1809.] | Naturalist’s Monthly Report. 409 
fhips being arrived to carry off the goods brought to market, the ftock Temaining on hand 
is very confiderable, and confifts of 30,000 poods of yellow Candle Tallow, fent to Arche 
angel from Peterfburgh ; 500 ,000 poods of Bar fron ; 30,000 poods of Train Oil; 13,000. 
chetverts of Rye; 60,000 ditto of Wheat; 500,000. Mats; 3,000 poods of Candies § 
80,000 barrels of Tar; 3,000 poods of Peafe; 15,000 poods of Rye Flour ; 10,000 bar- 
relsof Pitch; 12,000 chetverts of Linfeed; 5,000 poods of Hemp, and: 2,000 poods of 
Flax. Some contraéts have been made for the prefent year at advanced prices. 
The markets of London and Liverpool continue full of Cotton-wool, and fetch good 
prices, particularly thofe of the Brazils, as Marinbam and Pernambucco ; and the Cotten 
of our own Welt India iflands keeps fteady in price, and is of remarkably fine quality. 
Every hand, both male and female, is bufily employed at Manchefter, and its neighbour- 
hood, inthe manufacturing of Calicoes and Cottons, &c. for South American orders ; 3 and 
the towns of Birmingham and Sheffield are executing large orders for the fame country. 
Irifh Linens have confiderably advanced in price, ‘and till likely to be higher, in confe- 
quence of the fearcity of Flax-feed from America laft feafon. Should the embargo con- 
tinue in America, we truft and hope the legiflature will grant premiums te the growers. of 
Ilax in Ireland, fo as to encourage the age as well as the poor induftrious weavers of © 
this neceffary article. 
COURSE OF EXCHANGE. 
Jan. 11,°\ Jan. 43. } Jan. 17. ' Prices of Hops. 
Hamburgh..|35 2 «+-+134 9 ..|34 9 --|Bags.—Kent, 31. 10s. to 41. 10s. per cwt. 
Altona .. .]35 3...../54 10 ..|34 10 ..]|—— Sussex, 31. to 41. 5s. percwt. — 
Amisterdam 136 7H “3200159 10", 5135 10.” Essex, 21. 18s. to 41. 4s, per cwt. 
Paris ....../23 16 ....1/23 16 ..|23 16 ..|Pockets.—Kent, 31. 15s. to SI, 10s. per cwt. 
Lephorn.. 649s tg 140 3s (40S Sussex, 3l. 6s. to 51. Os. per cwt. 
Naples ...,]42 .2....j/42 ..--]42 .... |—-——Farn. 3l. 10s. to 51. 5s. per cwt. 
Genoar-. ens (SOs vesin sige (4ON an os {402 bee. ; 
Lisbon......|60 ......|60 ....{60 ....| The average price of Raw Sugar, ending 
Oporto 36/0178 wl 65.2. 68) |... ath of Jamary, 1809, is 52s) 31d. per ewt. 
Duabliay es i cies ES LIE), beatnive of duties. 
Cork 22. ..1115 2. ++. 1015 +++ 1413 2...) “New Dollars, 5s. 5d. pat t ounce. 
The following are the average Prices of Navigable Canal Shares, Dock Stock, Fire’ 
Office Shares, &c. in January, 1809, at the Office of Mr. Scott, No. 28, New Bridge- 
freet, Blacktriars, London:—Grand Junétion, 1281. to 1301. ex-dividend of 21. per fhare, 
nett, for the laft half-year.—Neath Canal, in Glamorganfhire, 2301. to 2541. dividing 151. 
per thare per annum. —Monmouththire, 1071. 10s. dividing 5!. per fhare per annum, “nets 
— Wilts and Berks, 281. per fhare.-—~Kennet and Avon, 41. premium on 201 fhares. —~ 
Athby-de-la-Zouch, 211.—Weft India Dock Stock, at 1681. per cent. ex-dividend of 51. 
per cent. nett, for the laft half-year.—Haft India Dock, 125]. 10s. per cent.—Londonr 
Dock, 1171. per cent. ex-dividend of 23 per cent. nett, for the laft half year.—-Commere 
cial Road, 1141. 10s: per cent. ex- -dividend va 2]. 10s. nett, for the laft half. year.—Globe 
Enfurance, 114]. to 1111. ex-dividend of 3!. per fhare, uett, for the half-year. 
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NATURALIST’s MONTHLY REPORT. 
DECEMBER. 
Dead Winter Month. 
The fnows arife, and foul and fierce 
All winter drives along the darkened air. 
FOR feveral days after the commencement of December, the deatlien: was unufually mild 
and pleafant for this feafon of the year. ‘The nights have generally been frofty, but it 
was not until the 22d that we had any inow whatever. .On the 9th, 10th, and 1ith, the 
fun thone fo powerfully, that, about mid-day, the {mall infeéts were fiying about in little 
fwarms, m the fame manner as in fummer. Even two or three of the butterflies were 
routed from their ‘tate of torpor, and were feen to flit along the air .In the night of the 17th 
we had a hard black froft, which continued till the 21f. It entirely deftroyed the few autum- 
nal flowers, which the mildnefs of the preceding weather had left. A confiderable quantity 
of fnow fell on the 92d. The froft continued till the 27th. During all this fevere, wea- 
ther, the wind has varied no farther than from north to north-eait and eat: It-is fingular 
that, although the wind was nearly ftationary, about eaft, till the end ot the month, a thaw 
commenced in the evening of the 27th. which lafted, without intermiffion, till the 4th of 
January. The eaft is a quarter from whence, in the winter mouths, we nearly always have 
isoft, and rarely indeed any thing like open weather, 
Woodcocks 
