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MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



SUGAR. About 3,500 hogsheads and tierces of Muscovadoes were sold last week, and 

 generally at a reduction of 1 s. per cwt., making the fall of market prices, since the sugar 

 duty question, from 2s. to 3s. ; so that the planter derives no benefit from the late low 

 average. Brown Muscovadoe Sugar, 26s. 9f d. per cwt. ; 1,000 hogsheads Barbadoes sold 

 at full prices ; the market was nearly cleared of goods, the wholesale grocers having taken 

 off parcels of fine, suitable for home consumption, at generally an advance of 2s. ; the ship, 

 pers evince a desire of shipping, previously to the 5th of September, the day when the 

 reduced bounty takes place. The purchases of foreign, last week, were about 300 chests ; 

 Pernams at rather lower rates, 26s. to 28s. The fall in East India sugar since the duty 

 is about 3s. per cwt. ; the Mauritius is fallen lately 3s. the sale at the India House, 

 15,000 bags ; white Bengal sold freely, making a fall of 3s. in market prices since the 

 alteration of the duty ; white ordinary, 27s. to 30s. ; good, 31s. to 34s. ; fine, 35s. to 

 37s. 565 bags ; China sugar, fine white, 30s. to 33s. 6d. ; yellow, 26s. 6d. to 29s 307 

 bags ; Siam, 22s. 6d. to 26s. There are few West India molasses left at market ; the last 

 parcel sold at 21s. The new bounty begins the 5th of September. 



COFFEE. Nearly 2,000 casks of Jamaica were sold at full market prices, except a few 

 lots of iine, ordinary, and middling, which sold rather lower. The Demerara Berbice 

 coffee went off heavily, at rather lower prices ; Dominica, 1 s. lower ; good old Brazil, 

 32s. Gd. By public sale, 226 casks ; British plantation, 621 bags. East India ? Java, 

 and Sumatra sold rather lower 26s. 6d. to 29s. 6d. Jamaica, Is. higher. 



RUM, BRANDY, HOLLANDS. There have been considerable parcels of Jamaica rum 

 sold ; fine about 3s. 2d., and favourite marks at 3s. 6d. Lewards are at rather lower 

 prices ; proofs to 5 over, Is. 9d. Brandy is held with much firmness. Geneva is unva- 

 ried. Sales of Brandy are reported parcels bought at 3s. 3d. ; excellent at 3s. 4d. to 

 3s. 5d. 



HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW. The prices have advanced 3d. to 6d. per cwt. ; the 

 market is firm at the improvement. Hemp is rather lower ; Flax is unvaried. Exchange, 

 10. 15. 32. Tallow, 96 to 96|. 



Course of Foreign Exchange Amsterdam, 12. 7 Rotterdam, 12. 7 Antwerp, 



12. 6 Hamburgh, 14. Paris, 25. 90 Bordeaux, 25. 90 Berlin, Frankfort, 



on-the-Main, 154. Petersburg, 10| Vienna, 10. 14 Madrid, 36. Cadiz, 



36. 0| Bilboa, 36. 0. Barcelona, 36. SeviUe, 36. Gibraltar, 41. 0| 



Leghorn, 48. Genoa, 25. 75 Venice, 47. 0| Malta, 48. 0| Naples, 39. Of. 

 Palermo, 119. Lisbon, 44. Oporto, 44. Rio Janeiro, 22. Bahia,29.0. 

 Dublin, 1. Oi Cork, 1. 0|. 



Bullion per Oz Portugal Gold in Coin, 0. Os. Od Foreign Gold in Bars, 



3- 17s. 9d New Doubloons, 0. Os. Od. New Dollars, 0. 4s. 9^d. Silver in Bars 



(standard), 0. 4s. llfd. 



Premiums on Shares and Canals, and Joint Stock Companies, at the Office of 

 WOLFE, Brothers, 23, Change Alley, CornhilL Birmingham CANAL, (| sh.) 291/. 



Coventry, 8501 Ellesmere and Chester, 90/. Grand Junction, 286|/. Kennet and Avon, 



29/ Leeds and Liverpool, 4621 Oxford, 635^. Regent's, 23^. Trent and Mersey, 



(J sh.), 760^. Warwick and Birmingham, 284/._London DOCKS (Stock), 79^ West 

 India (Stock), 1921. East London WATERWORKS, 1251 Grand Junction, 561. 

 West Middlesex, 801. Alliance British and Foreign INSURANCE, 10/. Globe, 159/. 



Guardian, 28/. Hope Life, 1\L Imperial Fire, 122/. GAS-LIGHT Westminster 



chartered Company, 59/. City, 19 1/. British, 1^ dis Leeds, 1951. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BANKRUPTCIES, 



Announced from June 23d, to July 23d, 1830, in the London Gazette. 



BANKRUPTCIES SUPER- Buckley, j., Ashton-under-Lyne, court; Crickmay, Great Yar. 



gingham-manufacturer month 



BANKRUPTCIES. ', 



Ayle?, T., Weyrr.outh, ship-builder . rTV.* TVT *V, IftO 1 croft, Liverpool 



Pedrorena, M. de, South-street, Fins- [ 1 ms IVlOntn, 1UO. J Ainley, F., Doncaster, corn-factor . 



bury, merchant Solicitors' JVames are in (Lever, Gray's-inn; Fisher, Don- 



Spurrier, c., P. Johff, and w. j. Parenthesis caster 



Spurrier, Poo'e, merchants Amos, T., Lemon-street, hat-maker. 



Cooper, H., Threadnetdle-street, mr- Athcw, B., Little Farnbam, grocer. (Reynolds, Kingsland-road 



chant IDawson and Co., New Boswell- Brown, J. T., Busb-jane, wine-mer- 



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