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foon follow. The filk confumed in Ireland, though not very’ confiderable, will now “be 
obtained from Italy, inftead of being procured through the medium-of-this country. — - 
An Aé& has heen paffed for continuing to the 2gth Dec. 1804, the bounties granted for 
the encouragement of the Greenland Whale Fifhertes, and the regulations refpeQing the 
fame. 
The Hxll Dock Company have. propofed to make, for the accommodation of the increafing 
trade of that port, an additional dock, capable of containing 70 fail of fhips, with an 
entrance into the Humber, fufficient to admit a fifty-gun fhip, on being reimburfed one~ 
half of the expence by the corporation and inhabitants; this propofal has been acceded to, 
and the work wiil be undertaken as foon as the company have obtained the requifite 
autherity. " 
Confiderable progrefs has been made.in the. projeéted: improvements: of the port of 
Lonpon, The Weft-India Docks in the Ifle of Dogs, are im great forwardnefs; and a 
powerful feam engine having been ereéted for carrying off the water that naturally: rifes 
or fettles ina marfhy foil, the excavation will foon be completed ; in’ the»mean time, the 
building of the warehoufes, which are of a very fubftantial conftruétion,,proceeds rapidly 5 
a carriage-way, to be called the Commercial Roads) 1s about. to, be made from the decks 
to Churcli Street, Whitechapel} and every department of the undertaking appears to pro 
ceed with judgment and attivity. The Cana/ undertzken by the corporation’ is likewile 
in a forward ftate, and, has a large {team engine for, draining the water. The whole fum 
of 72,0001, originally granted for this purpofe, has been. already expended, and.it is now 
eftimated that at leaft 50,000!. more will be wanted, part of which will however be reim- 
burfed, by the fale of land which it is neceflary to purchafe, though only a portion of tt 
is wanting for the purpofe. The {pot defigned for the London Docks at Wapping has been 
“nearly cleared of the houfes and buildings which ftood upon it, part of the wall is built, 
and the excavation begun, which as the feafon advances will proceed more effectually ; 
from the proximity of this fpot to the prefent feat of trade the mercantile intereit mat 
feel impatient for the completion of the plan, which, from the abilities under which it 
is executed, cannot fail of being perfeétly adapted to its intended purpofe. 
We hope the intention of ettablifhing an open coal market, under proper regulations, 
will not be abandoned, being fully convinced that the many illicit praélices and com- 
binations at prefent fo eafily carried on in the coal trade, contribute greatly to raife this 
Amportant article to an improper price. \ 
“The New Stock Exchange in Capel Court, Bartholomew. Lane, was opened on the xf day 
ef March ; it is a fpacious building, ‘well adapted tor the purpofe. 
‘ MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
HE uncommon finenefs of the whole of the prefent month has been highly favourable for 
the purpofes of ploughiag and getting in the oat and barley, as well as the bean and 
pea crops in manyof the more fouthern diftritts. 
The bufinefs of hedging and repairing fences, has alfo been very conveniently per- 
' formed, 
In the hay diftriéts, the grafs and meadow-lands have been well prepared, manure being 
more eafily put upon {them than is ufual at this period of the feafon, on account of their 
drynefs. 
. The young wheat crops where the land was made fufficiently fine, and they were put into 
the ground early, look promifing in moft places ; but the later fown crops, and thofe where 
the ground had not undergone a complete preparation, are far from looking fo well, 
In North Britain, vegetation is uncommonly backward fer the feafon, having been cut off 
by the intenfe frofts about the beginning of the month, and kept in check by the fury of the 
air, ever fince; cold, tempeftuous winds being the prevailing weather during the two 
lat weeks. The fort of weather‘here defcribed, is not, however, inimical to the cultiva- 
.tion. of the foil; fo far as the feed time has advanced, it is one of the moft favourable in 
the recolleétion of our Correfpondent. The foil is very mellow and eafily pulverifed 3, and 
the drynefs of the weather admits of every operation being performed moft correétly, the 
fowing of grafs-feeds excepted, which the raging winds have fometimes rendered extremely 
difficult.. Peafe and beans may be faid to be all putin. Three-fourth parts of the oats are 
alfo committed to the foil. , . 
Fat and lean ftock are both extremely high priced. Beef, from 9s. 6d. to r1s 6d. per ftone, 
of 16lbs of 17dozs. each. 
Horfes of value, for both faddle and draught, have advanced in price 25 to 30 per cent. 
within thefe two months. ; . 
The prices of grain, efpecially barley and oats, in the London markets, are rather looking 
up, probably from there being aconfiderable demand for feed. Average price of corn for 
England and Wales, to the week ending March 13—~Wheat, 725, 11d,3 Tye, 478. 24. 5. 
barley, 39s. 1d.5 oats, 20s. 44.3 beans, 33s. sd.5 peafe, 4cs. rd 
Cattle, 
