rage, but the last three months have swelled the annual fall in Middlesex to an excess of nearly double the annual average. In the last two months the fall has been 13 inches, (6) per month,) flooding all lowlands, and destroying the agricutural and gardening crops. On Christmas-day the barometer presented a phenomenon which has not occurred these 35 years-it fell to 28.05, and on the 25th, at 7 A.M. was at 28.17, while the day was clear, the wind SW., and the thermometer 47.5, between which and 56, the latter has ranged through the month, the prevailing winds being SW, with very slight morning frosts, and no snow. Smithfield-Beef 28. 4d. to 4s. Od.Mutton 2s. 4d. to 3s. 8d.-Lamb Os. Od. to Os. Od.-Veal 3s. 8d. to 5s.0d-Pork 2s. 6d. to 5s. Od.-Bacon 3s. Od. to 4s. Od.-Raw Fat 2s. 8d.Wheat 32s. to 72s-Barley 17s. to 28s.-Oats 16s. to 28s.-The quartern loaf in London 101d.-Hay 60s. to 84s. Od.-Clover do. 36s. to 105s.-Straw 24s. to 36s. Od.-Coals in the Pool 36s. Od. to 48s. Od. Middlesex, Dec. 24, 1821. MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. PRICES OF MERCHANDZE. Cocoa, W. I. common Cotton, W. I. common Demerara 9 0 3 18 0 0 0 0 10% 4 0 0 £3 0 4 14 0 4 5 57.0 0 0 0 81 0 0 1 O ditto. 0 0 4 16 0 5 14 0 per cw. 3 15 0 ditto. Premiums of Insurance...Guernsey or Jersey, 20s. Od.-Cork or Dublin, 20s. Od.-Belfast, 20s. Od.-Hambro', 40s. Od.-Madeira, 20s. Od.—Jamaica, 30s.- Greenland, out and home, 6gs. to 12gs. Course of Exchange, Dec. 27.- Amsterdam, 12 12.-Hamburgb, 37 6.—Paris, 25 60. -Leghorn, 47.-Lisbon, 50.-Dublin, 8 per cent. Premiums on Shares and Canals, and Joint Stock Companies.-Birmingham, 5601. Coventry, 10001.-Derby,1351.—Ellesmere,631.-Grand Surrey 591.0s—Grand Union, 201 Os. -Grand Junction, 2221. -Grand Western, 31.-Leeds and Liverpool, 3251.-Leicester, 2001. —Loughbro', 26001.—Oxford, 6491.-Trent and Mersey, 18101.-Worcester, 241.—East 0 16 0 14 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 в 0 0 40 0 0 65 0 000 22 24 4 0 0 17 7 3 0 1 2 0 3 10 1 4 00 per ton. 0 0 0 ditto. O per cwt. ditto. 0 per ton. O ditto. 0 per jar 0 per ton. O per cwt. 3 0 ditto. @ ditto. 0 10 0 ditto. 4 per lb 1 ditto. 0 per lb 0 8 ditto. O ditto. 0 0 ditto. ditto. 4 per gal. 9 ditto. 4 . India Docks, 1641.-London, 1041.-West India, 1801.-Southwark BRIDGE, 131.-Strand. 51.5s. Royal Exchange ASSURANCE, 2501.-Albion, 501. Os. -Globe, 1311. 08.-GAS LIGHT COMPANY, 621. Os. City Ditto, 1051. -At the Office of Wolfe and Edmonds'. The 3 per cent. Reduced, on the 27th was 774; 3 per cent. consols, 87; 5 per cent. navy 1107. Gold in bars 31. 17s. 104d. per oz.-New doubloons, 31. 14s. 3d.-Silver in bars 4s. 11d. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BANKRUPTCIES announced between the 20th of Nov. and the 20th of Dec. 1821: extracted from the London Gazette. BANKRUPTCIES. [this Month 114.] Solicitors' Names are in Parentheses. ARMISTEAD, J. Clapham, Yorkshire, cotton. spinner. (Buck and Startifant, and Norris, attornies. Athwood, A, Lymington, surgeon. (Capes, & Guy. Aydon, S. and Elwell, W. Halifax, ironmasters. (Walker, and Alexander. Baker, W. and Baker, N. Portsea, grocers. (Shelton, and Poulden. Bamford, R. Pontefract, maltster. (Lake. Barker, W. Welch Whittle, Lancaster, victualler. (Stock, and Chippendale and Co. Barratt, A. Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, farmer. (Spence, and Desborough. Beale, W. Newbury, timber-merchant. (Ashfield and Co. and Hedges. Beaumont, J. D. Maidstone, upholsterer, ironmonger, &c. (Dickinson. Bellott, H. Manchester, cotton manufacturer. Wiglesworth, and Woodburne Bell, J. and Bell, G. Berwick-upon-Tweed, coopers. (Bennett. Bingham, R. Gosport, banker. (Montagu. Boultbee, J. and Cole, J. W. Peterborough, Northampton, bankers. (Anderson. Box, T. Buckingham, banker, &c. (Evans. Brander, J. and Barclay, J. Size-lane, merchants. (Brackenbury, and Hurd and Johnson. Bray, D. Plymouth Dock, victualler. (Bourdillon and Hewitt, and Bevan and Brittan. Brown, J. Canterbury, linen-draper. and Davis. (Reardon, Burkitt, W. Beverley, Yorkshire, miller. (Shaw, and Richardson, Callanan, D. and Walsh, T. Wapping, soap-makers. (Thompson. Calvert, J. Covent Garden, merchant. (Lavie, and Oliverson. Campart, W. H. Croydon, hatter. (Saunders, and Bailey. Cavey, J. Beckley, Sussex, dealer. (Egan, and Wa terman. Cella, P. Minories, wine-mercht. (Annealey & Son. Chamberlin, J. Bristol, merchant. (Poole and Greeafield, and Pallin. Clarke, J. Commercial-road, ship-owner. (Simpson. Clarkson, J. Gracechurch-street, hatter and coalinerchant. (Osbaldeston and Co. Cleaver, W. Chelsea, grocer and cheese-monger. (Dawson and Co. Cooper, C. Gray's Inn-road, grocer. (Amory and Coles. Court, H. Fish-street Hill, straw hat-manufacturer. Hundlely. (Alliston, and Dobson, T. and Thompson, G. Darlington, mercers. (Perkins and Frampton,, and Raisbeck. Durrant, W. Castle-st. Finsbury, tailor. (Clarke. Eastwood, R. Leeds, draper. (Atkinson. Eastwood, H. Eastwood, Yorkshire, fustian-manufacturer. (Hampson, and Ellis, Edwards, W. Chatham, linen-draper. (Rippon. Elliott, T. and Haslock, Northampton, boot and shoe-manufacturer. (Carter. Else, S. Tredegar Iron Works, Monmouthshire, shop-keeper. (Gregory. Epps, J. Holborn, ham and bacon-merchant. (Hervey, and Wilson. Evans, T. Mackynlleth, Montgomery, inn-keeper. (Philpot and Stone, and Madox and Burley. Fisher, F. jun. Leicester-square, surgeon dentist. (Budel, and Hayes. Fowler, J. Mark-lane, tea-dealer. (Hodgson. Fuller, J. M. Worthing, linen-draper. (Jones. Gale, Q. Newgate-market, butcher. (Wilmot. Garrick, J. L. Mitcham, merchant. (Grimaldi, and Stables. Gayter, T. Brinsyard, merchant. (Raybett and Mayhew, and Alexander. Gleave, S. Warrington, Lancashire, shop-keeper. (Hurd, and Johnson. Greaves, J. Sheffield, merchant. (Knowles, and J. and J. Wheat. Harrison, J. late of Beckfoot, Kirby Lonsdale, carpenter. (Holme and Co. and Pearson. Harvey, B. Rayleigh, surgeon. (Shaw. Hatfield, H. Goswell-street Road, merchant. (Jones, and Howard. Haviland, R. Cirencester, rectifier and distiller. (Becke, and Gardner. Holland, H. L. Coventry, builder. (Corry, and Alexander. Hounsfield, J. Cononly, Kildwick, Yorkshire, calico-manufacturer. (Lowe and Bower, and Newton and Winterbottom. Howard, J. St. Martin's-lane, cordwainer. (Jones, and Howard. Hutchins, J. Stoke Damerel, Devon, builder. (Raine and Co. and Elworthy. Jackson, R. Cannon-street, merchant. (Borradaile. Kay, T. Walcot, Somersetshire, auctioneer. (Noel. Kerwood, C. G. Mary-le-bone, printer. (Jones, and Howard. Lapage, S. Clements-lane, drysalter. (Griffith. Lancastle, J. and Gillard, R. N. the younger, Bris tol, carpenters. (Ambury, & Sherwood & Son. Levi, H. late of Demarara, now of Nelson-square, Blackfriars-road, factor. (Green and Thorley. Litchfield, J. Cambridge, gardener. (Chevell, and Farlow. Longrigg, I. Liverpool, linen-draper. (Mawdsley, and Wheeler. Longster, G. Islington, merchant. (Smith, and Buckerworth. Matson, W. Kelsall, farmer, &c. (Southwell, and Edkins. Margetts, T. Wooton, Oxfordshire, wheelwright. (North and Co. and Lowden and Co. Marsden, P. Sheffield, grocer, &c. (Blacklock, and Branson. Marshall, W. H. Bristol, ship-broker. and Blower. (Vizard, Monkhouse, R. New Shoreham, timber-merchant. (Rogers, and Hicks. Moore, J. Sowerby, Halifax, woollen-cloth-manufacturer. (Wiglesworth, and Thompson & Co. Morton, P. Salford, Lancashire, merchant, &c. (Higson, and Ellis. Moyse, W. Saxmundham, Suffolk, baker. (Southwell, and Elkins. Mumby, R. Glamford Briggs, mercer, draper, and grocer. (Nicholson. Niblock, J. & Latham, R. S. Bath, woollen-drapers. (Bourdillon and Hewitt, and Bevan and Britton. Nicholson Nicholson, J. Cummersdale, Cumberland, iron founder. (Clennel, and Saul. Page, W. Lime-street, spirit-merchant. (Farlow. Paine, E. Little Chart, Kent, paper-maker. (Elwyn and Fisher, and Sudlow. Parker, R. Whitchurch, Salop, stationer and Parr, J. Strand-lane, Pilkington, check-manufac- Potter, T. Manchester, publican. (Shaw, and Smith. Rendall, J. Bridport, painter. (Nicholeth, & Allen. Rivolta, A. Brook-street Holborn, looking-glass- Ritchie, J. Richardson, F. and Ritchie, J. ware- Smith, H. St. Martin's-lane, woollen-draper. Staff, E. and Winson, W. Staff, Norwich, brickmakers. (Bignold and Co. and Holme and Co. Staff, H. A. Norwich, soap-manufacturer. (Unthank and Foster, and Lythgoe. Alder and Co. Liverpool. Barnett, J. jun. West Smithfield. Bennett, W. Laurence Pount- Bennett, S. Bristol. Benson, J. R. Artillery-place, Betty, W. S. Sculcoates, Yorksh. Boydell, J. Bethnall-green. Brown, W.Sutton-at-Hone. Brumfit, T. Bradford, Yorkshire. Burgess, H. and Hubbard, J. Burn, J. Lothbury. Staff, C. and Staff, W. W. Cheapside, bombazine manufacturers. (Goodwin, and Abbott. Staples, G. C. Halifax, woolstapler. (Wiglesworth. Temple, N. Fleet-street, wine and spirit merchant. (Bartlett and Co. Tippetts, E. and Gothen, E. Basinghall-street, factors. (Pullen and Son, and Brutton. Todd, S. Southamptou, mercer, &c. (Browne, and Caught. Townsend, J. Honiton, Devon, and Brooke G. Whimple, bankers. (Luxinoore and Flood, and Mules. Turner, G. Liverpool, merchant. (Taylor & Roscoe. Warner, R. Huntingdon, iron-monger. (Maule, and Egan, and Waterman. Warner, J. late of Garforth, Yorkshire, maltster. (Battye and Pearson. Warner, R. Garforth, Yorkshire, chapman. (Par ker, and Wiglesworth. Whatley, T. Batcombe, shop-keeper. (Dyne. Whitehead, J. Hanley, merchant. (Tomlinson, and Wright. Wild, W. Sheffield, merchant. (Blacklocke, and Wildman, J. Fenchurch-street, merchant. (Le Williams, S. Bristol, apothecary. (Poole and Co. DIVIDENDS. Fraser, A. Norfolk-street. square. Garton, S. Cheapside. Hammon, E. Threadneedle-st. Campbell, D. and Co. Old Jewry. Leeson, G. Cheapside. Cary, J. Fleet-street. Canby, W. Leeds. Clarke, H. Buckden, Huntingdon. Cornwell, J. Kirton-Fen. Dubois, J. & F. Alderman's Walk. Durham, W.Oxnead, Norfolk. Force, J-Wimborne, Minster. Lent, W. Bridlington. Newman, J. M. Broomsgrove. shire. Parkinson, T. and R. Preston. Parsons, G. Liverpool Pinke ton, T. Nuneaton, War- Price, R. Tewkesbury. Robinson and Co. Manchester. wickshire. Sharples and Daulby, Liverpool. Howden, Yorkshire. Stodart, R. and M. Strand. Thurkle, G.M. New street square, Tidy, M. Southgate. Vice, J. Blackfriars. Watts and Buch, Bristol. Wakefield. Wood, S. Bolton, Lancashire. POLITCAL POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN DECEMBER. GREAT BRITAIN. OME accessions to ministerial SOM power have taken place, and come cold-blooded cyphers have retired, or are about to retire. The Marquess Wellesley is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; the Duke of Montrose, Lord Chamberlain; the Marquess Conyngham, Lord Steward; and the Duke of Dorset, Master of the Horse. The Grenville party are also to receive appointments; but the arrangement which most gratifies the public is the substitution of Mr. Peele for Lord Sidmouth as Home Secretary. A change in this department was devoutly to be wished, as in the liberal and magnanimous performance of its duties depends so much of the happiness of the people. The following account of the Monies assessed and levied in England and Wales, for the relief of the Poor, will prove the state of pauperism to which high rents and taxes are driving the mass of the people. Sums expended for relief of Poor £689,971 £730,135 1,912,241 4,077,891 6,656,105 1813-14............ 8,388,974 6,294,584 1814-15...... 7,457,676 1815-16...... 6,937,425 5,418,845 7,890,148 5,724,506 7,329,594 The following are the amounts expended for the maintenance of the Poor in each county. Year Counties. Ending 25th Oxford £. s. 143,230 9 191,887 11 Berks........ 123,280 1 Southampton 229,566 12 March, 1820. Rutland ENGLAND. £. s. Salop Bedford..... 73,465 12 Somerset Buckingham 133,163 16 Stafford Cambridge... 91,163 10 Suffolk Surrey Chester..... 121,169 16 Derby Devon 103,764 249,968 I Dorset 104,825 7 153,132 7 245,076 8 277,271 10 Sussex 286,066 11 Warwick 181,984 18 Westmorland 29,412 9 Wilts 188,808 12 Worcester 107,260 17 E. R. 105,867 19 312,087 14 York- N. R. 91,666 14 Gloucester 182,791 1 W.R.346,814 81,108 3 Hereford WALES. Hertford 100,667 9 Anglesea Kent Lancaster 317,057 19 Carmarthen 394,619 6 Cardigan 14,836 19 The sufferings of the poor tenantry of Ireland have contributed to excite them to most frightful outrages. They assemble by night in the south western counties, and they rob and murder, or they burn the houses of all whom they consider as oppressors of the people. Every night increases their numbers and their victims. We have not heard of any concessions or commissions of enquiry with a view to cure the disease by destroying the causes; but a legal commission has been appointed to sit at Limerick to try the offenders, and subject them to the penalties of the law. Already four convicted murderers have expiated their crimes; and it is said that a hundred others remain for trial. The arrival of the Marquess Wellesley is, therefore, anxiously looked for, in the hope that he has full powers to apply his true Irish feelings to the grievances of his country. If our opinion reach him we conjure him to bear in mind that in allaying irritation, gentle means are the only specifics, and that "a spoonful of oil always goes further than a quart of vinegar." In our last we alluded briefly to one of the most savage massacres on record, and we now give place to the proceed35,942 9 ings relative to it, before the Coroner's inquest. 18,213 19 18,030 10 39,920 15 23,181 13 43,558 9 15,180 2 7,329,594 7 1,371,495 17 Marshal the Duke of Belluno, Peer of France, Minister Secretary of State for the Department of War. one or two o'clock, who told him that his brother's house was on fire; when he arrived there, the house was on fire, and the roof had fallen in. Witness, about the hour of nine o'clock that morning, went to the door and saw the bodies of several persons lying on the floor, who had been burnt to death. Saw the bodies of 16 persons taken out of the house that morning. John Mulcahy, of Ballywalter, farmer, deposed, that he knew the bodies of Patrick Mullally, Michael Mullally, and Catherine Mullally; saw them lying dead at the house of the deceased Edmond Shea, on the morning of the 20th instant. William Williams, of Gurtnapish, labourer, deposed, that on the night of Monday, the 19th instant, he got up to look after a pig; saw Edmond Shea's house on fire; went towards the house, but was afraid to go on in consequence of hearing several shots fired about the house. A man of the name of Phillip Dil lon fired a shot towards Shea's house, which was returned by one or two shots from persons about the house on fire, who shouted and desired Dillon to come on if he dared. Philip Dillon, of Gurtnapish, farmer, deposed, that William Williams called him out of bed on the night between the 19th and 20th inst. who told him that Edmond Shea's house was on fire. He desired Williams to call some neighbours; he then advanced towards Shea's house, which was in a blaze, and fired a shot, and called out, "Oh, you rascals," which was returned by two shots, and he was desired to advance if he dare. Heard several shots about Shea's house. The Jury found that Edmond Shea, Mary Shea, Edmond Shea, jun. Mary Shea, jun., Nicholas Shea, jun., William Shea, Margaret Shea, Michael Butler, Patrick Mullally, Michael Mullally, Catherine Mullally, Mary Shea, Margaret Power, and three men (labourers to us unknown,) were wilfully and maliciously burned to death, by some persons, to us unknown, setting fire to the dwellinghouse of Edmond Shea, the deceased, on the night between the 19th and 20th of November inst." FRANCE. The Moniteur of the 15th contains an ordinance of the King for the appoinment of a new administration, as follows: ROYAL ORDINANCE. Louis, by the grace of God, &c. We have ordered, and do order as follows: The Sieur Peyronnet, member of the Chamber of Deputies, is appointed Minister Secretary of State for the department of Justice and Keeper of the Seals. Viscount Montmorency, Peer of France, Minister Secretary of State for the depart. ment of Foreign Affairs. The Sieur Corbiere, member of the Chamber of Deputies, Minister Secretary of State for the Department of the Interior. The Marquis de Clermont Tonnere, Peer of France, Minister Secretary of State for the Department of the Marine. The Sieur de Villele, member of the Chamber of Deputies, Minister Secretary of State for the Department of Finance. Our Minister Secretary of State for the Department of our Household is charged with the execution of the present ordi nance. This event has occasioned great sen sation in France, and may lead to a more liberal system, but in regard to great principles of liberty, we ask cuI BONO? One benefit has, however, resulted. An insulting proposition of the late ministers, to continue the censorship 5 years longer, has been withdrawn. The new ministers have obtained an anticipation of one-fourth of the taxes, taken at 890 millions of francs, or 37 millions sterling. SPAIN. The presses under the insolent domination of legitimacy, having laboured incessantly to misrepresent the state of Spain, a committee of the Cortes on the 9th inst. reported on the state of the country as follows: The committee state, that they have carefully examined all the documents laid before them, have heard in several different sittings the secretaries of state and the deputies of the province of Cadiz, and have, from all these sources of information, drawn up a narrative of the events in question. They commence with the affairs of Cadiz-the appointment by his Majesty of the Marquis de la Reunion to the government of that city-the fermentation caused at Cadiz by this nomination -the petitions of the inhabitants to appoint another person, and the refusal of the Marquis to accept the office, which rendered it unnecessary for the king to revoke his choice, and his Majesty's nomination of the Baron d'Andilla. The committee then detail all the circumstances of the disobedience of the people of Cadiz to his Majesty's orders, in refusing to suffer the Baron d'Andilla to assume the govern ment of that city. The report then details the proceedings at Sevile, which immediately followed those of Cadiz, and were precisely of the same nature. The committee limits its report to the affairs of Cadiz and Seville, they being the only ones referred in the communica tion of the government to the Cortes, and regret that they cannot give a less afflicting picture of them, They observe, that the question |