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iniralty, or account of the particular build and conftruction of thefe fhips; and in. compliance 
with certain acts of the 24th, the goth, and the 4cth years of his Majefty’s reign, no till 
lately enforced with rigour, find the conditions under which thofe licenfes are granted, fo dan-' 
geroufly burthenfome, as to reduce them almoft to an impoffibility of continuing their “trade. 
A memorial which they prefented to the committee of the Privy Council for Trade, has’ failed 
t> procure the defired relief. ; ‘ : 
In Yorkfhire, the greateft advantages have been already derived from the application of ma- 
ehinery to the abbreviation of almoft all the different parts of labour in the woollen- manufacture. 
¥1 the counties of Wits, Gloucefter, Somerfet, and Devon, fo extenfive an application of ma= 
chinery-to that manufacture, has been cppofed, on account of its tendency to deprive numbers of 
the prefent labourers oi means by which to earn their bread. The manufacturers, however, 
infiit, that they fhall not be able to preferve the fuper‘ority in the markets abroad unlefs the ufe 
of fuch machinery fhall be adopted. The wool annually produced in Britain; is about 7oo;c0e 
Acie” ” 
Our 3 per cents have fluctuated during laft month, between 51 and $4. 
MONTHLY. AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
PPE feafon has fill continued unufually favourable for all the different operations of hufbandry. 
The later wheat crops have been put into the ground in the moft perfe& manner in almo& 
every diftrict of the kingdom, where this fort of grain is cultivated. From the great facility of, 
preparing the land afforded by the finenefs of the weather, very large quantities have been fown 
31 fome diftricts. j ; ; 
The potatee crops on being taken up have not turned out well, except,on the wetter forts of 
il, 
pene the grafs jands much manure has been applied in fome diftriéts ; as they have afforded a. 
fine opportunity by their unufual drynefs. 
The rains avout the beginning of the month were of great fervice to the paftures, but there 
is fill much want of water for live ftock in different places. eu: | 
The prices of grain are much as in cur Jaft,. The current prices are, Wheat 48s, to 645, 5, 
Rye 338. to 358.5 Barley 20s. to 25s. 7 Qats.24s- to 28s. ; beans gos, to 37s, ; 
Fat ftock as well as lean ave lower than laft month. In Smithfield Market, Beef yields-from . 
4s. to 5s. per ftone; Mutton 4s. 6d. to.ss-2 Veal 4s. 6d. to 5s. ; and Pork 4s.to4s, 8d. In 
Newgate and Leadenhall Markets, Beef yields from 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d.; Mutton 3s. to 3s, 10d, ¢ 
Veal 3s. to 5s. 5 and pork. 4s. to 45. 3d. 
Hay averages 51. 73. Gd. 5 and Straw about 325- 
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. ’ ; 
OLfervations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of Sept. to the 24th of OF, 18033 
inclufive, two miles N. W. of St. Pauls. ' 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Higheft 3e-40. O&. 23. Wind N. E, Higheft 63°. O&. 19, 21,Wind S. Wa 
Loweft 29.490. Sept. 2g. Wind W. Lowett 33% Oc: 3, Wind N.W. 
. A Abe moreuey ee | The thermometer was 
from 30.11 to : ° 
Greatett 46 hun- Bee oe eke Greateft r as high as 68° for feve- 
variation ins dredths of fem Sth days | aviation in} 13%.< ral hours on the auf. 
24 hourss § amineh. Gh se ae lee ie 24 hours, but on the 2ad it was 
ett not higher than 55°. 
The quantity of rain fallen fince the laft Report is equal to 2.335 inches indepth. : tha 
“Daring the laf menth buta fmall quantity of rain-has fallen; we remember? but few fammers 
which have been fo dry, asthe prefent. The month of.June has in faétibeen the only rainy) 
month of the ten which are now nearly expired.) vad 
Vhe early part of the prefent month was perhaps rather colder than is ufual for that feefon, 
but fome days towards the clofe of it have been uncommonly warmand clofe. Friday the 2aft 
_ was a-day of gloomy and oppreffive heat, and by thofe who have vifited the Weft Indiés, the 
atmofrhere cn that day was faid to have been very fimilar tothe ftate of the air which, underithe 
tropics, precedes violent ttorms. i 
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