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in obſerving, that it was now proved beyond ä doubt, that we could now raiſe wool in England of the Spaniſh kind, as good as any that is uſually imported; and addreſſing himſelf to the wool-ſtaplers, added, that if. they would give an adequate price it might anſwer to the former(which it had not hitherto done) to cultivate the beſt kind of wool; and he learned, with much latisjaStion, that a Staffordſhire gentleman who had obtained ſome of his Majeſty*s Spaniih ſheep, bad raiſzd the wool in ſuch pertettion as to ſell it at 68. 6d, per Ib. He remarked, that without taking advantage of the occa- ſonal difäculty in obtaining Spaniſh wool, a modecate price for that article conlidered, South Down wool ought to produce at leaſt 25. 6d. per Ib. that 3 Few pence difference in the Ib, amounted to very little on a yard of cloth, and that it would ultimately anſwer beſt to the manufa&turer to give that Price, which would encourage the farmer to look to the quality rarher than to the quantity of the wool. None of theſe ſtatements were controverted. In the evening, a great deal of butineſs was done at advanced prices."Seve- ral lots of wool were ſold at 648. per todd of 32 Ibs. or 25 per Ib. and we hear Lord Shefheld ſold at 655. Bury St. Edmonds, August 1.

A Suffolk farmer thus writes:“ No man who wiſhes well to his country can ever deſire the price of corn to be lo hamefully high as it was in 1802 5 but at the ſame time I am thoroughly convinced that no one can grow corn for laſt years prices without abſolutely loing money, after paying the taxes and neceſlary expences, which, conſidering how intimately more or all other trades in the country are conneJed with the proſperity of“ the farmer, muſt In my judgment be impolitic, ſetting aſide the juſtice and propriety of every one living by his buſineſs."

On Tueſday the 14th inſtant, at a ſhow of gooſeberries, held at the houſe of Mr. Barber, Low ſtreet, Sunderland, the prizes were adjudged as follvws; Mr. Butterwick, firſt, with Watſon's Cranſtoun, meaſuring 38 inches. Mr. Dunn, ſecond, with Robinſon's Jackſon, meaſuring 32 inches; and Mr. Thomas Arlott, third, with the Green Walnut, mealuring 3 32-48 Inches.“|

Newcaßfile, Aug. 18. At the Lammas fair held here on Monday laſt, the Thow-of horſes was but ſmall, and good ones ſold high:' we have been Informed, that three of no very extraordinary breed brought 370l. The Mhew of cattle was alſo very ſmall, and the prices of fat oncs great, there being-only very few that could be ſaid to be fit for the knife. Lean ones, on<accgunt of the great quantity] of graſs, brought good prices, and had a very ready ſale. Pigs ſold very high, as high indeed, by the ſtone, as the

reſent price of bacon.|

Neaveaßile, Aug. 21. On Sunday laſt, ſome gooſeberries were pulled in a garden belonging to Mr. Allen, of Mill-head, near Ravenſworth, three of which meaſured four inches in circumference, and one of them weighed eight dwts, twelve grains. Any of the above, had they been preſented at the Bow laſt week at Sundertand, wauvld have carried off the prize.

At Morpeth, on the preceding Wedneſday, there was on!y a fhort ſupply of cattle, and not many heep, but a full market of lambs. Great demand, and fat ones met a ready ſale: Beef, 758. 6d. to 8s. 64. Mutton,- 75. 9d. to 35.34. per ſtone, ünking the offal. Wheat, 56s. to 6385. per quarter» Rye» 408- Oats, 265. vo 288. Peaſe, 425.

Average price of corn and grain per quarter from the dounties of Durham and: Northumberland, Aug. 41, 1804. Wheat; 5738- 19d. Ape, 343. 10d. Barley,« 275- Oat, 255. 34. Beans, 388. Peale, 395. 94%' Oatmeal, 175- per boll. 5

Extraordinary produce. In a garden at Great Broughton, riear Cocker mouth, a bean was accidentally plaroted in 23 bed of onions. It ſprung up, and a few days ago, 147 beans were gathered from it.

- Kn inhabitant of Aſtracan; in Aſiat;c Ruſßßa,; has made a very:valvable»