1306. ] | | 888 Hypo‘ 
MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
"PYHE Emperor of’ the French, in purfuing a fytem of policy, which -will ultimately 
prove inefficient and erroneous, has fucceeded in propelling Pruffia into a fituation of hol- 
tility with this country 5 and he fondly flattered himfelf, that this unexpected obftruac- 
tion to our commerce, would have thrown us into the laf feeling of defpair—but he has 
yet to learn the ohanaeter er England, when directed by an aétive and wife miniftry. It 
is true, that our trade mutt fuftain temporary embarraflment, but this will be retrieved 
when our relative jituation is. correétly afcertained 5 -for-then it will be found in the en- 
terprize and ingenuity of our merchants—miodes of communication wll be.difcovered. Our 
trade is not therefore in the danger which the miferable fhort-fightednefs of our enemies 
thought would overwhelm it—-but Pruffia will foon find’ who is the greatett futierer ; her 
eae is annihitated, and the has not the capit: il or the means of fupporting herfelf Denes 
the preffure of total commercial ftagnation; three-fourths ‘of her trade depends upon Eng- 
land, and the affiftante ‘of our credit. To what diftrefies, what embarrafiments, ‘and ,pro- 
bably what difcontents and inquietudes, may her gee te imprudence, and flavifh iub- 
miffion te France give vife ? "We caution ‘her to beware of the policy fhe is now agopiine : 
it will end in the rain-not only of her-commerce, but ‘poflitly of her monarchy. She for- 
gets, and the French will not underftand, that thefe obftructions to our trade canno t pro- 
dnte the effect intended ; our refources are of that accommodating miture, that though 
numerous individuals may fuffer, our conimercial fyfem will prefent an ‘impregnable bara 
rier to all their attacks. We often haJ ‘occafion to.obferve, ‘anil we now repeat, that the peo- 
ple of the Continent cannot trade without’ our capital; and as our manufattures and our 
produce is efiential ‘to them, becaufe it is a capital upon which we can give credit, they 
muft dnd will hive them in’ fpite of all’ the regulations and obftruétions introduted to 
prevent them.—If Bonapa HEA wilkes to defiroy the greatneis of England, lét him-create .ca- 
pital in‘France, ‘and on ‘the Continent ; : then they can do witnout our manufactures, bot 
not ‘before ny 
‘The various orders that’ have been iffued se our Goverriment, with refpect to Pxul- 
fia, we think it wight and ufeful to infert the abftract of what appeared in the Ga- 
gettes. The firft order was iffued on the 5th of April, ditettine’a general embargo 
on “all Pralfian veffels'; “and that'no fhip or veffel’ be allowed to clear’ out for any of the 
ports belonging to Pruifia. On the 19th init., after notiting the fermer order, an em*= 
thargo is direéted upon all veffels belonging to any pozts or places in the rivers Elbe, 
Wefer, and Ems,’ excepting veitels under the Danifh flag; mor is any freight- =MONGY 9 
or property, appearing to belong to any fubjeét of Pruffia, or any perfons refiding in 
any of the aforetaid places, fer which any proceedings are now depending in any of our prize- 
courts, to be decreed to be reftored, nor any thar has .been.decreed, to be paid till farther 
order; nor is any perfon to pay any oon money jor merchandize now embargoed, or that 
may hereafter come in, but muft be paid into the xegiftry of the Admiralty rill further plea- 
fure. And it: is further ordered, that thoie goods which are the. property of fubjects.of this 
Country muy be’ tinladen on, giving bail to anfwer any proceedings, and on payment or the 
freight-money as befure direéted. 
Little can be faid’of the prefent ftate of our markets, as prices of Wet India produce are 
merely nominal; no {ales taking ple ace during the moment of embarrafsment.’ 
Stocks have fluatuatéd very -confid lerably “fince our lat: Bank lan ooh 2123 to-213 5 3 per 
Cent. reduced, 59%; 3 per Cent. Confols, 602 5-4 eer ane NZ 5 5 per Cent, Ae y, 992 ; 
id Stock, 180-5 “Bondi, 1 prem. ; Otani, Ya Yito 2 > Exchequer Bills, 1 to 2 prem. 
The Eait.India ‘Campany, declare they will put up at their 'r prefent Maichefale, be'fi¢es’the 
£oods, already declared, 1000 bales. of Cotfce 5 24,600 ‘bags of iin Company $—son 
"Lueiday, May 90; prompt, 15th of Augutt. 
The fale of Spices, which flands for Tuefday the 29th Inf. is: poftponed to the 218 of Mae 
Further notice is given, that the Cinnamoa‘has been afforted agreeably to the declaratioa 
iflued on the 7th of February, and will be put up at the following prices :— 
The 1f fort about 253 Bales, .a.5s..6d. per lb. 
Be GO. Aig tae aM, hi 4 
ODF win tele GEG, - eure soy Ode 
PEG wie pins BID seated spare 
The quantity of Tobacco imported ani warehoufed, averaged for the Jaft-fix years, 
amounted to 31,874,916]b. a year. Ditto exported ina raw fate, 80,637,689ib. Ditto 
delivered out for home manufa€ture, 13,122,895lb. Ditto exported in amanufaétured itate, 
1,134,0941b. Ditto retained for home confumption, 11,988, 87 4lb. 
The quantity of Britith piapiien Sugar earere for three years, ending the Sth-of Jan. 
1806, averaged in each. year, 2,947,530cwt. Yqrs. Zlib. “Average exportations of thefame, 
for tne fame period, 1,176, att gars. 91b. agave es setained, 1,688, 946ewt. Bar. 1D)b.- 
The following are the average Prices at -which Canal, Dock, ME vie and Injurance- Gifice Shares 
Bave been fold in the Courfe of the Month by bir. Scott, the wAgsent, ia N, raw Be MLCfreet 
The Staftordfhire and‘ Worcetterthire Wavivacs on, .at.per thare, 606 G13—Leeds and Liver- 
pool, with dividend, 2341. ;<e@rand Junction, 941. ;~—Afhton and Oldham, GUL 3-—Roch- 
~ dale, 
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