Notice on Public Sale Announcements and Broker Fees
Announcement explains public sale notices may include broker names free of charge on the day of sale. Brokers who want name inclusion before the day must notify. a 6d duty will be charged.
05 Feb 1841
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Newspaper
Commercial Daily List
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 05, 1841
Page
1
Announcement explains public sale notices may include broker names free of charge on the day of sale. Brokers who want name inclusion before the day must notify. a 6d duty will be charged.
A detailed sale notice at One o'clock listing dry salted Ox and Cow items, Buffalo, Ox and Cow from Bengal Goat, and Bengal products. Also includes 108 casks of coffee, 1300 bags of Java, and damaged goods under CHAPEROUGE branding.
At two o clock precisely a mixed consignments list appears, including 412 slabs Banca TORMERIC 750 bags Bengal SHELL 1 box Tortoise CANES 4358 Malacca LAC DYE SHUMAC and 42 best rattans with 200 bags Verona noted as part damaged items.
A damaged listing shows varied commodities including skins from beaver and deer, tobacco and cigars, mahogany and hardwoods, hides and salted items, oils, and sheep. It mentions places like Montevideo, Havannah, Carthagena, Savanilla, and Cape, with assorted quantities such as bales, cases, bags, and tuns. The fragment hints at British shipping involvement and multiple international trade items.
A shipment description notes 126 tons of Brazil wood branded with the national mark Queen Mei klejohn Pernambuco and Paraiba, sent on account of the Imperial Government of Brazil by their agents residing here.
Across both English and Foreign markets spirits were low with little business done. Consols closed near 89 while Exchequer Bills traded around 38 to 5s premium. Sugar trade in West India scarce with 200 hogsheads sold. Easy India brown Bengal and Manila variations noted amid a generally firmer discount market.
On Wednesday February 10 listed items include JUTE 133 bales SALTPETRE 72 baga LINSEED 16 qrs LAC DYE 29 chests ARGOL 37 casks TARTAR 19 and brown spices AL TURMERIC 1459 pockets GINGER 194 percent DRAgs WOOD CANES 40 tons Sapan 350 slabs EKI 3000 balls Common 9000 Ground 10000 Malacca 20000 Bamboo.
Fortica holders report limited demand with partial sales at 31s to 34s for middling and fine coffee. Cocoa and tea show steady demand with prices largely supported, while sugar and rice markets reflect dull to firm activity. Damaged fruit parcels sold, with several commodities postponed or auctioned under varying terms.
The French and Flanders mails have arrived while the Hambro Dutch Mexican and West India mails remain due for delivery.
Listing of ships including CG Hope Martha Trewavas Token Chalmers India Henderson London Tait Lorina Ruby Myhill Palmyra Daniell Ligonier Read Sovereign Ray Emilie Modenburg with SIMONS BAY entries HMS Brisk Sprigg Ceylon Peacock and routes from Naples Liverpool Plymouth London Bristol to Sydney Breede River Algoa Bey Batavia and arrivals from Table Bay.
Ships arriving around Gravesend and Harwich report cargoes including spices wool and fruit. The Flora brings sponges opium emery stone wool carpets galls scammony silk boxwood figs fruit and more. Other craft carry almonds gum arabic bees wax skins apples and sundries from Mogadore and OdESSA bound for Hull Rotterdam and Liverpool.
The Havre market shows steady demand with cautious prices across Louisiana Florida and Georgia cotton varieties while imports decline. Antwerp reports stagnation in coffee and sugar with modest cotton sales of Mobile and Louisiana at 34 to 44 cents and a bare market for Maragnon Jets Surat and Madras.
Notice indicates applications to be made at the Office for the London Chamber of Commerce located at 43 Mincing Lane. Printed by Thomas Smit and published by W. Horouarr, detailing the daily commercial listings to be pursued through the chamber proceedings.
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