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should eteibtuetty flow thringh it. This is rcecind
lulu wisoko tociughs. for the use of the horses, the
werkiueu. and the isibubitauts. of the town, which
lies been erretell within this siugular. subterranean
'cistern..
“ Thus cieered round in Cracow% mighty mines, '
With crystal wails a gorgeous city shin..;
411111ted its the twiny ruck bag 'streets extend
Mir hoary- course, rad glittering domes ascend ;
Aloe the bright. steeps esstergiag into day,
iteleateims kalustabna horst their headlong way,
rig efint-Iridte yaks in irury channels spread,
Auld wriaderitig sent their subterraueuus bed.
Tormettim ibillecid salt with chisel nice,
TM peel kap gliudhering through the sculptured ice,
'With .0 reverted eyes Mir Loth' (9) smarts,
,41041 wilds to Heaves. be vain,. her glassy baud.;
sleirs'toadrume igloo her pearly breast.
AIWA, Sig tear tolls lucid duins her breast."
(0) Witliobs immense salt-mines of Creme, is Poland,
'there la actually tuwu with a market-place, a river, and
a church: I. the midst of the market plate is a famous
kilter of iinittestsa she beautifully sculptured auto( the rock
ash; by the moist or dry appearance rif which, the sub-
teer`anean ioliabitants are said to kw, when the weather
is fair above ground. The galleries in theirs mires are so
numerous and so intricate, that workmen bare frequently
loot their wa), their lights having beau burnt out, aid
hive *perished Wore they could be found. Abut though the
attires of these different stories of galleries are boldly
eiteeeted, yet they are hot dangerous; as they are held to-
gether or supported by large musses of timber of a foot
square; and these vial timhera remain perfectly 'Willa for
many centuries, while all other pillars, whether of brick,
eelneit, or sat, sous dissolve or 'moulder away.

M2IRKK7'S.

Pros " 17gs Leaden Mersinlds Prier rarreat,nf Tuesday,

April T. 18111.

WEST INDIA AND SPANISH MAIN PRODUCE.
51,1414111.-Ttie B.P. Sagar market this week has been Sat,
eal purchases made Is. lower„,,siod in some hiatuses:es (st-
and eels) 2s. Brown Jamaleas, sermuls, have been
lots at 765. • nereein Oral hands under 775. • good mid-
aliqp, Bee. Thee are few Sugars on sheer. The stock on
bead is about the same as at this time last year, and the
prices rate fur brown and middling Sugars Bs. per e. 4.1.
higher-la the new Coosulirlated Duty Bill spy pawing
throng% Pdellameut, the duty hud dralback on D. P. &Mar
ate Made permanently 311 s. precut . and the 'duty on E. I.
Sugar 40s. per cwt.
Corral.-The demand (or W. I. Coffeea, in general, has
revived since our last, awd considerable business ,hisp been
done in them at improved prices. Foreign hare, however,
been most in request : fine St. Domingo hiss obtaftied 100 e;
Cuba, of the same denuminatios. 110 s. ; East India re-
mains yearly the same. The new duty on Coffee will be
within a fraction the same as at present. •
Of West India Coffee the stock is now 4,550 tone, being
1,900 less than at this time last year; but preseut pekes are
30s. per cwt higher.
Nu sites of. Cocoa have beets effected, and quotlitions re-
main as before.
Pretewro.---Qaoted prices are steady, but it is us longer
the object of such great speculative dernsol as it lately ex-
pretest:ed. Much of the quautity arrived within the last
fortnight was bought fuenrrival at the Overtire,
°Fhe new duty tor all Cocotl4L, East India included,
will be :se. Ikt lb. inttead or as at present 2s. 3141. on Spa-
Irish, and 10d. un East India.
Rows rather drooping thin otherwise. Leeward's, of
proof streseeth, have hien sold free nu board at Is. I Id. per
gallon. The present stock of Runs ia .14,420 puuciwoure
being 2,600 more than at the same period last year, and
prices now about 44. per Whin higher.
EAST INDIA PRODUCE.
Seters.-Nntmep mid Chives are notch inquired after.
sod advancing. Fur the 19th of May a sale of 11,041 b bag;
pepper is declared.
New Dunes oe Sprees-The alterations of cower-
queace iu the new Consolidated Bill now going through Par-
liament are as follow : Cassia Bolls, instead of Is. 7d. per
lb. to be the some as Ligora, via. 2e. 6,1. per lb.; Cloves
are to be 2s. instead of Sm. 7P per lb.; Mace 31. fish instead
of Is Id.; Nutmegs to 6d. instead of 6s. bd. Pepper Is.
instead of Is. 10p. per lb.; Cinnamon remains clairged as
at present, and Ginger is to be 11.35. instead of 11. 7A. 70.
per cwt.
Ten.-Good Campoi and Sonehong Teas are in rcque4 at
a small advance on the sale prices; other kiuds are without
alteration.
Inotwoe-The forthcoming sale at the India House, al-
though small as to quantity, being only 7,700 chests, has had
the effect of suspeuding the present demand ; nor has the
demand been stimulated by the new duty about to site
place on home consumption of 84. per lb. instead of the
dirties of 2P. per lb. import and 2d. per lb. warehousing.
One -Fish Oils have fallen iu consequence of the late
arrivals from the South Seas; 800 tuns met of the 1,100 ar-
rived, were bought ou arrival at 401. per tun, the remaining
300 tuns have since been taken by the dealers at shoat 361.
Unwed and Rape Oils are rather shearer, the di usaad from
the consumers fur both articles being very good.
Duey on Oses.-The only difference of any consequence
between the present sad intersticel new deities 011 Oils, consists
in placing Oils caught by Isis lillsjestes subjects usually re-
siding in the Bahama and Bermudas Islands, or caught in
tee Gulf of St. Lawrence, or on the shores of soy British
Colony is North America, on the same footing si Newfound-
laud Oils.
SOUTH AMERICAN PRODUCE.
The Canoe market has beer almost entirely neglected
this week, prices reverie nominally at our last opartalions.
The East India Cum y have declared a further quantity
of 3,000 bales fur sale. The oaken( the week are,
duly paid, 40 Uplauds, line, 2111 d.; 160 Demeraroand Her.
bite, per public sale, good 2s. ; 10 Copini?n, West
India, middling 2110 • in hued, 110 Sarah, fair to good
14d. a 161 d.; and 50 Bengal* ord to mid. 101 d. a 10111.:
total, 370 bags sold. Imported Ibis week, 418 Serifs' and
1,763 Beards.
NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCE.
•
. Rua has here very dull of demand since our last, *ad
some cargoes are on the market, fur which offers =port be
procured. • ..
Mew on Rica -Mee ditty on all foreign Rice Imported
will be Geed at lass. per cwt. an the new Cousulidsted"Aet of
Customs, now in pewees through Parliaisent, mba: the
duty oa Rice of tsar own poosessions at Is. per cire,, ilut
the Bill mot having yet passed, the duty payable op,
Rice imported since the 6th instant, and liken out foe,herm*
enueurraptimi, is 295. Op. per cwt. All Rice imperil,* jire-
vious to the sth instaut, is free of duty, as also if ware-
housed fee exportatioo. There is wow in force a Treastiry
Order, which admits East India Rice dirty free meta 904
December, 1818, which Order will certainly nut be soaallvd,
or interfered with by the slew duties.
TOBACCO is very steady in prices ; the arrivals here, 'iB
well as on the Continent, are by no means large. The drily
ea Tobacco will not be altered by the new CObsolidatiou
Act. . .
New Vent, March 3, 1818,--Asitzs are in demand, sail
scarce. Puts 186, and Pearls 206 dullareper toe.
BALTIC PRODUCE.
Tatzove is steady, 1101. are offered and refused Ly the
holders for Y. C. its quautity. The intended new duly on
Tallow of 6s. per cwt. instead of 3s. Id. per British ships,
prevents much being done for arrival; Town Tallow has
advanced coosiderebly, and is in brisk demoted.
There has bees some inquiry fur HesOp to arrive, 'sad
several asks made at 4W. be. fur any delivery durum the
year, and 4M. 10s. for July shipmate :there will only be
a small fractional difference between the new and present
duties oa Hemp; the sew duty on Flea will be Oil. iasload
of 41.1. per cwt.
The folluwiug were the quotations at St. Pelersbilegh, 1111
March, 1818:-Y. C. Tallow 165 ebb.; Hemp 86. Ex-
change 11 16-10.
BRITISH STAPLE ARTICLES.
The demand for RIMINI& Strout' has rather revived;