Notice on Public Sales and Brokers' Name Announcements
Announcements of Public Sales list brokers only on the Day of Sale and are free otherwise. If brokers want prior notice of their names, they must notify, and a fee of 6d will be charged.
02 Feb 1841
Page 1
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Newspaper
Commercial Daily List
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 02, 1841
Page
1
Announcements of Public Sales list brokers only on the Day of Sale and are free otherwise. If brokers want prior notice of their names, they must notify, and a fee of 6d will be charged.
At One o Clock precisely a catalog of stock for sale includes 1500 bags White Bengal sugar, 1600 bags Manilla coffee, 1199 bags East India rice, 6000 bags Mauritius sugar, 90 barrels Canada Pot ash, 352 bags Mauritius, 45 cases Brazil product, 184 logs mahogany, various roughs of cocoa skins and gums. Runs through multiple firms and locations in Min cing Lane and Garraway's Coffee House with times ranging from 1 to 6:30 PM.
A port warehouse entry lists tea tamarinds saltpetre wood tapioca pimento and 2000 packages with various duties paid. It records cargoes from Ceylon Jamaica Berbice St Domingo Trinidad Malacca and other regions, including bags casks kegs slabs boxes and boxes of flour sperm and cod fish with quantities and destinations.
A fragmented inventory lists Lac Dye 241 units, Shellac 236, Gum Senegal 69 pounds, 3 casks Argos, 200 bales Jute, 12 bars Barbary Gum, damaged. Oil Seed 124, 5 bales Safflower. The readable items note assorted goods and quantities.
Reports from New York Morning Herald spark a selloff in United States Bank shares, with declines across English and foreign stocks. Details describe a sharp market drop, concerns over specie payments, and shipwreck news from the Garrick after a wreck near Sandy Hook.
London on February 1 reports a moderate turnout of Essex Kent and Suffolk wheat with prices advancing about 1s per quarter from Monday last. Foreign wheat buyers were disappointed by asked prices, flour stays firm, barley supply large with Chevalier not cheaper, malt and oats linger, beans scarce but steady, peas in demand at prior terms.
Arrivals February 1 list includes Calais Venus Eliza Coxes Qu Boulogne Belfast Calais duele Brewers Qu een Charles Eugine Nicholsons Whf Terceira Victoria Regina Fresh Whf Lord Nelson Antwerp Python Betts Whf Villaviciosa Dart Nicholsons Whf Antwerp Tyne off Tower Havre City of Londonderry Irongate Jersey John Cottons Whf Guernsey Susan Regents Canal Odessa Sea Coming up Guernsey J Henry Yates de Charleston Forrester Grand Surry Dk C G Hope Punta Arenas Mercury W D St Johns NB Rebecca KD Odessa City of Durham Com Dk St Michaels Mermaid Coxes by Zannibar Mozambique Swallow L D Calais Victory Blackwall Guernsey Good Intent Regents Canal Buoy.
The fleet passing Gravesend reports diverse consignments from Punta Arenas to Jamaica and New York. Merchants receive logs, logwood, sarsaparilla, cotton, sugar, molasses, dyes, spices, and furs. ships sail from Charlestown, Antwerp, and St Johns with cargoes of pimento, cod, wine, cocoa, oil, and sundries. The maritime traffic includes vessels from Mauritius and Calcutta, with horns, shellac, and shellfish among goods. port summaries cover Southampton to Liverpool and Greenock warrants.
The article surveys 1840 Hamburg market activity across commodities. Rice demand declined later in the year while stocks rose. imports included Carolina rice and Brazil Bengal Java, with prices falling. Rum sales remained steady but Brazil and Havannah prices slipped. Jamaica Leewards, Camphor, Elephants Teeth, Mahogany, Logwood, Fustic, Brazil, Pernambuco, Cochineu, Annatto, Cayenne, East India Saltpetre, refined and chili salts, and tea movements are described with stock levels and price shifts. Tobacco from Varina and Kentucky, Virginia, Havannah, and St. Domingo show varied activity, with notable stock reductions and price adjustments.
Applications to be made at the Lennon Chamber of Commerce office 43 Mincing Lane. Printed by Thomas Smith and published by W Hopecraft. Terms seven shillings sixpence per quarter town, sixteen shillings per quarter country, postage-free.
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