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London, England, 1822-02-01 00:00:00

CaIIjfERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

A letter front Lisbon, dated Sanuaryl2, says—.o p0.,,7rz
Carino lately made a motion, which is supported by al: e..
ticans in the Cortes: its object is to declare the port br
free for Brazil productions, and to repeal all the Custom-11%,
regulations which embarrass the trade between Portugal
Portuguese America. Poi tugal would tit:mix-come the zer4.l
entrepot for our colonies."
Extract of a letter front Elvast, in Portugal, deed I ot .f.,
1822:—=s Having again rwessab lichee, myself her-, I a-n'
gagFd in collecting wools, arid now make At:twerp, Aix-1...(.;
pclle,
pclle, and Verviers, what Leeds and Huskier-LW were to!
before the tax was imposed in England on the importat;qr.
foreign wool. I have alr:ady sent large quantitiec of
have received back one considerable parcel .;fand it
advice of two much lair r shipments from Artwetp. 1h•
besides sold 152 hags of wool for cash, to an American, for
supply of their manufacturers."
Under date of Trieste, January 2, we :re ;thermal that
trade of that place was completely at :n toncet..encl
anew Austrian Tariff of Darius bring daily expected limn Vt.
Until its arrival, nterchat:t: were under the nece:sity of sea
ing their business.
An immense quantity uf sovereigns has hem lately sent r•
this country to Ireland. (Mr house ha. (oersted al: .:t
atolls-and per week fur the last four or five weeks.
(7ofree is acain 2.. dearer, and is now trore valuable ir. r•
land that) in any • :her part cf Europe. sugar 71• n is a •
dearer. Tallow has advanced to 51•. 6d. Hemp and 47.
main at the lute prices. Irish provisions are rather brtter

AGRICULTURAL MI.:I.:TING AT RI VT,
LYNN, NORFOLK.

Tuesday, a public dinner, at which near!;
hundred persons sat down together. was .21
King's Lynn, on the subject of Aglicultur.l
Mr. Coßuerr atten,tei in consequence 0!
invitation. After the nsnal toasts had beon d
Mr. Connr.TT addressed the Meeting at coil:der.
length, after which
The Cie A Ift M A N rose, and stated that it wa, to
purpose to meet together and hear the sour..le•z
vice, witliont doing scnefhing. It was therefore
he had prepared cert•iin Resolutions, whit)),
were agreed to, would be embodied a P•m;•._.
be presented to the House of Commons.--11
read the Resolutions, as follow
" 1. That the rise in the value of more;:, and the depite
in the price of agricultural produce, which has been cautrn
the Act commonly called Mr. Bill, have totally dtstr
the spirit of all contracts, and are so much enriching the
annuitai.t, pl..ceman, and pensioner, at the er.o,lise of tb!-
lord, the farmer, the tra&sman, and all the iab:ouring
that, tinle<s a change be -peedily adopted, a most awful cc
sion must he considered as the natural consequence.
" 2. That there appears to be every reason to suppesi
prices will sink n:ueh lower thin they now are ; but th.a.
if they should not, it is tvi.lent to us that the land, in ;
can yield no rent, seeing that the tates, rates, and tithes. .!
actually absorb all that is not absolutely necessary to be
the shape of wages fur the cultivation of the farm.
" 3. That we see no remedy other than that of a vet-,
reduction of the taxes ; see are convinced th.st this
sought to begin with the Army ; we can see no use
Army, unless to keep the People in awe, and to prevent
liamentary Reform; and seeing no prospect of an end t
calamities, but in a Reform of the Commons House of
liament, it is the duty of every man to endeavour to of
such Reform.

" 4. That a Petition, founded on these Resolutions, be si
and delivered to the County Members, that they may p:
the same to the House of Commons on as early a day as pos.

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The Resolutions being agreed to, the CHAIR:
then read a Petition, founded on the san.e, which
also adopted. The Petition was exposed for sigrf
during the evening, and upwards of 200 names
signed to it.

Thurs,'ay sennight, a Meeting of the F. rre:
the eastern division of the Isle of Ely was held a;
Lamb Inn, in Ely, to take into consideration tin
tressed state of agriculture. The Meeting .v.t
respectably attended, an•l Petitions to both Hoag
Parliament were agreed to and signed. A stater
was made to the Meeting by a Gentleman
Downham, near Ely, which forcibly shews the
pove; ished state of that part of the country. It
pears that, within the last month, a distress has
taken upon the Overseers of Downha fo7
County Rate ; the Collectors have been Exchecr
for the Assessed Taxes; a tithe audit has been
at which 9-lOths of the occupiers were defaultet
the Overseers have proceeded against 20 indivi.
for the poor-rates ; and some of the principal
piers in the parish have absconded.
On the evening of Sunday week, as three yt
Ladies of the hi! hest tespcctability %vete rev.:i
from evening Service at Sunderland Church—
streets were crowded at the time, the lamps lj
and the hours not later than eight)—just as the\
passed the Exchange, a fellow rushed out ofan ei
snatched a plume of feathers out of the hat o;
the young Ladies, and ran off. A brother of 0%
them pursued him, but he escaped in the crow
The Ladies proceeded on their way home, but
a little past the Bridge Inn, another idle bl.tekg
spiung from a cross street, and succeeded in te.
the feathers out of another hat. Se me
pursued, but this villain also escaped.

PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON.
French 5 per Cents. 87 20—Exchange 2.1 30.
Spanish 5 per Cents. 571—Prusiian 5 per Cent. Dom: r.i•
Danish Bondi 801—Neapolitan 5 per Cents. ex.
Columbian Bonds G 9.

MAILS THIS DAT.—ARR. net.
Dublin 1 O
Waterford 1 0
Guernsey and Jersey 0 2
Lisbon 0 2
Holland 0 1
New York • 0 0

at.
France co 0
Ilanttaurgh 0 6
Flanders 1 0
Jamaica 0 0
Gottenburgh • 1 :)
Leeward Islands 0 0

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