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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 28, 1849
Page
11
A long mixed column lists numerous tradespeople and professionals with April and May dates. It names individuals from various towns— solicitors, merchants, innkeepers, carpenters, grocers, butchers, and other trades—alongside their addresses and filing dates, plus a sequence of dividend payments to several companies with payment dates and locations across Liverpool, Wakefield, Manchester, and elsewhere.
The fragment lists weekly entries for brush maker Robert Macoun of Bolton Lancashire and Edward Whitmore with John Wells and Frederick Whitmore, bankers at Lombard Street, detailing divisions of 94d and 4d 1s 2d payments and staged sale dates March 29 to 31 at Mr Stansfeld’s Basinghall Street with a note on Mr Fraser’s Manchester location.
This market summary notes small showings of Wheat and other English grains with foreign Wheat Barley and Oats arrivals extensive since the start of the week. Prices for flour prove active with demand and barley and peas moving slowly while the oat trade remains heavy and lambs and calves show limited activity at Smithfield markets.
London market notes a moderate demand for Irish butter with steady prices. Foreign sales slow. Friesland prices fell by 8 to 10s per cwt. American provisions weak. cheese trade inactive though good stock quality supports value for superfine. English butter supply up and quotations hard to fix as foreign demand recedes.
The column lists dairy item prices including Dorset milk at 1008 to 104s per ent and old milk at 50s to 70s, Buckinghamshire fresh milk 9s to 13s per dozen, West Country milk 8s to 11s, with bread wheaten prices in the metropolis from 7d to 7 4d per loaf and household bread from 5d to 6 4d per dibs loaf.
Market reports from Covent Garden and Sussex showing broad vegetable fruit supplies with diverse prices for pineapple grapes pears apples onions celery turnips carrots and greens. Also notes heavy appearance at Sussex markets with curated prices and March 26 updates for potatoes tallow wool and related commodities.
Saturday saw limited demand with sales not exceeding 3 000 bales, prices unchanged. The Liverpool stock December 1848 totals show imports up 198 418 against last year, with consumption rising 81 500. seeds market in London sluggish with nominal prices across many seed types. Oil prices vary with linseed cheaper while overall demand remains light.
Hay and Smithfield report values per load for 86 trusses with Meadow Clover and Straw prices listed in mixed units. Scattered figures show Clover and Meadow offerings with ranges and adjustments in cents per unit.
COAL MARKET Monday March 26 reports an advance of 1s per ton with further rise possible if conditions change. Stewart's 17s Hetton 17s 9d Tees 1s 6d Wylam 13s 3d ships from last day 19 fresh arrivals 16s 8d total 18s 7d.
Sugar offerings at public sale today were sparse with buyers at Friday prices. Mauritius 3000 bags, yellow 36s 6d, 40a 6d. Bengal 7000 white Benares 40s 41s 6d. 100 casks Ceylon brown 30s 3d 40s 3d. Private contract market small. refined grocers lumps 50s 528 6d. Bengal molasses 16s. general activity dull, no public sale today.
Heal and Son's promote bedding weights and prices for poultry feathers and Grey Goose varieties. Purified by steam with patent machinery, feathers are warranted sweet and clean. Factory at 196 opposite the Chapel, Tottenham Court Road, London. list sent free on request.
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