306. Commertial Affairs[April

Brought over£160,000

June 16h, ¿4 a‘“. 150,000 July 2oth,°-... I 50,000 Auguſt zoth, 5, Y s.. 225,000 September 27th,.°... 225,000 /, October 23d, E th O°. 150,000 November 27th, od s:. 22 5,000 December 3zoth, e ä‘.. 225,000 Total L.1,500,000

Tt is believed, that the new duty on freight and tonnage, unleſs rmnodified differently from the firſt propoſal, will prove extremely hurtful to the coafting and to the carrying trade of this country. In truth, every effort ought to be now made to render freightage on board Britiſh and Triſh ſhips cheaper, if poſſible, than it is on board the ſhips of any foreign nation.

, Upwards of thirty boats have been lately ſtopped in the river Tyne for be ing too long in proportion to their breadih, and for not having taken ou- licences, according to law. e

_ The privilege ot not having the name painted on the ſtern, allowed to ſquare- rigged veſſels during war, has ceaſed by the conclufion of the peace.— Any ſuch ſhips, which ſhall hereafter be found without the name painted ox them agreeably to law, will be ſubjed to a fine of 100. ſterling, each.

The Durch trade to the Cape of Good Hope, is no longer to be excluſively rgonopolized by the Eaſt India Company of that republic, but is to be in fu- ture fzee to all the ſubjeds of the ſtate,'

An African trading company has been inſtituted at the Auſtrian ſea-port= town of T'’rielte. The company is fitting out a ſhip which will, on the 1 of June, fail from that port for the river of Sierra Leone, with a cargo of hardware, lead, tobacco, brandy, linen, woollen cloths, glaſs,&c, all Auſtrian produés or manufactures,

The Bank of Ireland, as well as that of England, is reſtri&ed, for ano- ther year, from making payments in ſpecie.

Whale-bone which was, once, when ſtays and hoops were generally worn, ſold even at the high price of 500d. ſterling a ton, does not now bring more than 6of. for the ſame qnantity.

The number of bankruptcies has not become more confiderable in April, than was the nuinber for March. This fa is encouragîng in regard to the ítate of our manufta@ures and traffic.

The total“ amount of our permanent taxes, was, in the beginning of the year 1793, not more than 12,358,158/, 2s. 111. ſterling. They have been ſince that period, augmented tó above 2 5,000,000). includiug the addition of the preſent year.

The national debt was, on the firſt of February laſt 538,365,205. 15, 03. ſterling.

The late Parliament-Houſe in Dublin has been purchaſed by the proprie- tors of the Royal Iriſh Bank, for the ſum of 40,000, together with an yearly ground rent of 240o!. ſterling.

* The laft merchant fleet which failed for Jamaica, conſiſting of not fewer than two hundred ſhips, had arrived at that iſle in February látt.

Argol, afhes, and corn, of all ſorts, have fallen rapidly in price, in the latter part of the month,

Mocha coffee, and that which has, in the market, the name of fine, have fallen in price. Other ſorts of this commodity are, now, dearer than in the end of laſt month.

All ſorts of cotton fall in price; though one might have expeêted this material of our manufaQures to riſe from about this time till te next greas izportation from the Weſ Indies,