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ate rather lower, in consequence of speculators taking the opportunity of redlizing a 
profit. The quantity put up to sale this week consisted of 390 casks and 500 bags Plan- 
tation, and 2,230 bags Foreign. Large parcels of Foreign Coffee are now arriving: it 
will require considerable orders to maintain present currency ; however the —— 
opinion is in favour of the article. 
Tea.—Bohea and common Congous have advanced 3d. per Ib. on last sale’s prices, 
the finer sorts of Congous are also 3d. to ld. per Ib. higher, Twankays have advanced 
2d. to 3d., and Hyson 1d. per Ib. 
Spirits. ~The market for Rum continues improying, and prices are Id. per gal. higher 
than our quotation: 
Oil.—The market continues brisk at improved prices. Sperm Oil commands an ad- 
vance of £2°per tun, on the spot £46s., and to arrive much has been bought by the 
trade at £38 to £45. -Linseed Qil looking up and much business doing for present 
and future delivery. Rape Oil in good demand at quotations. Oil Turpentine scarce 
70s. per ewt. paid. 
Provisions. —The influx of Irish Butter the last few weeks has been. so. great as to 
cause a serious depression in the market, and the prices may be considered as nominal. 
Beef and Pork also lower. 
Tobacco.—The speculation noticed in our last continues unabated, upwards of 8,000 
hhds. are reported to have changed hands at prices ld. to 13d. per Ib. higher, the trade 
have come into the market and are buying at the advanced rates, thereby giving additional 
confidence to speculators, 
Commercial affairs have lately undergone a very great change, and most of the staple 
articles have advanced considerably ; ; the transactions have beer on an extensive scale, 
and the rise in the prices of most descriptions of goods has been so sudden, as to leave 
large profits in the hands of the original purchasers, who have in some instances re-pur- 
chased the same ‘goods, and sold again at a premium. The articles that are more parti- 
culatly the object of speculation, are Indigo, Nutmegs, Tobacco, Camphor, Cloves, Cin- 
namon, Pepper, Mace, Ginger, Coffee, Saltpetre, Turmeric, Logwood, and Rice; whilst 
Sugar, Cotton Wool, Rum, Sheep’s Wool, Galls, and Whale Oil, are equally sought 
after, though less influenced by speculative purchases, and consequently the rise in the 
prices, although great, has not been so unexpected. There are various reasons assigned 
for this improved aspectof the markets; but the main cause may bé¢ traced ‘to the low 
prices of last year, and general increased consumption, which greatly reduced the stocks. 
Articles that have laid dormant for years, without the least activity emg displayed in 
them by the purchaser, are now bought up’ with great avidity. ‘The following is a state- 
ment of the prices of the articles alluded to above, in order to shew the great advance since 
the beginning of the year. 
’ Prices at the beginning of the Year. Present Price. 
Indigo ...... REE cae ao 6s. to 15s. 6s. 6d. to 16s. 
Nutmegs .a....- tee eseseene 5s. 3d. to 5s, Gd. 6s. 6d. to 7s. 
SEO DAGUD hits systole o/~ vale viol. + ae lie 2d. to 7d, 3d. to 73d. 
Camphire-...... +... bs eta te £7 10s. to £8 5s £9 ICs. to £10 10s. 
CMMaMON ooo. oe $5 oe oe Hot 4s. 9d. to 7s: | 4s. Sd. to 7s. 6d. 
Pepper go. oo eee ness. segints |e to Ged, 6d. to 8d. 
GCIOVER,» <0 4: 2s se: plaints pslactesd 2s. 5d. to 3s, 33. Id. to 3s. 3d, 
Mace\..c.... ee sieins o's/\ptiphpegsostO OSneiri Ws. to Ts. Od. 
East India Ginger | EPI? Sbeacte 245, to Gas. 45s. to 75s. 
Galiae jar. wase eee cisire bs me 50s. to 100s. | 36s to 118s. 
Saltpetre. ......-..,-,- mur 21s. to 23s. 25s. 6d. to 30s. 
TUILMETIC » + orescence cde tere 22s. to 45s. 36s. to: 63s. - 
groeqvood opps es bets “yutice sel). liigedt tO oe NOs, £9 9s. to £10 10s. 
Sugar... .-..-s orto: SEBR 52s. to 70s. .-[ - 58s. to-73s: 
Cotton Wool.. pices Syatin Se 51d, to 7d. . 53d. to Tad. 
Rum...... Is. 10d. to 2s, 2d. 2s. to 2s,. 2d. 
Sheep’s Wool’ advanced ‘about 3d. per Ib. . 
Whale Oil........---- hae £25. £30. 
ce: of aciien, — Amsterdam, 12. 3.—Hamburgh, 37. 1.—Paris, 25.45, i. 
twerp,. — Rotterdam, 12. 4—Bourdeaux, 25.45.—Vienna, 10. 4.— Madrid, 36— 
Cadiz, 353 Gibraltar, 31.—Leghorn, 483— Genoa, 443--Naples, 40-—Lisbou, 5l— 
Oporto, 514-—Dublin, 94—Cork, 93. 
The 3 per\Cent.’ Reduced, 943; 3 per Cent. iPonsols, 953; 4 per Cent. 1822, 1053 
to106; New 3% per Cents., 1013; ; Bank Stock, 236 to 237. 
Sat in. bars, $l. 17s.'9d. ber 0% New doubloons, Slw18s. —Silver i in bars, standard, ; 
5s. Od. 
Premiums on. Shares and. ‘Canals, and: Tbigt Stock: Companies ;' at the Office of iibotths 
and Wotrr,—Barnsley pig emia eaaedinns, ees per 2251, Ellesmere and 
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