The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-23 00:00:00

THE .MA ILK ETS.

CORN-EXCHANGE, Auo. 23.
The arrivals of most descriptions of Grain last week were
moderate. This morning there are only middling quantities
of all sorts of Grain fresh up. Prime dry samples of 'Wheat
are freely bought up at rather more money than last Monday,
but all other qualities still remain in a dull state. In Barley
there is very little business doing, and prices are unaltered.—
Beans sell heavily, and are rather lower. Pease of both kinds
are unaltered. The fraudulent London returns for the sixth
week being admitted, has had the effect of opening the ports
for a general importation of Foreign Oats : This has so stag-
nated the trade that very few sales of this article can be effbct-
ed, although altered at a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per qr. In the
Flour trade there is no variation.
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Ann:m.l,l,s or LAST WVEK—English Wheat, 704 ; Bar-
ley, 90; Malt, 815; Oats, 5,517; Beans, 715; Peas, 167;
Irish Oats, 1205 qrs. ; English Flour, 6153 sacks.
Wheat, lied (old)
-- White (old)
_ Red (new) . 40s 4113 Tick (new) 30s 332
Fine 411* 54a (old) A —!,l
--r--- Superfine 'Ws 82s Harrow (new) 34s 3es
White (new) ...45s 411 s —._ (old) —s —*
Fine sBa 58s Drank 24s 28s
Superfine —.Ns ros Oats, Feed l7ll 190
Ry- e
Ills 36s
Barley oils 301; Poland 198 21s
Fine 31s 33s ----Fine 22s 24s
—Superfine —s —s Potatoe 23s 24s
Malt 'los 56s
-- Fine 588 60s Scotch 28s 2ft

Pease, Grey 13s Xis
Rlaule llk 38s
White 15s 37s

Flour (per sack) Ms 61
Seconds 505 pot
North Country-45s Ms

-Boilers Lis 40*

Bran - -a -r-it

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE. OF GRAIN, FROM Tll2
Tt.rnxs RECEIVED IN TIIE IVEEK ENDING AIM. 14.
Wheat, 17s. 9d. ; Barley, 335. Od. ; Oats, 28s. 7d.; Rye.
395. 4d. ; Beans, 345. Id. ; Peas, 375. 3d.
urran•rrntA• AVERAGE, WHICH GOVERNS IMPORTATION.
Wheat, 59s 6d. ; Barley, 335. 11d. ; Oats, 271. 2d. ; Rye,
40s. 3d. ; Beans, 375. 4d. • Peas, 33e.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
August 18, 1824, is 295. 90. per cwt.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUG. 23.
The following is an accurate Report of the number* 4nisl
prices at Smithfield Market this morning:—:..
CATTLE Al' MAR Nl.'.
Beasts 2,09 1 Sheep and Lambs 24,800
Calves 250 1 Pigs
To sink the OW, per stone of Bth.
Beef is 6d to 4s Ott I Veal
Mutton Se 4d to 4s 6d I Pork 4s 04 to bs 04
Lamb Os Od to Os OIL
NAY AND STRAW, PER. LOAD.
flay l:3 Os to £5. fie I Clover - £4 Os to £6,4141
Straw £2 5s to £2 14s.

The first edition of•SitAKSPEAftETS hamlet,
printed by I. R. 1604, of which' no other COPY
has yet been discovered, was purchased by Mr.
K Estm.r. (on the dispersion of the library of Jost-Nr
ATSOp. Itt En, Esq• son of the author of Pi(k4 a
skilful annotator of STIAKSPEARE, and the Critical
Colleague of ItursoN), for 171. 6s. 6d. The late
GEORGE STEEVENS Was Mr. KEMIME'S COMpOtitOr
for this unique copy, and immediately On the
,11t,
being knocked down to Mr. cstaLi, GEORGII
STEEVENS, full of chagrin and disappointment,
turned round to the writer of this paragraph, and
Said he bad a copy of this edition, for which hit
friend Is SAG ItEco had given only three shillings.
This assertion turned out tube, a falsehood. The
quarto copies of Hamlet, in S•rcEvitNs's collection,
are dated 1611 and 1637. Knint,E's Hamlet is
tIOW in the possession of the Duke of DEN

o'clockpn rDtE,klAl'rii IIII:rillt
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MIRE.
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NFP:Orljartist7ACo fbout
P eTI-117elie'rue7 iv persuasion, went
into the shop of Mr. Hogg, broker, of Stanhope-
street, Clare-market, and having been in aconver-
sation for, few minutes, drOpped dow'n and ex-
pired. The deceased wits .an extreme infiron
old man, and very highly respected by 10
brethren, a very great number of whom were
shortly on the spot. His name 'wined ont to be
Layton. An Inquest will 'sit on the body this
afternoon. '.
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