1810.] ’ Monthly Commercial Report. «Sls 
80 considerable demand; that of Georgia, fetches from 1s. 4d. to 9s. 6d, ; and New Orleans, 
1s. 53d: to 1s. 7d. per lb. Tar is lower than it was last month. The prices now are 11. 14s. 
to 11. 17s. per barred. Pitch has experienced a proportional decline ; the highest price of the 
day is 15s. per cwt. Turpeatine goes off pretty regularly. Timber, it is nearly superflu- 
Ous to state, is an excellent-article at the present moment. American oak sells well from 
141. to 181. 10s. 5 ditto plank, 111. 10s. to 151. ; ditto pine, 81. to 9 guineas; plank, 111. 10s. 
to 151. 10s. per last. Pot-ashes are in fair demand; the market-prices are from 2]. 10s. to 
Sl. 19s ; pearl, quite neglected; prices quoted 21. 14s to 31. 10s. The dernand for tobacce 
at Liverpool is completely suspended, and even in the London-market the article is very 
dull of sale. Marvland of different colours, fetches from 5d. to 16d. ; and Virginia ditte, 
from 7d. to 11d. per lb. Wheat and flour meet with a very ready sale; fine qualities of tne 
former are scarce. 
SouTH AmERICA.— Very severe measures have been adopted at Buenos Ayres against 
those of the English who have endeavoured to introduce goods without passing the customs, 
although not detected in the act. Imprisonment is the punishment resorted te in these cases, 
and some English traders have very narrowly escaped so severe a penalty. The aspect of 
trade both at Buenos Ayres and Rio de Janeiro is said to be very unpromising. During the 
week previous to the compilation of our report, 100 bags of coffee were imported from Rie 
Janeiro. We have seen the article, and consider it to be about the pitch of Jamaica coffee, 
with which however it can never enter into competition in the British markets, owing to 
the difference of freight, &c. The prices of South American commodities are as follow: 
Buenos Ayres tallow, 31. 10s: to Sl. 14s. per cwte Brazil cotton, 2s. 24d. to 2s. 6d. per Ib. 
Brazil wood, 1421. to 1501.-; and Brazilletto 271. 10s. to 301. perton. Garbled cochinealy 
21. to 21. 4s. per lb. Guatimala indigo, of different qualities, 8s. 6d. to 16s. Caraccas dittoy 
8s. to 15s 9d; per lb. Brazil rice, il. to il. 3s. per cwt. Brazil roll tobacco, 9d, to 10d. 
ditto leaf, 5d. to 6d. per 1b 
Bauzic.—The fears which we stated the Baltic traders to have entertained towards the 
slose of the last month, seem to kave been dissipated by the preparations made for the present 
seascn. The outward-bound fleet, which is reported to be one of the largest that has ever 
sailed hence to the Baltic, took its departure from Sheerness on the 4th of May, under con- 
voy of the Sterling gun brig. In answer to a petition from the merchants and ship-owners 
of Hull, the lords of his majesty’s most honourable privy-council have stated, ‘* that they 
will not recommend the granting of any licences to foreign vessels to import timber from 
any ports of the Baltic, &c. where British ships may be allowed to enter ;” but they add, *‘ that 
Owing to the extension of the war, and the consequent necessity of employing foreign bote 
toms, it is totally out of their power to withhold licences from such vessels in ewery case.” 
The reply of the privy-council further states, that it is the intention ef government to im- 
pose additional duties on the importation of foreign timber, witha view to give a decided 
preference to timber the growth of his majesty’s colonies in North America. Dantzic fir, 
fetches from 12].%@ 13). 3 and Memel ditto, from 121. to'12!. 15s. per last. Christiana deals 
sell from 541. to 601. Stockholm ditto, from 621. to 651. Memel, from 331. to 36].3 and 
Dantzic, from 21. 12s. to 21. 16s. per pl. Dantzic wax, 151. to 15 guineas per cwt. Stock- 
hoim tar, 2l. 5s. tu 21. 6s. per barrel. Ditto pitch, 19s. to 20s. per cwt. Isinglass,. leaf, 
26s. 6d. to 27s. 6d. ; ditto hook, 27s. 6d. to29s. Short staple, 31s. to3%s.; and staple, 32s, 
to 33s. perlb. Swedish iron, in bars, 211. to 231, 10s.3 Norway ditto, 24]. to 251.; Arche 
angel, 251. to 261. per ton. Riga flux, 901. to 921. ditto. Hemp, Riga Rhine, 711. to 721, 5 
ditto, outshot, 70]. to 711. per ton. Hog’s bristles, 171. to 171. 15s. per cwt. Baltic line 
seed, 31 16s. to 4l.9s. The prices of this article have declined since our last. On the 
whole, the prices of Baltic produce are unsteady; those articles which ge off best are hemp, 
flax, and timber. ; ; 
Horrann.—Notwithstanding the precautions which are used all along the Dutch coasts 
in order to prevent the admission of any thing British, it is most certain that a brisk trade is 
still carried on between England and Holland. At the very period in which we write, a 
“Shipment of 350 bales of manufactured goods is taking place at the port of London destined 
for Holland, or rather for France, the former being .only a medium of communication bes 
tween our ports and the principal cities of the latter. Cotton-hose of British manuiactare 
is a most eXcellent article in this trade; we have known a few bales to fetch upwards of - 
three times their original cost at Paris, within the last four months, 
_MEDITERRANEAN.—The greater part of the homeward-bound Mediterranean fleet is just 
arrived in the Downs; by the letters which it brings, we find that the French cruizers do 
dreadful injury to the trade in the Mediterranean sea. We sincerely hope that some meang 
will speedily be adopted to put a stop to the depredations of those pirates. Italian thrown 
_ silk sells at prices from 50s. to 64s. 3 and raw ditto, from 24s. 6d. to 448. per lb. Italian 
liquorice, from iil. to 121. Alicant soap, 71. 15s. to 8l. per cwt. Italian kid-skins, uns 
drest, 141. to 16 guineas; ditto lamb-skins, ditto, 101. 121. per 20 skins. Gallipoli oil, 
751. to 771. 5 Genoa ditto, 1851. to 2381. per ton; Lucca, Z5egal. jar, 241. to 261. boogna 
argol, Ol. 12s. to 61, 18s.; Leghorn ditto, 41, 12s. to.61.; Naples ditto, Sl, 15%. te dd sper 
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