1805. ] Monthly Commercial Report. 631 
rect from Great Britain, or any port or haven thereunto belonging, thall, together with eves 
vy article of her cargo, be confifcated.—4. A prohibition of all importation of Britith manne 
faéture, from any place and in any manner foever, under penalty of the articles being 
confifcated, and a fine of ro0o guilders. All indire&t importation fhall be punithed corporally, 
and, if the cafe requires ic, capitally. -The. term. Britith manufaCture comprifes coal and 
train oil.——s. The captains, paficngers, and crew are prohibited from taking with them, 
letters, packets, or any thing whatever intended for any port or haven in Great Britain, un- 
der the penalty of a fine of sooo guilders, and one year’s confinement, &c. 
Daring the former part of this month our funds, partaking of the general dulnefs, main- 
tained an undeviating price of 58 a 58$—+3 per cents. reduced, and omnium 3 @ 3% per cent. 
premium. For the laft fourteen days the uncertain miffions of M. Novoazilzoff, and the rus 
mours of important changes in our adminiftration have produced a fmall rife. Much omnium’. 
has been done at 42 premiume—3 per cents. reduced at 5$2, and 3 per cents. coniols at S05 
for the opening. Eghy : 
Oak bark has attained the enormous price of eight guineas per ton; a few years ago it was 
confidered dear at 2s. per cwt. ; 
The relative value of commodities at different periods forms an interefting obje& to th¢ 
fommercial obferver, and will be made an occafional fubject for introdu@tion in our future 
numbers, 
The Gottenburg mail which arrived on the 6th infant, brought advices that the treaty be- 
tween England, Ruffia, and Sweden was finally arranged and concluded, in confequence of 
which the embargo was inftantly taken off all fhips bound tothe Baltic. 
By the Princefs Charlotte Packet, which arrivea at Falmouth on the sth from the 
Leeward Iflands, the agreeable intelligence was recetved of the fafe arr 
8th of April, ofa valuable fleet from London, without.a fingle fhip-miffing, 
Bank {tock is at 178 5 3 per Cents. reduced 582; 4 per Cenis, confols 1780, 73E3 3 Pee 
Cent. confols for account 554. The rate of Exchange on Amfterdam is at 38.3 :for the 
pound fter'ing—-on Hamburgh, 35.8—on Bourdeaux, 26.7—on Dublin, 12% per Cent. 
Portugal gold is at 41. per ounce; fiiver, in new dollars, at 53. 2d. per ounce, TVhednfur- 
ance to Bengal is at twelve guineas per cent.—to the Mediterranean, twenty five guineas,——_ 
to America, two guineas,—-to Africa, twenty guineas,—and, to Maceira, eight guineas. > 
Large quantities of cochineal, coffee, hides, fugar, and wood, have been recently imported 
into London. : fai ; Be 
F The average price of mufcovado fugar, exclufively of the duties, is-495. 6d per cwt—fugar ‘ 
in Jumps is at sl. 128. per cwt.—-clayed fugar of Barbadoes, at 31. 18s. The beft hyfon teas” 
are at 5s. 2d. per Ib. befidesthe duty. Port wine, 75]. per pipe. Spanifh wool, 6s 6d. per lb. 
Virginia tobacco, 42 per lb. Raw filk from ltaly, 278. per Ib... Thrown filk, 37s. per 1b. 
Rum, 4s. 3d. per gallon. Bloom raifins, 5!. 5s. per cwt. Milled fead, 431. Tos. per ton, 
Leather, in butts, 4. togd. Hops, ql. ros. per cwt. Cotton of Bourbon, 3s. 1d. 
Exchequer bills to the amount of 11,500,000). are to he broughe into the money-market, 
in the courfe of the year. 
The commercial intercourfe with Holland is again, to a certain deyree, renewed. Letters - 
aré now difpatched for that country from the Poft Office on Tueflays and Fridays. _ 
The French confefs that their trade is abfolutely annihilated. Their 5 per cents. are at 
Gof. 30c. . PMs tie ea I Oey se 
The port of Genoa has been, for fome time, deferted by all its feafaring trade and merchant- 
fhipping, on accopnt of the vigilance with which the blockade has been maintained by the 
Englith cruizers. HEWES Shan Ree 
The late fair at Leipfic was attended by a vatt concourfe of people, from all Germany, 
from Great Britain, and from the countries in the north and fouth of Europe. The dealers 
from Ruffia and Poland made large putthafes. Englith goods were chiefly in demand. The 
agents from England and Scotland: found it neceflary to bring up darge quantivies of new 
goods towards the end of the fair. : RY i 
The herring fithery has commenced, in the Frith of Clyde. The herrings firt taken were 
fold in Glafgow at 6d. each. - . 
The firft thips have returned from the Whale fifhery on the coaft of Greenland and in 
Davis’s Streights. They have returned full, And by the accounts which they bring, the 
fithery of this year appears to have been in general very fuccefsful. - 
The Bank of Ireland has lately iffued filver pieces, each tenpence in value, toa very con- 
fiderable amount. Thefe pieces the Bank promifes to receive back again in payment, if they’ 
fhall not be mutilated nor defaced. 
Thirty or forty Danifh veffels have been of late very gainfully employed in the carrying | 
trade to the Mediterranean. One veffel of middling bulk has had 7000 collars fora voyage 
from Tonningen to Leghorn, Another of larger fize has had 2000 guineas for a voyage to 
Lijbon, s deecnnte 
The profits on the ftock of the Ruffian American Company for the years 1S02 and 1853, 
are 156 roubles, per fhare. 
cath Ps ‘ MONTHLY 
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