17 Dec 1840
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Newspaper
Commercial Daily List
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 17, 1840
Page
1
Damaged parcels list varied goods including sugar, cocoa, coffee, cotton piece goods, hemp flax mats and furs from Mauritius, Bengal and Jamaica. Entries reference bag and chest quantities, dates in March, and numerous animal furs with counts for raccoon martin mink lynx fox otter and others.
An extensive list details cashmere shawls, cocoa nut and mahogany logs, cedar and maple items, hides, skins, feathers, rattans, rice, ginger, fruit, brined and dried goods, salted animals, and various bags and cases. It notes cashmere shawls to be sold in single lots and includes references to Bengal, Ceylon, East India currants and raisins, and other commodities.
A fragmentary ledger itemizes numerous goods and quantities including beaver skins caps, logs, dried and salted foods, oils, gums, furs, and listed dates in December 22 and January entries. Mentions Honduras Monte Video and Beaver, with miscellaneous weights and交易 units across many categories.
At Cowes a diverse commodity list includes French prunes and plums, 100 boxes of figs, 100 freits, 40 tons of salt, 30 boils of superior French cork, and assorted Imperial French items. Prices and quantities listed in mixed units accompany each item. The fragmentary entry notes multiple chest and box quantities and international sources.
Markets show dull activity with exchequer bills down to one discount and consuls at 884.5. Spanish stocks mixed. sugar and coffee quiet but prices steady. Tallow strong for PVC. Cochineal brisk with Honduras sale and silvers and blacks per pound at various prices.
The report describes cotton exports from the United States to date with figures from New York and Charleston. It notes imports of chemicals and dyes, teas, tobacco, and oils with prices and market dullness. Freight rates to Liverpool and Havre are described as quiet, with exchange rates and promissory premia listed.
Reports from Augusta Apalachicola Havana Rio Janeiro and Savros detail advancing cotton prices in Augusta and Apalachicola with Georgia funds preferred, while Havanna and Rio Janeiro markets show brown sugar coffee and new crop movements. Exchange rates and freight costs shift as European demand and Buenos Aires blockade affect shipments and prices.
In Manchester on December 16 traders report favorable letters from Calcutta and Bombay yet demand remains modest. Goods and yam for the Eastern market show limited orders while Mediterranean demand has cooled. Prices stay steady and confidence grows for a gradual post holiday improvement.
December 16 arrivals include ships from Cuxhaven Rotterdam Hambro and Ostend carrying Geneva, juniper berries oats seeds tare seed, 360 barrels provisions, 200 barrels flour, chicory roots, 650 casks butter hides skins tare and sundries. Other ships carry potatoes peas eggs flax tow and sundry goods.
In PORTSMOUTH on the 15th, The Johannes arrived from Baltimore. At LIVERPOOL on the 15th, The Saviah arrived from Mobile and Key West. At KINSALE on the 4th, The Marian arrived from Honduras. In the CLYDE on the 14th, The Lavinia arrived from Montreal. The Wilsons, from Bombay, sailed on the 16th August with 2697 bases 1234-bases Cot on 948 bags Pepper i box Pickles 3290 boils Rattana 2 Sundries 1 barrel Crushed Sugar.
December notes report mixed Coffee prices from 40 to 49.6, Laguayra at 6ish, and gradual firmness in Unrefined Sugar with several chests trading at varied gros. Hides and tallow steady, wool arrivals increase while market remains calm. zinc buyers appear ready above current bids. London exchange cited at 2m 122sch.
The notice invites applications for the Commencian Darcy List to be made at the Office for Lompon Creamaze. It lists the address 43 Mincing Lane and is printed for Tuomas Smrra and published by W.ppenarr.jterme at 7a Gdpes quarter in Town, with a yearly rate of 1s per Quarter in the Country, postage free.
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