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MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
Burtrsp Trape AnD Manoracirvres.—Colonial produce, rum, sugar, coffee, and cots 
ton, are very dull in the market for Want of an opening to the continent. Sugars 
£¢]] from 69s, to SOs. per cwt. Jamaica'rum 6s: per gallon, coffee 100s. per cwt, and 
West India:catton weol from 17d. to 23d. per lb. 
A large fleet sailed a few days ago from Portsmouth for the West Indies, few of 
the ships completely loaded. Theirreturn with West India produce may be ex- 
pected about June or July next, at which time we hope the market here may. be more 
favourable than it is at present. ‘ 
_ Portucar,—The principal part of the produce of this country has already arrived. 
here, and the wines are of very inferior quality, owing to the want of brandies to! 
make them up, added to the present distracted state of the peasantry, who attended. 
formerly the vineyards, but now engaged in the warfare of the country. 
France.—Owing toethe recentfailures in Paris, Buwrdeaur, &c. the little commerce 
enjoyed by this country is at a total stand, and a general want.of confidence exists 
all over the continent, insomuch so, that bills ofthe most established banking-houses 
cannot be cashed or discounted withouta premium of § to 1 per cent. on the transac- 
tion, exclusive of a very heavy discount.—The burning system of all British manufac- 
tured goods is carried on with the greatest avidity, and. the spies and excisemen are 
the only people who benefit by this most unprecedented plan of Buonaparte’s, 
Spain.—The commerce of this country at present consist chiefly in their export of: 
sherry wine, fruit, and a few articles, the produce of their settlements. in, South 
America, the.latter of which now come direct to Great Britain, , 
Ivaty.—All the produce and manufactures of this country come to Britain with 
such,accumulated charges, that. little or nothing is done between the two countries, 
except in the article of raw silk, of which large quantities have lately. been imported, 
very far inferior in, quality to what we have formerly known it to be, and at very 
exorbitant prices, 
Wesr Inpics.—The markets in this part of the world want a general supply .of. 
provisions, such as Irish becf, pork, and butter, for the supply of the plantations. 
However, very large quantities of all those necessaries have lately been shipped off 
from Cork, Dublin, and Waterford, and no doubt will get to a good market. 
The returned West India bills from Londonand Liverpool, &c. have proved very 
injurious to the planters and factors there, being attended with.a loss of upwards of 
20 per cent. re-exchange, costs, &c. &c. Wesincerely hope fora stop to this de- 
tructiye trade between the two countries. ts 
Sours America.—Hitherto the markets here haye been glutted with all kinds of 
British coarse goods, which haye, been bartered with great disadvantage to our ad- 
venturers, and they now begin to find from experience, that no.goods will sell to 
_ advantage here but of the very first quality. Tvish linens, fit for shirtings, are in 
great demand, and yield a fair profit to the adventurer, as do all kinds of super 
fine printed calicoes, particularly of large showy patterns and of good. bright co- 
Jours. Metal pots, &c. well-chosen earthenware, and glass, meet a ready sale ; and, 
in fine, nothing answers this market but goods of all kinds superior in their quality. 
Norra Amertca,—The commerce with this country continnes steady, and the ex-— 
port of flax-seed has given new life to linen manufacture in the north of Ireland, 
where linens have fallen in price from 15 to 20 per cent, in consequence of the large 
’ supplies of this useful article. The seed of Boston, now nearly equal to that of 
Philadelphia, brings the same price in the Irish market, and is bought up, on Jand- 
ing, for ready money, A continuance of this commerce we wish long uninterrupted, 
being equally beneficial to both countries. 
We are concerned to observe, that the commercial failures continue to increase in 
ott and consequence, in spite of the long and increased discount of the Bank of 
England, 
The average Prices of Canal Property, Shares, &c. in January 1811, (to the 
24th) at the office of Mr. Scorr, New Bridge-street; and Messrs. Wore and Co. No. 
9. Change Alley, Cornhil!.—Trent and Mersey, or Grand Trunk Canal, 12601.— 
Birmingham, 1040!.— Coventry, 855!.— Swansea, dividend 81. per share.—Monmouth- 
shire, 1291. wiih 21. 10s. half year dividend.—Grand Junction, 2601.—Kennet and 
Avon, 421. to 43].—Rochdale, 521. 10s, 551.—West India Dock Stock, 16.—Lon-« 
‘den Dock, 1201, to 1281. 
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