23 May 1844
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Newspaper
Commercial Daily List
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 23, 1844
Page
1
A fragmentary inventory lists coffee in 320 bags and Ceylon shore goods, including 167 bags of cochineal, 250 bags of beans, 50 bales, 80 quarters, 200 plus 100 chests, and other items such as seed and garblings in a warehouse entry.
A dated list details numerous imports and goods by origin and type including oils, lard, tallow, fibers, spices, skins, bales, and cash values. Entries reference North and South American, New South Wales, India, and Cuba sources with quantities such as casks, bales, cases, bags, and tons, alongside items like silk, cotton, leather, tobacco, and mahogany. The document resembles a shipment register or daily trade ledger from a port or trading house.
Ordinary and scarce goods traded slowly as sugar coffee pepper and rice prices held firm to easy amid low private sales. Export and vessel movements toward London Liverpool Bristol and Dublin noted with limited cotton business and a cautious market tone.
A damaged OCR snippet references on sale immediate delivery of goods including a Peruvi an guan item and mentions a store on a street near gate. It lists locations Indon Docks and a shop name variant, with scattered names and phrases.
Readable fragments describe coffee bags from Havannah and Java with references to St Domingo and Buenos Ayres. Mentions Rio Grande and South American bales, plus terms like Ox and Cow and Hair Horns. No clear event, dates, or complete entities.
In Rochdale on May 20 buyers showed brisk demand for flannels despite the seasonally slow period. Fewer merchants are in the market though large manufacturers have purchased more recently. The sale market remains similar to several weeks prior with steady activity.
Manchester on May 22 reports a tolerably steady market despite US cotton declines. Goods and yarn saw fair business with some small price drops, but overall prices remained near last week levels.
Prices for tobacco and hogsheads are reported from St Petersburgh via Paris. Dealers note 500 casks sold at 110 with 0 cash deposit, noting buyers offering 109 cash deliverable in June. Various lots of Casan Pot and Hest items show firm to depressed demand, with clean and inferior qualities priced at 64 to 26 ro, 21 to 22 ro, and 17 to 20 ro.
Breslau May 10 reports widespread consensus on a formal statement about wool markets. The piece notes contracted tonnage at about five pounds above last year's currency, with Lentil wool stock scarce in Austria Saxony and England, signaling expected brisk sales next season and possible easing of wool imports into England.
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