24 Dec 1856
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Newspaper
Commercial Daily List
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1856
Page
1
A fragment notes a party desirous of obtaining something in Canada West under new regulations. It mentions applying via Forbes & Co at 7 George-yard Lombard-street London. The readable text is garbled but implies regulatory inquiry.
Free grants of land offered through Fletcher Forbes Co London provide passages to Canada and issue registered tickets with instructions for prospective settlers. Agents in Canada will supply guidance to those seeking to reach the colony, with information and advice as needed.
Advertises a large stock of paper bags ready for use or shipment from Caxscuns Raison Co 77 Upper Thames Street London. Inventors of the Duplex and lead lined bags for tea plus valuable colors and other goods.
Important notice to grocers chocolate manufacturers traders grinders printing ink makers and export merchants. Evans brothers present practical steel manufacturers with six years apprenticeship and foreman experience with White brothers. Old mills recut with the latest cure for grinding and dressing in one operation. Flour mills to grind and dress by one operation. Prices from 25 and upwards. Orders by post. 54 Brick Lane Spitalfields London.
At market open English Funds displayed slight flatness then steadied through session. Three per Cent Council opened at 93.34 and rose to 93.75 with closing Three per Cent Consols at 99.3. Foreign securities steady. Mexican at 27.9 and Turkish Six per Cent Bonds at 95. Venezuela peaked near 37.0 before closing at 36.3.
The Books are very barren and the few vessels listed come mostly from the North of Europe with no casual ties of moment.
Market notes show limited home demand for produce with exports down and speculators quiet. Holders remain confident as prices hold for Sugar Coffee Spices Rice Cocoa while Saltpetre declines. Arrivals rise, stocks below last year except Tea Rice Spices. Public business pauses after tomorrow until January 6. Wool and Cotton active with higher rates. silk sees strong transactions and large advances versus 1855.
The report notes firm hemp and flax demand with jute selling above, while dyes and indigo terms hold. Prices ease in iron copper tin and lead, oils fall, and precious metals imports exceed shipments. Sugar and rice stocks rise as public sales thin, with Manchester Birmingham and Nottingham reporting varied activity. overall British trade remains buoyant despite currency weakness.
Weekly import figures show 2700 firsins of Irish butter and 12,457 caske of foreign butter. Bacon arrivals total 2500 bales amid a dull market with Irish landed prices easing from 45x to 645. Lish scalded Middies demand high at 668 while American purchases slip. Public sales include Navy Beef 200 tres and 95 tons Campeachy Logwood fetched 3 10 to 3 12. Turpentine market tight with English refined rising to 44x.
The article argues war and diplomacy shape uncertain outcomes, detailing Persia’s role before and during the Russian conflict. It notes Herat’s strategic value,Britain’s treaty constraints, and Russian moves. It predicts continued British difficulty, possible Persian submission, and eventual restoration of Herat’s independence if England acts decisively.
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