03 Dec 1853
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Newspaper
Commercial Daily List
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 03, 1853
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions rations and vegetables including potatoes and green peas, with references to ships, boats, captains, and foreign government hints. Content is garbled and unclear beyond scattered items and quantities.
A chaotic summary of market notes and shippingITEMS: bullion, bank notes, and bullion prices. consols and foreign exchanges. cotton sales at Liverpool. stock market dull with decline. West Africa voyage cargoes and losses. several ships wrecked. arrivals at Quenstown and Lloyd's lists. American clipper with tea cargo and potential salvage issues.
English funds story fragment shows unclear wording with possible financial terms. The readable text references funds and loom imagery, hinting at a local economic note or industrial mention. Names, dates, or organizations are not identifiable in the fragment.
The report details ongoing wholesale commodity trading with prices for tin and spices, cotton, hemp, madder, and oils. It notes subdued activity in cotton with prices under Friday, while hemp, targered goods, and various oils show mixed auction results and steady to rising prices for select staples.
The report notes moderate demand yet steady values across West India sugar and Mauritius coffee auctions. It cites sales totals, price ranges for Demerara crystallized, Mauritius varieties, Egyptian bags, and private exports, with various grades and cwt prices listed and a generally buoyant home trade.
In a slow London grain market a thin English wheat sample and lax demand kept quotations nominal. Foreign wheats showed ample supply with limited buying. Santamarka sold at 65s 6d per gr cost, freight and insurance, while Maria Napoli was rejected at 68s 6d per gr off the coast.
Smithfield Market notes demand steady for cattle at prior rates while sheep sold poorly. Calves brisk at Monday quotes as arrivals from Germany Holland Scotland and Norfolk Suffolk show. Beasts and sheep country entries include Spain France and Northamptonshire with varied quality prices for beef veal pork and lamb.
A detailed market summary covers auctions in Barbados with varying prices for otton and sugar peers, weekly totals around 1587 holds, and fluctuating Bengal, Mauritius, Penang, and Manila values. It notes subdued private buying, steady refined sugar, and mixed cocoa demand with West India molasses and coffee prices mentioned.
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