763 Grain, and every thing was dearer. Prices as follow:-Old Wheat, 54s. to 62s.; New ditto, 44s. to 56s.; Barley, 22s. to 31s.; Beans, 32s. to 34s.; Peas, 31s.; and Oats, 20s. to 24s. per quarter. Wisbech, Dec. 13. Our market was rather brisk in the sale of dry samples of Wheat, which fetched from 50s. to 54s. per quarter. No apparent advance on second sorts. Beans and Oats rather brisk in demand at a small advance. The weather continuing open, is highly favourable to the diminished and diminishing Turnip crop. Horncastle, Dec. 13.-Beef 5s. to 6s. per stone of 14 lbs.; Mutton 4d. to 5d.; Pork 5d. to 5 d.; and Veal 6d. to 7d. per lb. Bristol, Dec. 11.-Beef at 5d. to 6d.; Mutton 5d. to 5d.; and Pork 4 d. to 5d. per lb. sinking offal. City, 17 December 1823. BACON. There is very little demand for consumption just now; and upon the whole the trade is dull.-On Wakefield, Dec. 12.-We have a good supply of all kinds of Grain for the season; but having many buyers, fine Wheats, both new and old, are ready sale at an advance of full 2s. per quarter; secondary and inferior samples also go off at rather better prices. No altera- board, 45s. to 46s.-Landed, 48s. tion in Mealing Oats; but Shell- to 50s.-Pork, landed, 46s. to 50s. ing may be noted full 1s. per load higher.-Malting Barley of every description is more in demand, and may be noted 1s. per quarter higher. No alteration in Malt, Beans, Peas, Flour, or Rapeseed. COUNTRY CATTLE AND MEAT MARKETS, &c. At Morpeth market on Wednesday, there was a very great supply of Cattle and Sheep; being many buyers, fat sold readily at a little advance in price.-Beef from 4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. ; and Mutton 4s. to 5s. 3d. per stone, sinking offals. BUTTER. There are no buyers, except amongst those who are in want; and they are very reluctant to give the present prices. It is well known that the retailers can make no profit; and as the failures amongst them continue to go on, the wholesale dealers are out of heart at the prospect before them. -On board: Carlow, 90s. to 92s.Belfast, 88s. to 90s.-Dublin, 86$. Banbury Great Market last week was well supplied with Beef. There was also as full a supply of Mutton-Waterford, 84s. to 85s.-Limeas is usually penned at this market. rick, 84s-Cork, 86s. -Landed: Beef made from 44d. to 5d. per lb., Carlow, 90s. to 93s.—Belfast, 90s. prime 6d. but the sale was not brisk. Mutton was also dull sale, and late-Dublin, 86s.-Waterford, 84s. to prices barely supported. Norwich Castle Meadow, Dec. 13. -The trade much the same as for some weeks past, viz. from 3s. 6d. to 5s. per stone for lean Bullocks. 85s.-Limerick, 84s.-Cork, 84s. to 85s.-N. B. To estimate the cost landed, you must add 3s. per cwt. to the price on board. CHEESE. Fine Old Cheshire, 78s. to 84s.; Middling, 66s. to 74s.; New, 56s. to 64s.-Double Gloucester, 60s. to 64s.; Single, 46s. to 60s. Price of Bread. The price of the 4lb. Loaf is stated at from 7d. ⚫ to 9d. SMITHFIELD, Monday, Dec. 15. Great Christmas Market. - On Friday, Beef and Mutton were about the same as reported in our last; though the latter was rather a heavy trade. Some few Beast. were lucky enough to meet with good customers, at high prices, but that is always the case at this season of the year, and cannot apply to the general trade. To-day there is the largest shew of Beast ever known, exceeding, as we hear in the market, (we have not time to refer,) any former Christmas market by 700 head. As expected, there was an extraordinary quantity of good Beef; prime Norfolks, and such like, sold freely at 4s. 8d. per stone; and more money for any thing thought extraordinary, or that might suit the fancy. There are fanciful customers even here sometimes. Mutton is a brisk trade at an advance; and though we go no higher than 4s. 4d. yet some choice pens have gone a shade beyond. From the crowded state of the mar 1 10 0 Common Red..0 2 0 1 15 0 0 Pockets of the growth of 1821 and 1822, and New fully keep their prices. Accounts from Middle Kent state, a great many dead hills are found upon digging the Onions..Os. Od.—Os. Od. per bush. ground, which have caused an in creased demand for Cullings to replace them, but which will not come into bearing till the third year; if this proves general, it will make the holders soon ask higher prices. Currency:-New, 81. 8s. to 14/.; 1822, 8l. to 10.; 1821, 95s. to 112s.; Old, 60s. to 84s. Maidstone, Dec. 11.-There was a few lots of Hops offered at this day's market, but the trade continuing so extremely dull we could not hear of any sales being effected. COAL MARKET, Dec. 12. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 74 Newcastle..22..36s. Od.to 45s. 6d. 744 Sunderland..22,. 36s. Od.—45s, 6d. VOL. 48.—No. 13.] LONDON, SATURDAY, December 27, 1923. [Price 6d. Published every Saturday Morning, at Seven o'clock, #3 A MEMORIAL ON THE Apparently approaching War, Most humbly addressed Kensington, 24th Dec. 1823. other epochs, you were warned of the consequences that your Ministers were pursuing. In those times, when your Majesty's fleets were gaining victories on the Serpentive River, and when the Parliament was voting millions of pounds sterling for the purpose of erecting monuments to perpetuate what were called the glories of the war; at those times the MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY, hirelings of all sorts, reproached VERY numerous have been the me with mourning amidst the occasions on which your Majesty "general joy" with weeping over was addressed by me, while you my country's triumphs. My anwas Prince Regent. I warned swer was: Your joy is foolishness; you, and in good time I warned your triumphs are disgraces: in you, of the consequences of the return for your present reproaches, late war with the United States. I will, when the time comes, laugh I foretold the successful resist- while your knees knock together. ance that you would meet with. Thank God the millions of money Such disgrace as our arms in- were not expended in the erection curred, it was next to impossible of monuments. One boasting name for any one to foresee; but the has been stupidly given to a grand result; namely, the speedy bridge; and one monstrous and creation of an American navy, was indecent statue has been erected, distinctly predicted; and your expressive of falsehood and exhiMajesty was earnestly besought biting a mark of national lewdby me to think betimes of the ef-ness. The millions, however, have fect of such creation. At divers not been expended in this way, Printed and Published by J. M. COBBETT, No. 183, Fleet-street. This much of good has, at any that Holy Alliance, of which your rate, come out of the evil: the Ministers expressed your Royal poverty arising from the dear pur- approbation. chase of the triumphs, has taken away the ability to render our shame as immortal as stone and mortar could have made it. Seven clear years have not yet passed over our heads, when the war trump begins again to blow; and begins, too, on the part of those very Ministers of your Majesty, who so exulted and were so praised, because they had, as it was asserted, rendered the disturbing of the peace of Europe not regard flattery as the test of loyalty, I shall beseech your Majesty to look at the picture which this kingdom is now actually exhibiting to the world. For several years past, your Majesty has been advised to open the Sessions of Parliament by stating your great satisfaction at those "strongest assurances," which you continued to receive impossible. I beseech your Maof the pacific disposition of other jesty, not to listen to those who Powers. I always thought this speak to you nothing but soft and unwise. For a King to take every smooth things. I beseech you opportunity of expressing his sa- not to bestow your exclusive attisfaction at seeing no prospect tention to those who present you of war, appeared to me to say with nothing but flattering picthat the King would have been tures. In the hope that you will afraid of war, if threatened with it: and, I have always understood that, in order to preserve peace, you must let those who are naturally opposed to you, see that you are not afraid of war. Be this as it I take it for granted that it will may, I can hardly believe, that be admitted that the writings in your Majesty will be advised to the Courier newspaper, contain tell the Parliament in February (when they treat of matters relatnext, that you continue to receive, ing to peace and war), matter from all other powers, the strongest which your Majesty's Ministers assurances of a pacific disposition. wish to have promulgated. I take Yet, you will receive those assur- this for granted. Of course, in ances; for, so curious is the posi- referring to those articles, I refer tion of your Majesty's kingdom to documents expressive of the become, that the peace of the sentiments and designs of those world, that peace the most general Ministers. What, then, is the and the most perfect; that the picture which this kingdom now preserving of all the present re-exhibits to the world? Perhaps, lationships between your Majesty the following little notice from the and all other powers, is precisely paper just mentioned, may serve the thing and the only thing wanted very appropriately, to place in the by those powers who envy us all foreground of this picture: that we possess, and who are de66 We understand notice has termined to make us, if possible," been given to the Army Suras little as we have been great." geons and Assistant-Surgeons, Little, in all likelihood, did your" on half-pay, that their services Majesty imagine that such would" are likely to be soon required. be the effect of that peace-loving," The new levy is to be raised by |