Prices of Consols. and Writs of Error, including those occupied in the consideration of causes, from the first day of this 1793 March session to the 6th day of July in 97 December.: 72} Average. 74 19 9 1794 to 1816, inclusive (23 years,)70 1 2 one average only reached 66 0 60 0 Six others .... 1817 March.... 6876 16 0 November.. 83 1818 March .... 782 September.. 74S 1819 March.... 73 November.. 68 1820 April...... 70 October.... 67 1821 April...... 72 October.... 78 1822 April...... 79 October.... 82 1823 April...... 732 October.... 83 } It appears by these averages that the extreme high prices of 97 and 83 have only been maintained for a short period, and that 80 may be considered a high price, as only three averages (from 1786 till 1824), have reached that price. In respect of the great advance of 1817 and 1824, it may be observed, the sudden reduction in the rate of interest of money operated at both periods as the principal cause. CALCULATION OF LONDON CONSUMPTION.-There are upwards of 6,000 acres of ground cultivated as gardens, within 12 miles of the metropolis, giving employment to 30,000 persons in winter, and three times that number in summer. There were sold in Smithfield market, in the year 1822, 149.885 beasts, 24,609 calves, 1,507,096 sheep, and 20,020 pigs. This does not, however, by any means, form the total consumed in London, as large quantities of meat in carcasses, particularly pork, are daily brought from the counties round the metropolis. The total value of the cattle sold in Smithfield is calculated at 8,500,000l.; it is supposed that a million a-year is expended in fruits and vegetables. The consumption of wheat amounts to a million of quarters annually; of which four fifths are supposed to be made into bread, being a consumption of 64 millions of quartern loaves every year in the metropolis alone. An advance of one farthing on the quartern loaf, forms an aggregate increase, in expense for this article alone, of upwards of 13,000l. per week. The annual consumption of butter in London amounts to about 11,000, and that of cheese to 13,000 tons. The money paid annually for milk is supposed to amount to 1,250,000l. The quantity of poultry annually consumed in London is supposed to cost between 70,000l. and 80,000l. That of game depends on the fruitfulness of the season. There is nothing, however, more surprising than the sale of rabbits. One salesman in Leadenhall-market, during a considerable portion of the year, is said to sell 14,000 rabbits weekly: he disposes of them, by employing between 150 and 300 men and women who hawk them through the streets. APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. Bedfordshire Berkshire SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1825. Buckinghamshire Cambridge and Huntingdon.. Cheshire Cornwall.. ... Derbyshire Gloucestershire Herefordshire Lancashire Samuel Bedford Edwards, of Arsley, esq. Sir C. E. Nightingale, of Kneesworth, bart. Northamptonshire Sir R. H. Gunning, of Horton, bart. Northumberland.. Nottinghamshire ...... .... ... .... Anthony Gregson, of Bowsden, esq. Sir Francis Desanges, of Aston-Rowant, knt. John Whitehall Dod, of Cloverley, esq. County of Southampton Henry P. Delmé, of Cams-Hall, esq. Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, of Great Barton, bart. Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somersetshire Staffordshire Breconshire James Henry Slater, of Newick-Park, esq. Caermarthenshire Cardiganshire Glamorganshire Radnorshire ...... SOUTH WALES. Henry Allen, of Oakfield, esq. Edward Price Lloyd, of Wernewydd, esq. G. Bowen, of Llwyn-y-gwair, esq. Thomas Meyrick, of Cefncock, esq. Montgomeryshire ... Phillip Morris, of Trehelig, esq. BIRTHS. JANUARY. BIRTHS. 1. The lady of Thomas Burch Western, esq. of Tattingstone-place, Suffolk, a son. 2. At Cheltenham, the lady of capt. James Scott, of his majesty's ship Harlequin, a daughter. 4. At Thurston, the lady of the rev. Edgar Rust, a son. At Chatham, the lady of lieut. Burgoyne, R. E. a daughter. 5. At Montagu-street, Montagusquare, the lady of Frederick Solly Flood, esq. a daughter. 6. At Spetchley, the lady of Robert Berkley, jun. esq. a son. 7. At Stackpole-court, lady Cawdor, a daughter. 8. At Hackney, the lady of lieut. John Lamb, R. Ñ. a son. 10. At Cambridge, the lady of David Charles Guthrie, esq. a son. 11. The lady of Andrew Spottiswoode, esq. of Bedford-square, a son. -At Castle Hill, Devon, lady Catharine Fellowes, a son. 12. At Woburn-place, Russellsquare, the lady of William John Sclater, esq. a son. 14. In Byranstone-square, the lady of George Bankes, esq. a daughter. 16. In Pall Mall, the lady of Hugh Hammersley, esq. a son. 17. The lady of T. R. Thelluson, esq. a daughter. 22. The lady of William Holborn, esq. of Grove cottage, Peckhamgrove, a daughter. 23. At the house of her father, the right hon. sir Henry Russel, bart. in Wimpole-street, the lady of Thomas Green, esq. a daughter. 25. At his house, Grosvenor-st. the lady of Dr. Drever, adaughter. 26. In Saville-row, the lady of the hon. and rev. Henry E. Bridge 27. The lady of Alexander Dobie, esq. a son. 29. At his house in Chapel-street, West, May-fair, the lady of Edward W. Jake, esq. a son. - The lady of Abraham Tozer, esq. a son. -In Belgrave-place, Mrs. Beresford Eyton, a son. 30. At Kensington, the lady of Thomas Robinson, esq. a daughter. 31. In Conduit-street, the lady of William Gilpin, esq. a son. At Hampstead, the lady of Edward Toller, jun. esq. a son. At Dulwich, the lady of Robert Warner, esq. a son. FEBRUARY. 1. At Bloomsbury-square, the lady of William Ward, esq. a daughter. - At Calais, the lady of Roderick Rickandes, esq. of Penglais, Aberystwith, a son. At his majesty's victualling yard, Deptford, the lady of James Marr Brydone, esq. a daughter. 2. At Brighton, the lady of J. Newton Wigney, esq. of Regencysquare, a daughter. 5. In Hertford-street, May-fair, the lady of sir G. F. Hampson, a daughter. 6. In Chancery-lane, "the lady of H. A. Merewether, esq. a son. 8. In Harley-street, the lady of R. W. Hall Dane, esq. a son. esq. The lady of James Winson, of Upper Bedford-pl., of a son. 10. In Portland-place, the lady of his excellency M. Hurtado, the envoy from Colombia for London, a son. 13. Mrs. Skinner, of Great Portland-street, a son. 14. The lady of Cuthbert Rippon, esq. of a son. 18. The lady of T. R. Kemp, esq. M. P. a daughter. 19. At Gloucester-place, the lady of George Simpson, jun. esq. a daughter. 20. At Conyngham Hall, near Knaresborough, the wife of Harrison, a daughter. BIRTHS. Dr. 20.At Bath, the wife of hon. Charles Clifford, a son. 22. At Burton Rectory, the wife of rev. George Davenport Whitehead, a son. In Great Cumberland-street, the wife of Thomas W. Coventry, of North Cray-place, Kent, a daughter. The wife of rev. Mr. Spring M. A. chaplain to the hon. East India company, a daughter. 25. At Spring Gardens, hon. Mrs. Agar Ellis, a son and heir. 28. At West Hill Lodge, the right hon. lady Henry Paulet, a son. 12. At Thoresby Park, Notts, countess Manvers, a son. 14. At Paris, lady Julia Manners Lockwood, a son and heir. 20. The lady of N. S. Chauncy, esq. a son. - The lady of Ambrose Weston, esq. of Guildford-street, Russellsquare, a son. 23. At Bath, the lady of the hon. Hugh Francis Manners Tollemache, a daughter. Ät Hoddesdon, Berks, the lady of P. C. Cazalet, esq. a daughter. 24. At Pudlicott House, Oxon, the lady of sir Simon Stuart, bart. a daughter. 25. At Haines Hill, the lady of capt. Garth, R. N. a daughter. 26. In Wimpole-street, Cavendishsquare, the lady of John Goldie, esq. a son. At Dessington Hall, Northumberland, the lady of Edward Collingwood, esq. a daughter. Montagu-sq., the lady of captain R. of The lady of Martin Manglis, esq. Herne Hill, Surrey, a son. esq. of Devonshire-place, a son. The lady of John Barclay, of Ralph Deane, esq. a son. 5. At Harperley Park, Durham, the lady of G. H. Wilkinson, esq. a son. W. P. Honywood, esq. M. P. a son. lady of Edmund Turton, esq. a son 7. At Brasted Park, Kent, the and heir. |