Star.
London, England, 1824-12-08 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARIt-LANE, fiEC. It.
The quantities of most sorts of Grain at market to-day ate tole-
ribly large. The Wheat trade continues very dull, and the prices
of Monday cannot be maintained, except for a few select samples.
Barley is also very heavy in sale and ratirr lower. Beans and Peas
are without alteration.. Oats find bat few buyers at Monday's prices.
Arrivals: English Wheat, 6,500 qrs. Barley, 4,600 qrs. 0at5,5,800
qrs. Irish Wheat, 1,200 qrs. Oats, 2,550 qrs. Flour, 10,800 sacks.
(PROM THE LCINDON PRICE CURRENT, DEC 7.)
COTTON.—The demand for Cotton was good last week, the
total sales amounting to about 5000 bales, at prices rather higher, viz.
1900 Egyptian - lOid. to 1011 per lb. duty paid.
600 Pernams - Hid. to 12d. per lb. in bond.
30 Paraiba. - lid.
120,1 Bengals - Sid. to 61d.
1000 Surats . 54d. to 61d.
100 Bowed% -
_ism Madras -61 d. to 60.
COFFEE.—There was only one inconsiderable pkblic sale of
Coffee last week, which went off heavily, but without any altera-
tion in the prices ; St. Domingo 58s. 6d. to 595. There were some
inquiries for coloury Jamaica, but leer actual sales were reported.
SUGAR--The demand for Muscovades during the last week
was rather limited: the strong Sugars were getting scarce, and fully
maintained the late prices; the soft grocery descriptions were of-
fered freely, and the late currency could scarcely be obtained.
HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW.—The sales of Tallow lately
have been considerable ; the prices are improving; the new yellow
candle Tallow 555. 6d. to 355. 9d.—Hemp is tether higher, but there
is little business doing. In Flax there is ne alter. rion.—At the cone
elusion of to-day's market, Tallow is retie r I. ~vy, on accouet of
the arrivals ; the nearest price is 355. 6t. sailers.
OlLS.—Greenland Oil remains without variation. as the specu-
lators do not evince any dieeesition to do leasietes, and the trade
purchase on a very limited tzale ; !tape and Liweed Oil are rather
higher, and the purchases repo: ed considerable.
RUM, BRANDY, and 110 LLANO& •—• Ihe Rum market
continues steady, but few purchases to any extent are reported;
Leewards, under proof, ls. 54.1. to Is. 4d.—The prices of Brandy
continue to improve, 3114 as the market gradually advances, a fall
cannot be anticipated. Since our last, the best marks housed have
advanced from 2s. l Id. to 3s. Id. the latter may now be considered
the market price; other descriptions In proportien.—ln Geneva
there are no sales lately reported.
SILK.—The prices of Silk are 6d. tb Is. lower, and very heavy
at the reduction.
IRISH PROVISIONS.—Beef and Pork are without altera•
tion.—liutters are 2s. to 4s. higher.
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COCOA. By public sale this forenoon, 123 bags Trinidad
Cocoa; good quality sold 745. to 84s.
TEA.—The Tra sale commenced last week at the India House;

Congous arc still selling, and appear to advance as the sale proceeds
the lowest price 24. 60. good 2s. 60. to 2s. ild. lioheas- sold
at 2s. 20. to 25.5/d. and are id. higher than the September sale.

BELZONI'S WILL.—TOE will ot Giovanni 8.:4 all was
proved in the Prerogative Court, in Doctors' Commons,
on the Ist insts It is dated at Fez, in the kingdom of
Morocco, May 20, 1823; and alter setting apart 2001.
for his wife exclusively, directs the remainder of his
property to be divided into thirds; one of st hich he be-
queaths his mother residing at Padua, his native city;
another to his wife, and the remaining one to his bro-
ther Daminico, also of Padua. As part of it, he reckons
the produce of the sale of the Egyptian tomb at pa, is,
and the various articles of antiquity there; the receipts
of the exhibition there; and his claim upon the u ustees
of the British Museum for the alabaster sarcophagus
discovered by him at Thebes; also two granite Sphinxes,
left at Bullock's Museum ; a ring oft dive diamonds
and a topaz, presented to hitn by the Emperor of Russia ;
a picture of a Silenus; and a marble Bacchante. The
sums produced from these ate directed to be dep..sited
in the hands of Messrs. Briggs, Brothers, and Co. 15,
America square, who are mentioned by the testator its
terms t.f confidence and respect ; as is also the Rev.
A. G. Browne, of Trinity College, Cambridge. The
former are created executors by the tenonr of the will,
but renounced the trust, which con,equently devolved
upon Mrs. Belzoni. The effects were swot n under 3001.
The ss ill was folded like a letter, and superscribed for
Messrs. Briggs and Co. with a direction to be opened at
the end of five years after the 20th of May, 1823, if no
intelligence-should be received from him or others th
he is living," tchich 1 hope I shall Le."

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