f ois } [Jan. 1, 
MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
BRTEE MANUFACTURES. —~ The absolute cessation of intercourse between this 
country and America within the last month, has shed a Wwom over the face of the 
grading world in general, and nearly reduced the most important branches of our-‘Mmanufac- 
tures to a state of inactivity. We crust that the proceedings about to take place in the 
American Congress will brighten this feature of our next Report; and that it will be our 
pleasing duty to state the renovation of those arts which give bread and employment to so 
gnany thousands of our compatriots- 
Eight hundred thousand dollars have been sent from the Bank of England to Soho, near 
Birmingham, for the purpose of being re-stamped in a similar way to those now in circula- 
tion, which are current at five shillings each. Such a supply of silver will be particularly 
useful in the present dearth of change. ; 
East InvrEs AND Cuina.—It is with peculiar satisfaction we announce the safe arrival 
of the Bombay, Upton Castle, David Scott, and Lord Castlereagh, East-Indiamen, respecting 
which considerable fears were entertained, owing to a false report ef sume of them having 
foundered on the homeward voyage. The cargoes of the three first vessels. consist of the 
following commodities, viz.—Company’s Goods. Cotton, 4,730 bales, 1,698,885lbs. Hempy 
@ bales, 1 cwt.—Privilege Goods. Cotton, 5,94& bales, 80 half ditto. Hemp, 49 bales. 
Alkali, 317 bags. Mother o’Pearl, 10 bags. Nutmegs and cloves, 80 boxes 3 besides seve-. 
ral other parcels of goods, the particulars of which are not yet known. The particulars of 
the Castlereagh’s cargo have not yet been published by the Company, but we learn that it 
almost entirely consists of from 4 to 5000 bales of cotton. The East India and Cape fleets 
which sailed on the i4th ult. from Portsmouth, is safely arrived at Madeira.—It is with 
strong feelings of regret that we lay before our readers the fotlowing list of the melancholy 
Joss of the present year of East India shipping: 
TONS. 
Experiment sie oie Sse te nO 
Glory -+eseeeereererse 540 
Lord Nelson -++-+-e+++ 819 ; . 
Jane Duchess of Gordon: - 820 » Missing, supposed to be lost. 
Lady Jane Dundas +++-0- 820 
Bengal Siete ond wipe lejeree ak 
Calcutta «e+scesececcsers 819 4 
Britannia neve" 0773719 ¢ sion the Goatnas Rag 
Walpole e+seeersee22%2 820 Lost off Margate. 
est ree or no § Tbe ately in, Veet 
Asia «otecceve ceeeee 819 . Lost in Bengal River. 
‘Skelton Castle -+++<:** 622 Ditto, near ditto. 
Travers cosscecseeeses 577 Struck on a rock, and lost in India. 
Total tons lost« + 11,857 
It is the intention of the East-India Company to pay for their freightage in future by bills 
az three months. The market prices of the principal East-India and Chinese goods are as 
follow :—~Teas (by the package, without duty or excise) Bohea, 1s. 6d. to 1s. 9d. Congou, 
25. 11d. to 3s. 6d. Pekoe, 3s. 9d. to 4s. Hyson, 4s. 7d. to 5s. 10d. and Gunpowder, 4s. 81. 
to 6s. 6d. perlb. Rice, 18s. to 30s. per cwt. Sugar, 72s. to 80s. per cwt. Raw Silk, 
Bengal, 19s. to 44s. | China, 32s. 6d. to 38s. per lb. Cotton, 1s. to 3s. 6d, per lb. Indige 
{an article daily rising in public estimation) from 3s. 3d. to 11s. 6d. according to colour. 
Cinnamon, 9s. to 410s. Cloves, 9s. Gd. to 10s. Mace, 5), 6s. to 2]. 7s. Nutmegs, il. to 
g4s. Ginger, Sl. 10s. to 41. per lb. 
West Inprzs.—Generally speaking, the articles the produce of the islands, are dull of 
sale, owing to the impossibility of exporting any part of them to the continent of Europe, 
er that of America; and indeed till such time as this obstacle is removed, the West-India 
trade must in some sort remain stagnant. Rum is a heavy article ; that of Jamaica fetches 
from 5s. to 6s. 9d. and that of the Leeward Islands, from 4s. to 4s. 4d. per gallon. Holders 
in general are still sanguine, and no large quantities could be bought at the prices we have 
quoted. Within the week previous to the publication of this Report, a.great.many taw su- 
gars have been sold without the appearance of much life in the market. The prices are, 
however, pretty steady. Antigua sugar fetches from 75s. to 81s. Jamaica, from 75s. to 84s. 
Barbadoes, from 78s. tu 90s. St. Kitt’s, ’&c. from 76s. to Sis. per cwt. Coffee is looking up: 
The ordinary brings. from 3]. 10s. to 41. 14s. per cwt. the fine from 5}. 11s. to 61, 10s. 
Cotton, of different islands, sells tolerably well at prices from 1s. 6d. to 2s. 2d. per lb. 
NortH AmeErica.—The Non-Intercourse Act is rigorously enforced in the United 
States, but it is hoped that at the meeting of Congress, whieh was expected to take place 
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