Average Prices of Corn. 565 Greater numbers of sheep have been lost in the late snow storms in the north, than ever before heard of at this season of the year. On this head, the sheep farmers would do well to consult the New Farmers' Calendar, and particularly the General Treatise on Cattle. Both fat cattle and stores continue heavy of sale in the country, and at low prices. It is said, that carcases, both of mutton and beef, have been sold as low as four pence and three pence per pound But shortness of keep may, in the spring, considerably advance the price of fat meat. Smithfield-Beef, 2s. 6d to 4s. 6d.-mutton, ditto-veal, 3s. 4d. to 5s. 6d.-lamb, ditto.-pork, 2s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. Middlesex, Dec. 23. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN, By the WinchesterQuarter of 8 Bushels, and of OATMEAL per Boll of 140lbs. INLAND COUNTIES. Wheat Rye Barley | Oats S. d. s. d. s. S. Middsx. 70 11 46 0 45 0 37 0 Essex MARITIME COUNTIES. Whea Rye Barley, Oats S. d S. d. s. ds. 66 6 Surrey 70 0 47 Hertford 65 843 Bedford 64 0 48 Huntin. 60 9 0 45 10 37 10 Kent 64 47 0 45 034 3 044 0 29 8 Sus ex 62 C 43 2 30 4 40 11 30 4 Suffolk 62 10 8 Cambridge Northa. 61 0 40 0 40 6 29 8 Norfolk 60 40 Rutland 70 46 0 33 O Lincoln 65 Leicest. 67 1 45 2 42 6 29 9 York 62 11 44 6 39 1127 11 Notting 72 8 46 0 45 4 29 10 Durham 66 6 39 527 6 Derby 74 46 6 30 2 Northumberland 60 2 40 10 40 629 8 Stafford 70 9 44 3 33 4 Cumberland 73 S 57 S 42 1/28 5 Salop 68 4 46 037 Herefor. 62 41 Wor'st. 66 2 Warwic 70 2 42 Wilts 63 € 3 31 6 34 3 30 1 Lancaster 98 6 37 11 Chester 9 S3 4 Flint 6 Westmorland 80 2 66 of 35 427 11 43 623 5 .... 67 4 41 71 4 75 S Berks 69 7 40 Oxford 62 11 36 6 54 0 Anglesea ..... 64 0 40 022 0 Bucks 64 8 41 132 0 Merioneth 75 256 0 40 023 0 Brecon 64 0 44 9 35 124 Montgo. 64 9 33 7 30 Radnor. 63 2 32 0 28 0 Cardigan. 8 Pembroke 28 1116 0 57 9 34 020 0 69 36 019 0 Glamorgan 73 i 38 022 0 Gloucester 63 8 96 932 8 Somerset.. 71 5 37 127 6 Average of England and Wales. Wheat 67s. 4d; Rye 46s 3d.; 39s. 11d.; Oats 28s 11d.; 55s. 2d.; Pease 73s. 9d.; Oatmea Dorset, 40 133 BILL of MORTALITY, from NOV. 24, to DEC. 22, 1807. CHRISTENED, Monmouth 64 5 36 727 2 Barley Devon... 68 35 $25 73 7 66 10 97 1151 Hants BURIED. Males 781 Females 757 } 1598 Males, 10132 1956 Females, 948 Whereof have died under two years old 573. Peck Loaf, 3s.6d. Os.7d. 3s 7d. 3s 8d. Salt, 20s. per bushel, 41 per lb, Total Christenings and Burials from Dec. 16. 1806, to Dec. 15, 1807. PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, FIRE-OFFICE, WATER WORKS, and BREWERY SHARES, &c. &c. London Dock Stock, 112. per Cent. December 20, 1807. Grand Junction Canal, 921. per Share. Grand Surrey ditto.....45l. per ditto. Imperial Fire Insurance, 11. per Cent Prem. Albion ditto d. to, ...... per Cent. Prem. Hope ditto ditto,. ........ 21. per Share Prem. West Middlesex ditto, 201. per Cent. Prem. South London ditto, 607. per Cent. Prem. L. WOLFE and Co. Canal, Dock, & Stock Brokers, MONTHLY REPORT OF THE STATE OF COMMERCE. London, 21st December, 1807. IT T has long been urged by the West India Merchants, that a forcible interruption should be put to the conveyance of the enemy's produce by Americans. The report of the West India Committee, delivered to the House of Commons in July last, strongly recommends this measure, and its adoption would have obtained the approkation of the majority of our merchants. But Government have acted differently. They consider our American trade of too great value, to be endangered by any act which it is in our power to avoid; and, ins cad of prohibiting the Americans from being the carriers of French and Spanish produce, they have permitted the continuance of this traffic, under the double restriction of calling at a British port and paying a British duty. The object of these restrictions is to burthen the enemy's produce with charges which will make it cost as much, or more, than our own produce, when imported into the continent. We expect that the result will give life once more to our expiring West India trade; and that sugars, coffee, and cotton, will fetch prices, at least, to pay the planter for his labour, which at this present time, we are sor y to say, is not the case. The West India docks and warehouses are loaded with produce, and no sale except for home consumption. Raw sugar sells from 52s. to 74s. per cwt. and refined from 41. 6s to 51 8s. per cwt. Coffee, very dull in sale, at 70s to 110s. per cwt. wool, from 16d. to 21d. per lb. It is expected that no additional duty will be laid on American produce, conveyed through British ports to the continent, except on the article of cotton. The object of this duty is undoubtedly to protect and benefit our own manufactures. Cotton We are well assured, that within a few days past, goods have been cleared out at cur Custom House as if for a neutral port, but in reality for France; and shipped by the merchants under a licence signed by Talleyrand himself, and transferred to this country, to ensure their safe landing in a French port. We hope our government will look into this French manœuvre. t Large remittances have lately arrived from South America by the vessels which brought home our army, and the early shippers of goods from this country have made very profitable sales at Buenos Ayres. We are sorry to find by the Emperor Alexander's declaration, that Rus-ia is to be added to the long list of our enemies; and consequently, all sorts of Russian produce, as iron, hemp, flax, timber, tallow, cordage, &c. must rise very considerably in our markets; already the ill effects of it have been fel in the city, by the failure of sɔn e rich and respectable houses concerned in that trade, We sincerely wish it may stop here, but fear the consequences of a Russian war will be of the most unpleasant naturė to the manufacturers of Manchester and its neighbourhood. The East India Tea sale is now going on, and prices are something lower than last year; the quantity is upwards of six millions of pounds weight, (of which we gave our readers the particulas in a former report.) At their Sugar sale on the 1st instant, 20,471 bags sold from 28s. to 55s per cwt. which is a good price under present circumstances. And at their Cotton sale, 6016 bags, (in privilego) sold from 94. to 1434. per lb. American Pot-ash Pear! Barilla Brandy: Contac London, 20th December, 1807. CURRENT PRICES OF MERCHANDIZE. s. d. s. d. 5190 0 24 10 Sanish unrefined .... 0 19 0 Ca phire, refined ........lo. 0 Cocaineal, garbled....ib 0 19 2 Oak plank, Dantz. last 11 00 -12 00 American, ...... 9 <-17 15 0 -20 ....cwt. 17 10 0 0 0 1 11 0 Cast India 0 26 spermaceti.. ton 87 00 -90 00 ..... 22 5 10 0 Prch, Stockholm ..cwt 0 0 0 Quicksilver ........lb. 0 0 111 Raisins, bloom ....cwt. 4 12 0 14 0 015 39 Jamaica 0 1 4 0 17 Rice, Carolina 1 80 Smyrna, none, East-India, none 39 - Leeward I. 0 26 02 11 2 2 0 Saltpetre, East-Ind., cwt. 2 Silk, Thrown Italian lb 1 11 0 0 Silk, Raw ditto 0 0 Tailow, English ...cwt.3 19 0 7 20 1 Geneva, Hollands.. gal. 1 Gum Arabic, Turkey cwt. 6 Russia, white. 3 11 0 1 11 0 00 -11 15 0Tar, Stockholm....bar 1 11 0 .6 18 0 23 00 cwt. 4 150 Hemp, Riga..............ton 274 ... Petersburgh S East-India 04-00 101 .....cwt. 7 10 0 10 10 0 ....ton 30 pipe 68 ....... 00 $2 00 Indigo, Caracca 0 0-100 00 --Lisbon. 88 00 00 0 0 00 24 00 -25 0 0 25 0 0 26 0 0 Lead in pigs ....od. 50 00 red white Sherry ....butt 80 .....lb. O N.B. H denotes higher, and L lower, since our last. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Dec. 1. Dec. 8. Dec. 15. 00-95.00 095 00 00- 20 00 0.0-90 00 4 6 0 86 Calcavella ....84 Dec. 1. Dec. 8. Dec 15. 50.5 56 1 wsw 2 sw 2 little rain at times: clear w 2 thick upward at night : rain. fair 53 57 1 8 29.6158.5 47 49 5 51 158 h w 1 not cloudy. little rain at times. fine night 50 57 wsw 1hazy: clear 2 29.37 47.5 59 h ssw 1 little cloudy 56 4 60 SSE 1. rain and wind. less wind and drizzly at times 59 2 15 830.1634.5 43.5 58 2 49 12 829.99 53.5 44 57 f NW 2 cloudy and little rain. clear night N 2 less cloudy N 1foggy cloudy N 2 fine. thick upward at eve: little rain w N 1not cloudy. thick upward and little rain : fine ENE 2hazy: litle rain N 1 N 1. brighter. chiefly cloudy w 2 little rain. fine N 1hazy. less cloudy eve: much snow 60 5 229.3339.5 45.5 62 h ENE 1little rain at times: stormy. less wind 20 828.8442.5 4 65 2 wsw 1hazy: clear. little sleet 58 2 56 5 58 22 829.6132 229.49 40 SE 1 hazy thick upward. much rain s 2. cloudy rain at times s 1rain at times. fair night : clear N 42.5 57 f 42.5 57 h 229 9138.5 43.5 61 N 1. little snow at times N 1 little snow. fine. thick upward N 1. fine eve. thick upward PRICE OF STOCKS, from NOVEMBER 26, to DECEMBER 28, 1807, both inclusive. Bank Sp. Cent 3p Cent. P. Cent. 4 p. Ct. Navy N. 5 Long Short Dec. 1 226 25 holiday City Lottery Tickets 71. 148. N.B. In the 2 per Cent Consols the highest and lowest Price of each day is given; in the other Stocks the highest only. EDWARD FORTUNE, STOCK-BROKER, No. 13, Cornhill. |