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the Quantity of wheat & Seed that Came to Market on the 7th & the Scarcety of Ships to take it in lowerd the prices: Wheat to 3/6 a 4/ flaxceed 3/6 a 4/ & flour 13/ & had there been handy Vessells that Could have been loaded in two Days here, we Suppose Six of them would have got 18d sterl p bushell freight & we think there must have been upwards of 20,000 bushells of Wheat not Sold. the Brig that Carries this takes 400 hhds Seed to Belfast, and we think as near as we Can Guess, there will be 500 Shipped to Different ports in England for want of a Vessell for Ireland. we shall write you again & give you fuller information.

this is the last day for Shipping and tho Sunday the town is all busy, that is them that are backward in Loading there Vessells fore the[y] will not get Liberty to Ship a Bushell tomorrow.