little East India at market, prices nominal; for a parcel of Brasil, 40s., we believe, was asked. SPICES.-Nutmegs have been in request at last week's prices; other Spices without variation; demand languid. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW.-Prices of Hemp and Flax are little varied. The letters lately from Petersburgh state the exchange about 10§. Town Tallow is to-day quoted at a decline of 3s. 6d. on the prices of last week; there is no business doing in the Foreign descriptions; purchases may be made about 1s. under the quotations. TOBACCO.-Little business doing in Tobacco; the holders look with anxiety for the effect of the quantity taken by the French Government, and also 2000 hhds. reported to be negociated for on account of the Government of Spain; two or three parcels of Virginia have been sold at our quotations; the prices of Marylands are nominal. The next days for tenders to be received at Paris, are 25th April and 30th May. The following are the detailed particulars of the last quantity contracted for: ordinary 130 hhds Kentucky, fat black, superior quality 50,000 hhds. Kilogrammes Levant Tobacco, of good qua 205 200 257 50 230 2474 140 a 190 PUBLIC SALE OF OIL.-About 270 tons of pale Southern Fishery Whale Oil, £33 10s. a £34. PUBLIC SALE OF FRUIT this forenoon.-1103 boxes bloom Raisins, 80s. a 82s.; 1599 boxes Muscatel Raisins, 91s. a 100s.; 137 boxes, 119 half boxes Muscatel Raisins, on bunches, £8 12s. a £10; 792 drums Samos Raisins, 44s. a 46s. ; 3 barrels Jordan Almonds, £11 7s. a £11 17s.; 8 bags Valentia Almonds, £6 14s. a £7 6s.; 37 half chests, 1164 quarter chests, French Plums, 70s. a 74s.; 20 barrels, 21 half barrels, French Prunes, 50s. a 53s. PUBLIC SALE OF PROVISIONS.-130 barrels new Mess Beef, 60s. a 72s. 6d. ; 250 barrels new Mess Pork, 70s. a 75s. CORN. The arrival of about 2000 quarters of Foreign Wheat to yesterday's market, with a good supply coast-ways, occasioned a heavy sale at a depression of about 2s. per quarter on the best samples both of the English and Foreign; inferior qualities were offered at a greater reduction without facilitating any sales. Rye was without inquiry; the prices, in consequence, are nominal. The supply of Barley was not extensive; the sale was, however, heavy, at a decline of 4s. per quarter on malting corn ; the good dry samples for grinding were little varied. There was a good supply of English Oats at market, and as several foreign cargoes had a rived, the trade was very heavy at rather lower prices. In the course f last week, about 4000 quarters of Oats were shipped for the North of lic From LONDON to land, but that request has again entirely subsided. Beans and Peas of both descriptions were yesterday heavy, and fully 2s. lower. There was great briskness in the demand for Clover Seed, the good descriptions of Red realized higher prices, the White was unsaleable at the reduction of 3s. a 4s. per cwt.; very little business done in Trefoil, and no sales, we believe, effected in Rape or Linseed. Tares were heavy at 1s. per bushel. AVERAGE PRICES OF BROWN OR MUSCAVADO SUGAR. COMPUTED FROM THE RETURNS OF THE QUANTITIES AND PRICES. FOUR months ending the first Wednesday in Jan. 1817, per cwt. £2 6 7 Four months preceding the 5th day of Jan. 1817 8th Jan. 1817, per cwt. £ 2 10 10 . 19th Feb. per cwt. • 2 3 7 £2 7 11 15th Jan. 22nd Jan. 5th Feb. Week ending 26th Feb. 446 4 9 1640 7 SHIP-LETTERS, PACKETS, &c. General Post Office, Monday, March 31, 1817. THE following Vessels will carry sealed Bags of Letters from the ShipLetter Office, under the Act of 39 Geo. III., imposing a Half-Rate of Packet-Postage on such Letters : Apr. 1. the Out Destinations. Beside the above, the Ship-Letter Office forwards Letters through ports, as often as opportunities offer. SHIP LETTER MAILS FOR INDIA. of sailing. Apr. 5. Apr. 2. Apr. 10. 160 Longridge, Apr. 17. 450 Greig, Apr. 7. 400 Carter, Mar. 30. Cape of Good Hope and Isle E of Morley, 360 Craigie, of France, Madras and Bengal, Columbo, ́ Mar. 30. Sailed from Gravesend, Isle} Contest, I. of France, Madras & Calcutta, RETURN OF PACKETS. THE return of the packets is calculated thus: To Jamaica and back 17 weeks; America 15; Leeward Islands 13; Malta 12; Brazils 18; from Sept. to Feb. inclusive, the packet touches at Bahia, on her outward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward. In Nov. Dec. Jan. and Feb. the packets, touching at Bermuda, go to New York direct. The other eight months they go and return via Halifax. |
