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No more of the prize Spices, captured in the ships Pallas, Victerince, and Batavia, will 
be sold until September sale, 1808. 
And they do also declare, that they will give timely notice, what other goods they will 
put up at those sales. 
For several days past the Board of Trade has had several meetings with the Portuguese 
Ambassador for the regulation of a reciprocal commerce between this country and the 
Brazils, until a regular treaty is agreed on between the two governments, which will no 
doubt be communicated to our merchants without delay. The annual importation of 
Cotton frem the Brazils into Lisbon for the last three years has been from 100 to 140,000 
bags each year, and into Oporto has been about 20,000 bags a year, making together 
140,000 bags of cotton wool, of which about 70,000 bags were annually sent to France ; 
and the importation of this article into Liverpool alone in the last year, from the United 
States of America has been 145,756 bags, thereby exceeding the whole of the 
exportation of Cotton from the Brazils, 3,756 bags. We therefore submit to our readers 
the serious consideration of what a quantity ef the raw material is furnished by America 
for one of the most important branches of our manutacture, and what the consequence te 
our numerous manufacturers, if we are driven into a war with America. Whence then 
is the supply to be obtained? surely not fromthe Brazils, and what will become of the im- 
mense multitude of our population employed in the diiferent departments of the cotton trade, 
should American cotton be excluded from our market? - 
We seriously recommend our speculators to the Brazils, to be very careful in the first 
instance of the sort of goods they may send there, as the Buenos Ayres goods in general 
were very ill suited for the market of South -America; and consequently could not render 
the profitable sales, or good returns which otherwise might be expected. We think it 
necessary to apprize our readers that the weights, measures, and monies, of the Portuguese 
settlements in the Brazils are exactly the same as those of Portugal, which should likewise 
he attended to. All kinds of Russian goods have risen considerably in price, yet Russia 
will have stronger reasons to regret the loss of her commercial connection with us, than 
we shall with her; particularly af we can go again to the River Plata for tallow; and . 
as for the article of hemp, we can do no better than follow the sentiments of Lord 
Somerville at the meeting of the Smithfield club caitle-shew, by growing the article at 
home. Russia has ever drained us of cash from the large balance of trade in her favor. 
The market for West Iudia produce of every kind continues dull and in no demand, and 
the American trade is at this moment ina very uncertain state, yet we hope a favourable 
change will soon take place. 
COURSE OF EXCHANGE, 
Jan. 8 Jan, 12.) Jan: tos} Prices of Hops. 
Eo ESE ea Ta i alsa a LSS 
Hamburgh..j54 4 ....)54 4 ..14 4 - .|Baes—Kent, 51. to Ol, 6s. per cwt. 
NN et Nines ayes 5 | BSH? Rin te Vineland KY. Tani e- Malia (2. Haas eit | Sussex, 41. 16s. to 51. 103 per cwt. 
PUMIEESORR TS Fee VID. Gliese VOD. vas Essex, 41. 16s. to 51. 63. per cwt. 
Paris ......j/24 4 ....|24 4..|93 10 ..|Pockets.—Kent, 51. to 7]. per cwt. 
Beghorn, ..|403- i. 000 (492 2.2 40S 20s Sussex, 51. to 61. 10s. per ewt. 
Naples ....|42 ... 02.. |49....../49......]-——--—_ Farnham, 81]. to 10L. 10s. per cwt. 
ENOM fis ce (HOE as wes gi (FOL. 0s 45%... | : 
Lisbon ...../60 ....,-|60 ....|60 ....| The avevage price of Raw Sugar, ending 
COREG RIOD ee es 160. os aw tOO oom es [6th January, 1808, is 31s. Tid. per cwte 
Dublin .-ea202 oon. 5 LOT Sole: 104% ....jexclusive of duty. 
The following are the average Prices of Navigable Canal Shares, Dock Stock, Fire 
Office Shares, &c. in January, 1808, at the Office of Mr. Scott, No 98, New Bridee Street, 
Blackfriars, London :—5Statfordshire and Worcestershire Canal, at 630). per share, 
including the halt-yearly dividend to Christmas, of 20l. clear of property tax.—-Grand 
Junction, 901. to 91. ex-dividend.—Ashion and Oldham, 901. to 891.—-Ellesmere, 5h 
Grand Surrey, 45!.—Croydon, 521. 16s. to 551 —Kennet and Avon, 201. shares at 10s, 
preminm.—East India Dock Stock, at 1221. per cent.—London Dock, at 1101. ex-dividend, 
—West India Dock, shut-—Imperial Assurance, 10]. per cent, premium. 
‘The following are the average Prices of Canal Shares, &c. &c. at the Office of Messrs, 
Wolfe and Co. Shorter’s Court:--London Dock Stock, 110].—Kast India ditto, 123}. 
—West India ditto, 1451.—Commercial Dock Shares, 196!.—Grand Junction Canal, 91). 
Grand Surrey Canal, 45!.—imperial Fire Insurance, 111. premium.—Globe Fire and 
Life ditto, 1111.—Albion ditto ditto, Sl. premium.—Hope ditio ditto, 10s.—Rock Lite 
Assurance, ‘7s.—EHEast London Water Works, 170l.——West Middlesex ditto, 20]. premium. 
=-South London ditto, 551. premium. 
Thames Navigation Bonds sold for 981. each, including the Interest due from Christmas 
2807; or 100]. 10s. for such as the Interest has not been received for, since Midsummer 
fast. The Interest of 5 per cent. is regularly paid at Midsummer and Christmas without 
auy deduction for property tax, or other demand whatsoever. ae 
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