( 94 ) [Aug. 1, 



MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



CIKCE our laft Report certain intelligence has been received of the combined fquadron from 



Cadiz having arrived at Martinique, confiftiiip of fcven'.een fjil of the line, befides frigates, 

 •with a force on board of nearly i2,oco men. This formidable armament, having ihe whole 

 of our Weft India Ifland^ at their mercy, could not fail to aw,iken the utmoft alarm among our 

 merchants, and all Welt Ind'a produce immediately sdvaiiced. Sugars obtained a rife or 5s. 

 per cwt. ; and altliouph the news from Lord Nclfon his greatly quieted the minJs of the public 

 iorthe fafely of our iflancs, ftiU produce maintains a hi,^h price. This may be in pirt afcribcd 

 to the mode now adopted by t^e merchant, who, as he dors not piy the duty till fales are 

 effected, fiipplies the market only by feeding it daily. Hence rffincis, bv j,oint; conftanlly 

 into a I'jaie rcaiket, are compelled to buy at advanced rates, or futFir their boules to rcniain 

 unemployed. 



Premiums from the Weft Indie:, in the early part of ihe month, were at from twenty-five 

 to thirty guineas ler cent. ; trey are now done ^t ten guineas, to leturn five, if they arrive. 

 Jnluraiice to and fiom America has advanced coiifideiably, owing to the capture of Americans h- 

 Trench cruiiers, and the moie recent c.ipture by the Spaniards oj an American gun-boat, in ili^ 

 Wediierrane.in ; an aft of hoftility not to be accounted tor. 



Trade to America and the north of Europe is at this timebriflt;; but in almofl all other chan- 

 nels remaikjbly dead. The defalcation in the revenue, in one article alone (printed calicoes}, 

 "is greater than has been known at this feafon lor feveral years. 



The prices of Stock in our public funds have, within thefe tew days, flightly declined. They 

 w.re raiher lalling while we were uncertain of the deftinaiion ol the combined fleets. They 

 lofe upon the news that thofe fleets had fled from the Welt Indies, and that Lord Nclfon was in 

 jjurfuit of ihem. 'i he long delay of the expedleu news from his Lordfliip has ■iff)rdcd room tor 

 the Bi-ars 10 exert themlelves in the Slock- hxchange, and ihe prices ct Itock aie again lower. 

 On Thuvfday3 per Cents. Coniols were at 58|; 3 uer Cents Reduced 59V; Conlbls lor ^cciiunt, 

 ^Sj; Omnium at a premium of 4J; Lottery Tickets 18I. 19s. each; lixciicjucr Bills at is. 

 tlifcounc. 



The lr>ide of Ireland has been in a rapid train of improvement ever fince the Union. Durii.,' 

 the prefent year it continues to be peculi irly fucccfslul. The adls palled in the laft feflionof Pa; - 

 Jiamcnt, to increafe the bounty upon the pilchard liftiery, and to improve the harbour on the 

 North tide of the Hill of Howth, cannot but piove highly beneficial 10 it. 



beverol of the Greenland (hips have arrived at the port of Hull with very valuable cargoes. 

 Sixteen are already repined, laden with 249 tilh, yielding 1550 butts of blubber. From thu 

 lauft intelligence 01 tlie fuccefs of thole nat )ci arrived, it is conjectured that jooo ions of oil 

 will be furiiliied to the liniied Kingdoin by ihe port of Hull aloi.e, in t'e prefent year. The 

 coming in of the Greenland veflels, wiih nearly 70 fail from the Kaltic, has given an aftivity 

 to the trade of Hull which it has not experienced lor levera! months p.^.ft. 



By an Older of Council, dated the 4lh inltanf, the following articles arc allowed to be im- 

 ported until fiiither crdeis, viz. hides, leather, horns, lalliw, and wool, in foreign velTels, 

 upon payment of ihe fame duties to which ihol'c ai tides brought in Britifh bottoms arc liable. 



An oriler has been iflued by the Eiiiilli Government to our cruifeis, to luffer neutral tradeis 

 fcetween our ports and thofe ot the enemy without licenfe ; a mealure highly expedient at the 

 prefent juiifturc. 



Tiie lollowing is a lift of the commodiiie.', the fiee exportation and Importation of which has 

 been tolerated by the above-mentioned order: — 



Ex FOR rs. — Briiilh minufaituic- (not naval or mil'tiry ftorcs), grocery, alum, annatta, cof- 

 fee, cocoa, calicoes, copperas, drugs (not dying Jrugs), rhabara, fpiccs, fugar, pepper, tobacco, 

 Yitriol, elcphints' lectJi, pimento, cinnamon, nutmegs, cornelian (tone, nankeens, Eall India 

 kales, l-rtoifefhcll, cloves, red, green, and yellow earih, earthenware, indigo (not excecuuig 

 iive ton in one vrflel), wooilens, rum, and prize goods not p chibited to be exfiorted. 



l.MPOR 1 s — I'rom Holland. — Grain (if imp 'ruble accoiijing to the pr^vilions of ihe corn 

 lawi), failed fovifions oi ail forts (not ticin^ faked b-.-ef or poikj, oak b.iik, tiax, flax leed, clo- 

 ver and oiher feed, madder roots, fj led hides, and fkms, leather, lulhes, hoops, laccharum la- 

 turni, b.nilla, I'lnalt', yan, 1. ffron, butler, chrefe, qu lis, clii.kers, terrace, Geneva, vinegar, 

 white lead, oil, lurpentiiif, pitch, herap, bottles, wainfcot b.iards, raw materials, naval Itores, 

 lace, and French cauib icsaiid lawns. 



troni Hi jnce.— Grill) (.is above) falted prvifions of all forts (not being failed beef or pork), 

 "fe»ds, ( ftVon, rags, oak baik, lurfentnie, hrdcs honey, wax, fruit, rawmateiials, linfeed cake , 

 tailow, weld, wine, lace. Flench cambrics and liwns, vinegar, am-, brandy. 



Fiom Spain. --Cochineal, barilla, frui', orchdl.i weed, Sjsanifti wool, indigo, hides, (kins, 

 ftiumac, liquorice juice, le-.di, faftVon, lilk, fweec almonds, Cafti'.e iijap, raw materials, oak 

 bark, annileed, wine, coik, back lead, naval itores, vinegar, and brandy. 



The Goverr.or of |air.uica has, by a ,1'ioclaniation, renewed, tor ii>. months, the permiffiou 

 to import ftores, lumber, and provifions, into iliat ifland, in American and other iieutral vcirci- 



The prices ot gram, which have been, for lonie monlhs, high, and advancing, in all tl.' 

 c^untrie. of Ivnope, h.;ve lately had fome abat.-ment in Spain, in the -'\ullrian dominion, 

 torn, ai'.d ihe oilier hrft neccfVaries of lublirtrnce, are ftill deir. 



The King ol Sweden is formirg a nf w and ip.icious harbour at Helfingborg, which will afFoi 



iwu-h advantageous accommedalioi), that was exceedingly waiUcd, to our (hipping palfing up 



an^ ilown in the Baltic. . , n .• 



Noiwuhftanlir.' 



