Liverpool, Dec. 27-The alarm, touching public confidence, yet existing in the country districts, produced an indescribable langour in the Corn trade throughout the past week; and at this day's market there was a very limited demand from necessitous buyers only, for Wheats, although at a decline of su. per 70 lbs. Flour was heavy sale, and 1s. per sack lower. Malt and Malting Barley, 3d. per bushel. Beans and Pease were each cheaper, the former 2s. per quarter, as were Oats, 1d. to 2d. per 45 lbs.

Imported into Liverpool, from the 20th to 26th December, 1825, inclusive:-Wheat, 4,875; Barley, 1,083; Oats, 2,456; Malt, 149; Beans, 250; and Pease, 155 quarters. Flour, 4,456 sacks, per 280 lbs. Oatmeal, 2,052 packs, per 240 lbs.

Norwich, Dec. 31.-Our supply of Wheat to-day was short, scarcely equal to the demand.-Red Wheat sold from 54s. to 58s.; White, to 61s.; The supply of Barley also, was not large for the season; prices 28s. to 37s.; Oats, 22s. to 28s.; Beans, 37s. to 40s.; Pease, 38s, to 41s.; Boilers to 58s. per qr.; and Flour, from 47s. to 48s. per sack.

Bristol, Dec. 31.-The sales of Corn, &c. at this place are very limited. Supplies of Barley good. Other kinds of Grain moderate. Present prices are about as follow:-Wheat, from 5s. 9d. to 88. 9d.; Barley, 3s. 3d. to 5s, 8d; Oats, 2s. 3d. to 3s. 14d.; Beans, Ss. 6d. to 3s. 9d.; and Malt, 5s. 9d. to 8s. 3d. per bushel. Flour, Seconds, 32s. to 51s. per bag.

Ipswich, Dec. $1.-Our supply of Corn to-day was not very good, and prices fully equal to last week, as follow:-Wheat, 56s. to 65s.; Barley, 30s. to 38s.; Beans, 38s. to 40s.; and Pease, 42s. per qr.

Wisbech, Dec. 31-There was a small show of Grain to-day, and such as was sold made about last week's prices-Red Wheat, 50s. to 56s.; White ditto, 58s. to 60s.; Oats, 22s. to 26s.; Beans, 36s. to 40s., per qr.; and Grinding Barley, 12d. per stone.

Wakefield, Dec. 30.-The arrivals of Grain this week are more moderate than of late. At this season of the year, we have generally holiday markets; and the continued depression of the trade adds to the effect. Wheat must be noted 2s. to 3s. per qr. lower; and Barley sells very slowly, at a decline of 1s. to 2s. per qr. Oats and Shelling are also cheaper, and scarcely any inquiry for other articles.

Mallon, Dec. 31.-Our Market for Grain continues in the same dull state it has been for some weeks past.-Wheat, 64s. to 68s. per qr., five stone per bushel; Barley, 36s. to 38s. 6d. per qr., to weigh 32 stone; Oats, 12d. to 12 d. per stone.

Manchester,,Dec. 31.-We have again to notice a very dull market, and prices tending downwards, say Wheat 4d. to 6d., and Oats 2d. to 3d. per bushel lower. Malt and Flour may be noted 1s. to es. lower; but in fact, so little business has been done that prices can hardly be quoted.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Dec. 51.-We had a good supply of Wheat from the farmers, and several vessels in from the North this morning, which, with the general dullness in the trade, caused a decline of 2s. per quarter from the prices of last week. Barley, both new and old, is 2s. per quarter cheaper, and very dull sale at that decline. We continue to get good supplies of Oats from the farmers, and prices to-day were as nearly as possible the same as last week,

COUNTRY CATTLE AND MEAT MARKETS, &c.

Norwich Castle Meadow, Dec. 31.-Our market was very indifferently supplied with all kinds of Stock to-day; what few fat Beasts we had, sold at 8s. 6d. per stone of 14 lbs. Lean Scots, 4s. to 4s. 6d, when fat, those forward to 5s. 6d. Very few Short Horns shown, and those remained unsold. Horncastle, Dec. 31.-Beef, 7s. to 8s. per stone of 14 lbs.; Mutton, 6d. to 7d.; Pork, 6d. to 71⁄2d.; and Veal, 8d. to 9d. per lb.

Bristol, Dec. 29.-Beef from 6d. to 7d.; Mutton, 6d. to 64d.; and Pork, 54d. to 6d. per lb. sinking offal.

Manchester, Dec. 28.-We have this day a tolerable supply of Cattle, which meet a heavy sale, at a reduction in prices. In Sheep we had a small supply, and the demand limited, which went off at prices nearly as the last week.-Beef, 54d. to 63d.; Mutton, 6d. to 74d.; Veal, 7d. to 31d.; and Pork, 54d. to 64d. per lb., sinking offal,

Morpeth Market, on Wednesday, was well supplied with both Cattle and Sheep: there being few buyers, they met with dull sale: prices much the same. Beef, from 6s. Sd. to 7s. 6d.; and Mutton, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per stone, sinking offal.

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, sold in the Maritime Counties of England and Wales, for the Week ended December 24, 1825.

• The London Average is always that of the Weck preceding.

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"This Bill (Mr. Peel's) was grounded on concurrent Reports of both "Houses; it was passed by unanimous votes of both Houses; it was, at the *close of the Session, a subject of high eulogium in the Speaker's Speech to "the Regent, and in the Regent's Speech to the two Houses: now, then, I, "William Cobbett, assert, that, to carry this Bill into effect is impossible; and "I say, that, if this Bill be carried into full effect, I will give Castlereagh *leave to lay me on a Gridiron and broil me alive, while Sidmouth may stir "the coals, and Canning stand by and laugh at my groans."-Taken from Cobbett's Register, written at North Hempstead, Long Island, on the 24th of September, 1819, and published in England in November, 1819.

The Small-Note Bill, passed in 1822, partly repealed Peel's Bill, before the day for its going into full effect: and, in December 1825, the one poundi notes of the Bank of England came out again. So that here was the above prophecy completely fulfilled.

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LECTURES

LECTURE I.

On the injuries inflicted on the People by the means of Paper-Money

Reigate, Jan. 6th, 1826.

your Association was first pro

GENTLEMEN,

posed; that I subscribed five so

1. SOME of you will recollect, vereigns towards its establishment; that I was present at the CROWN that I expressly declared, that I and ANCHOR public-house, when would never meddle in the ma

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nagement of the affairs of the As

2. In spite of this warning, so

purpose; and I almost wonder, that you have not been called together to sign a declaration to

sociation; that I related to you lemn as it was, the intriguers have, how the "LITERARY FUND," I see, pretty nearly effected their instituted by the late Mr. DAVID WILLIAMS for the purpose of giving pecuniary aid to authors who had suffered in their circum-support, even at the expense of stances by writing in favour of starvation to yourselves and famipublic liberty; you will recollect lies, the " respectable" issuers of that I related to you how this af-paper-money. All in good time; fair, as soon as it was found to be for, occasions for calling on you likely to have extensive effect, was for this purpose may not be far got hold of by the THING;

and that, at last, poor DAVID WALLIAMS had, before he died, the cruel mortification to hear, at the Annual Meetings of this Society,

a thing they called an "Ode,"

distant. Fall into this Scotch, Jew, Quaker trap too you may; it will do your deceivers no good, indeed; but you shall fall into it with both your eyes open, or you shall shut those eyes up for the

recited by a pensioned author, express purpose of securing the FITZGERALD, in praise, not of fall into that trap.

'public liberty," but in praise of 3. You have been " lectured" its most bitter foes, and in abuse of every thing tending to restore that liberty to England. You recollect this, and also, that I con

cluded with exhorting you not to

suffer a little knot of political in

triguers to obtain a mastership

on the qualities and powers of gas, of steam, of water, of wind, and of various other elements, simple and compound; but, your Scotch lecturers have taken special care never to advert to the qualities and powers of paper

amongst you, and then to hand you money, a thing, however, which

over to the THING.

affects you, and every other crea

ture in the community, more closely state like this; and thousands

upon thousands in a great deal worse state: old men, old women, widows, orphans, who have, in the twinkling of an eye, been reduced from competence to pauperism; ¡

than you can be affected by any other thing on earth; because it immediately relates to the means which are absolutely necessary to sustain you in existence. I will endeavour to supply this deficien- and solely through the means of cy; and let me beg of you, not to the accursed paper - money; a believe Dr. BIRKBECK and Mr. curse, which, like the pestilence, BROUGHAM, if they should tell is no respecter of persons; it. you, that you have nothing to do spares neither high nor low; dewith paper-money, while, as they lusion marches in its front, and say, you are deeply interested in general destruction comes close "the theory of the winds" and in upon its heels. the "procreative faculties docks, thistles, cockle and nettles. There is a man now working for me, who has a SAFFRON-WALDEN London; and of about a hundred bank note, which he had, poor (out of eight hundred,) in the

5. You have seen, and, indeed, felt, the effects of the stoppage of only six banks (out of seventy), in

fellow, saved to pay his rent with! country.

seen and

What would you have

felt, if the whole had

stopped! This was not only possible; but this is what must have taken place, if one pound notes

What is this poor man to do? What is the "theory of the winds"; what are the qualities and powers of gas and steam and water and wind to him, compared with the from the Bank, and other meaqualities and powers of paper-sures the most extraordinary, had money? England, once happy not been resorted to. If it had and plentiful England, contains, taken place, there would, at the at this moment, hundreds of thou-end of four days, have been, sands of men and women in a within five miles of ST. PAUL'S,