven by the viciffitudes of the war, from market to mar- 
ket, muft feel much anxiety at the uncertainty and precariouinefs of his fituation. ‘The de- 
mand lat month for printed goods, and for fancy muflins, has beemwery confiderable. The 
manufa@ture of heavy cotton goods, of every defcription, has been unprofitable, owing te 
the high price of the raw material, which keeps up, notwithfanding the late importations. 
The export.of cotton yarn to the Continent having, trom the difturbed ftate of Switzerland, 
been much fmaller this year than laft, and the number of cotton mills in the country being 
capable of producing double the quantity of yarn our own manufactures can confume, the 
{fpinners are labouring under heavy ftocks, and reduced prices. The manufacturing diftuaé 
of the weit of Scotland, depending upon Ireland for an annual fupply of grainy equal to one 
half of its confumption, muft be expeéted to experience fome inconvenience from the late 
devaftations in that unhappy country. 
The article of cochineal has fallen confiderably, in confequence of the importation during 
the month: the prefent price is from 21. té 21. 5s. per lb. 
The Public Funds have rifen fince cur laft, particularly the § per cents. which were, for 
foe time, confiderably below their proportionate va:ue. The books of the 3 per cent. Confols. 
are now open for private transfers only.—The Omnium is at a p-eminm.—Bank flock was, on the 
28th of June, at 1193 rofe on the 13th of the prefent month to 123%, and fince to 126. 
Onthe 26th it fell 2 per cent.—5 per cent. Annuities opened on July Io, at 72¢5 and have fince 
rifen to 75.—4 per cent Confols. were, onthe 28th of June, at 614; rofe on the 13th of july 
to 632; and were, on the 26th ult. at 63 3-3chs.—3 per cent. Conjols. were, on the 28th of 
Jane, at 49 3-8ths. rofe on the 13th of July to 4¢%3 feil again, on the 2eth, to 4735 and 
have fince rifen to 482.—Ommnium was at a premium of 14 percent. on the 27th of Jaft month 5 
at 21 onthe 13th of July; at 13 on the 17th; and at 2% on the 26th.—Gold, in bars, is 
gl. 17s. roLd. per oz.—Silver, inditto, ftandard, §s. 1d. per oz. 
_ NN. B. In the profecution of this plan, we fall be happy to awail ourfelves of refpettable commu- 
nications on the fubject, efpecially when confined to faéis indicative of the real flute of any branch of 
Wade, its extent, value, advance, or decline. 
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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
SINCE out laft report, circumftances have in general been favourable to the produéts of 
hufbandrv. The effects of the droughty weather in the beginning of the laft month, 
have been much lefs injurious than the farmer had reafon to expe at that time. In the 
fouthern and fouth-weftern parts of the ifland our-correfpondents aflure us, that the wheat 
Crops are univerfally good and very forward: the barley and oats fomewhat inferior, but 
Varying confiderably in different foils. Thefe laft have, however, been much improved 
by the late rains. In Scotland, coo, thc wheat crops appear in general to be-good, ~and alfo 
forward. A few Poland oats have already been cut, and the wheat harveft muft foon com- 
tmence. Some damage has been done to the grains inthis part of the kingdom by the heavy 
gale of wind which lately prevailed. The hay crops of both clovers and meadow-grafies, 
though iather light in fome of the midland and northern counties, are generally full and 
good in the more fouthern diftriéts. About this place, the hay for the moft part has been 
tolerably well made and fecured; but in counties more to the fouth and weft, as well as 


