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southong, 3s, 8d. to 4s. 9d.; pekoe, 4s. to 4s. 6d.; hyson, from 3s. 7d. to 5s. 10d. and up- 
wards; and campoi, from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per Ib. Sugar, from 41. to 41. 15s. percwt. Hemp, 
from 701. to 801. perton. China silk, from 38s. to 42s. 3d. 5 and Bengal ditto, from 22s. to 
52s. per lb. “At the sales which took place in the East India Company’s warehouse (private _ 
trade), Messrs. Bowden and Tucker sold 60 chests of East: India rhubarb, (duty to be paid) 
from 1s. to 1s. 3d.3; 1 chest ditto, 6s. 26.3 13 chests ditto, 3d. to 4d.; and Y chests ditto 2d, 
to d..per lb, Two chests Jesuit’s bark, 4s. 8d. to 5s. 11d.; and 1 chest ditto, 1s. 84, per Ib. 
Two chests gum-myrrh, 23]. 10s. to 23]. 15s. per cwr. Three bags cardamoms, 8s. 4d. to 
8s. 5d. per lb. Three casks hellebore, 5]. 5s. to5\. 8s. And 3 bags anniseed, Gl. 17s. to 71. 
percwt. Two cannisters saffron, 45s. per lb. Two casks antimony, 71. Six bales fennel- 
Seeds, 61. 17s. to 71. 3s. Fourteen casks white arsenic, 715. to 71s. 6d 3 14 casks red ditto, 
105s. ‘Iwo bags galls, 888.5 and 2 casks aloes (per Carmarthen, Sept. sale, 1809; duty 
to be paid) 101. 15s. to 11]. pet cwt. Ten chests Peruvian bark, bonded, 2s. Gd. to 5s. 1d. per 
Ib. Two chests ditto, 1s. 3d. per lb. Five casits verdigris, 4s. 8d. to 4s. 11d. per lb. Six 
barrels cortex winteranus, 91s, per cwt. Ten casks cantharides, 13s. to 14s. 6d.per 1b. Twen- 
ty-six bales Bast India saffower, 50s, to 55s. per cwt. Three hogsheads bark, 1d.; and 8 
serons Carthagena bark, 1s. 6d. to 10s. 9d. per lb, Sixteen casks gentian, 81s. to 91s. per cwts 
Forty eight chests sago, (per Huddart, March sale, 1806) 47s. to 48s. per cwt. Four bottles 
of oil of cloves, 65s. to 66s. per Ib. Ten casks bay-oil, 13]. 10s.to 141. And 11 bales bala- 
mus aromaticus, 17s. per cwt. Onecase Dutch Jeaf-metal, all at £31. Eight drums anchovies, 
7d. to 8d, Fiity cannisters opium, 30s. And 12 casks smalts, (duty paid) 8d. to 114d. 
per tb, 
Six private ships are arrived within the lastmonth: viz. the Ganges, from Fort St. George; 
William, from Bombay; Margaret, Porcher, Larkins, and General Wellesley, from. Bengal. 
The following is a specification of their cargoes: cotton, bales 18,455; rice, bags 1,800 5. 
ebony, bags 234; hemp, bales 48; nutmegs and cloves, chests 39; musk, boxes 3; black ale 
kali, tons 30; Benjamin, boxes 223; mother o’pearl shells, bags 12; cornelian, case 15 
fattans, bundles 1,500.—4// grivilege goods. Besides several other parcels of goods, the parti- 
Culars of which are not yet known. 
Nortn America. Abill has been passed in the American congress, for the regulation 
of commercial intercourse. , The sum and substance of the restrictions imposed by tlris bill ° 
are :——That America will cheerfully dispose of her own produce, and wili as readily receive f 
that of other countries, but the citizens of the United States are to be the sole carriers. ‘No 
British or French vessel will be permitted to enter an American port, and no gocds, the pro- 
duce of Great Britain or France, are to be admitted into America, unless the vessels in which 
they may be imported arethe property of American citizens.—-A clandestine trade toa very great 
extent, is still carried on between this country and America 5 and notwithstanding the boasted Hi 
severity of the commercial restrictions on the other side of the Atlantic, there is every reason» | 
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to suppose that the government of the United States winks at a species of spurious traffic with ‘a 
which they cannot well dispense. Georgia cotton fetches from 1s. 6d. to 2s 9d. and that of 1h 
New Orleans from 1s. 6d. to 1s. 8d. per lb, Pot ashes are flat; the ‘market price varies Hi 
from 21. 8s. to 31. 3s. Pearl ditto, fetches from 3]. to 31. 153, Several large cargoes of tim- all 
ber are arrived within a few days, in consequence 'of which the article has fallen in price. ~ Pit 
Two cargoes of timber were sold by auction at Plymouth, towards the commencement of the atl 
last month, which brought 8001. less than a similar quantity did two months before. Oak Pi 
fetches from 101. to 15]. 10s. in the London market. Ditto plank, from 111. 10s. to 151. hf 
Pine, from 81. to 9}. 15s. and ditto plank, from 111. 10s. to 161. per last. Maryiand tobacco hii 
of sundry colours, sells well at prices, from 5d. to 16d. Ditto Virginia, from 9d. toi1d.—- i 
This article has failen in price since our Jast. socom inh al) 
Soutn AmMericaA.—The following interesting communication, dated Buenos Ayres, No- . Hi) 
vember tth, 1809, has been recently received, i 
<< A committee of merchants and others bas been called by the viceroy. The result of their He 
deliberations is, that this port is to be opened to neutral commerce, under certain regulations, Hl! 
of which the following is a transcript. ; . Gilt 
“§ Conditions of Commerce.—Al\l vessels must consign themselves to Spanish merchants. Al 
“¢ The consignee must present a manifest of cargd, in Spanish, to the administration of the a 
Custom-house, twenty-four hours after arrival. ft 
| All goods are admitted, except thpse prohibited, and shall pay the circular duty agreeably ay 
to the tarif; and such goods as may not be in the tavif, shall be valued at thé prices of Eu- i 
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*¢ Goods similar to those manufactyred in the country shall pay aduty of 121 percent, hi. 
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OVer and above the circular duties. - ‘ ean 
“6Ox and cow-hides shall pay the war-tax, on clearance, of 123 per cent. As far as respects 
the patriotic duty, it shall te extinguished. : 
* Vicienna wool, bark, sheeps’ wovlytallow, cocoa, and hair, at certain specified prices, to 
a duty of 20 percent. id's . * ‘The Al 
