Arrivals Update from Gravesend Ships and Cargoes
The vessels passing Gravesend since last report include Mauritius Cheapside Calcutta Seendian Alfred Britannia and others. Cargoes list supplies from Matanzas and Bilton plus Franklin James McQueen and Wm Gales with goods such as sugar flour pork beef corn mahogany logwood and oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauritius
Cheapside
Calcutta
Seendian
Canton
Alfred
Bombay
Britannia
Colombo
Wim Gales
Gravesend
Nevidian
Alred
Gales
Matanzas
Bilfon
Franklin
James McQueen
Harmony from Singapor and Mauritius Trade List
A dense catalog of goods and consignments including pepper, nutmegs, gums, textiles, teas, wines, animal products, and metals from and via Singapore, Penang, Madras, Mauritius, and China. Items named include guta percha, congoa, flowery Pekoe, Hyson, silk, Indigo, sugar, and various cargoes aboard ships like Sapan Wood, Gambier, and Jaabella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapor
China
Hyson Skip
Young Hyson
Twanksy
Imperial
Madras
Panjum
Cape
Constantia
Cork
Jris
Mauritius
Bristol
Ingleboro
Manilla
Clyde
Jaabella
Liverpool Cotton Market Sinks as Speculators Pause
Liverpool report from February 10, 1847 notes a weak trade in manufacturing districts with cautious buying. Prices fall by 4 to 4 1/4d per lb across descriptions as speculators pause, exports and importers adjust. American, Surat, and Egyptian purchases shift. large next-week auctions planned for Seasland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surat
Seasland
West Indies News From Jamaica and Demerara
The Teviot reached Southampton with Jamaica and Demerara dates. Trade trends show dull markets and rising costs, with sugar output up 10 to 12 thousand birds. Jamaica Times urges tea duty cuts and sugar use in breweries, notes labor and slave trade issues, and Britain’s role to enable free labour. Prices for flour, codfish, pork, cheese, salt, and sugar are listed amid a favorable weather outlook for sugar cane. Demerara promises a remunerative year with lush growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Columbia
Cuba
St. Thomas
Jamaica Times
Steele
D.G
London
Lowdon Provision aL Cuamser notice for readers and orders
Printed and published for Lowdon Provision aL Cuamser at 42 Mincing Lane. Communications to the Editor. Price 10s per quarter in town and U7 6d in country, postage free. Immediate notice requested by post or otherwise. Orders received by W Harcraft at 42 Mincing Lane W, Evenetr, Royal Exchange, and all UK publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowdon
Mincing Lane
W. Harcraft
Evenetr
Royal Exchange
United Kingdom
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Liverpool
B. P
Bengal
Brazil
West India
Ceylon
Costa Rica
Laguayra
St. Domingo
Rio
Carolina
Brimstone
SAAC
Sicily
Naples
Turkey
Demerara
India
Carthagena
Smyrna
West Indies
Southampton
Trinidad
Barbadoes
St. Thomas’s
Africa
Great Britain
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