The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-07-10 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, SAI MIMI', JCL,' 8. 1826.
We have this week experienced a considerably improved demand
for British 'Plantation Sugar, souse extensive content having atrivtd
for Ireland for low Browns. About 2,500 Mids. have been sold.
Moist and Dry Prawns have been ti.ken at a shade better, and 6.1.
to Is. higher is demanded ; but for the better qualities the pries %
remain steady. Besides which, there have been sold 900 bags of
fine White Bengal., at 73,., and 30 boxes White Havannah at
33n. per cwt. In Molasses the sales have been 200 puncheons De.
merara and Trinidad, at 22+. a 22+. fat. per cwt. In Runt the mar.
bet is dull, and die only sale is 60 puncheons Demerara at 2s.
per gallon.
In C,-.lYee, Cocoa. or Pimento, nothing done. In Ginger 11)41
bags Barbadoes have been sold at 53r. a 565, for very ordinary, er.l
635. a 635. for pled. In Dyewoods the market is very 6111, end
only some few lots to consumers have been disposed of.
In Ashen the market in tolerably steady, but the sales are only
130 barrels, Montreal pot, at 21s. for old, and 225. a 225. 11. for
new. About ItHl casks Carolina Rice have been sold at 17, a
Ills. 61., with 300 bags Bengal at 18s. a 18s. 6d. per cwt. In Tat
the sales ere 6110 barrels, American at 135., and 100 barrels Steel,-
balm at 14s. 6d. per barrel ; and In Turpentine 250 barrels have
been sold at 7a. 9.1. a 8.. 6d. per cwt. Quercitror. Bark remains
steady ; the.sales are, 60 hhds. Philadelphia at 12.. for ordinary,
and 13s. 6d. a 14s. fur fine, and 10 Mite. inferior New York ar :1-.
A few chest* of East India Indigo sold at ss. I Id. a ths. 110.
per lb. In Cochineal nothing done. Madder Roots chill and
lower. Madden of good quality are in better request at steady
preen. Galls ank.Safilower are at present unsaleable. In Olive
Oil little done ; small lots Gallipoli at 371. 10.. a 3111. ; Trieste
at 341. 10s. and Sicily at 311. In Shuntsc 300 begs Malaga at
I In. 611. ; 30.Sleily at 12.., and 50 Verona at 6a. 9d. per cwr. A
few bags Saltpetre sold at 225. 6:1. a 23s Gd. Tee demand for
Tobacco is very Waled, and only a few hhcht. sold to the trade at
former prices. In Hides there hes been little done; the eaten are
1.1300, 'Salted Buenos Ayres Ox aid Cnw, ;Tice not named, and 300
West India do. at 341. a 441.; Ilk bales Horsehair have been
sold at md.. lop. for mixed and 2a. for long combed.
The Cotton Market has been tray dull this week, and prices
have given way generally about id. per lb.; about 1,200 bags Ame-
rican have been bought fur export. The sales of the week are
about 7,800 bap, consisting of 3 300 bags of Uplands Georgia at
6d. s 74d. 430 NewOrkans at 6p. to 811 ; 1.400 Alabaman at lid.
to 64d. ; ISO Set Wands at 124.6 to 191. ; 150 Bowed Sea Islarti• at
lid. ; 400 Pernambuco at Iod. a I Id. ; 2110 Bahia at NIL to 90.;
NO Maranhao' at 9d. a gad. ; 129 Para at lid. a 84d. ; 100 Demerara
at Bad. to ; 3511 Egyptian at 7tl. to Oild. ; L 0 La Gutty at lab. a
Gad. ; 150 Surat at ed. to /id., and 10 Bengal at sd. per lb.

The Quolidienne says it was decided, in one of the lee
meetings of the Council, that the Censorship should not Le
re•established after the present Session. The toile eon•
tained also an article*.which seems to conF.rm this twws•

PEDESTRIANISM.—On Saturday, an officer, to decide a
small bet which was depending, undertook to go from theb
gate of the Castle of Edinburgh, to the top of Arthur
Seat, and back again in an hour, which lie accomplished iu
the amazing short space of forty minutes.
The tread-inill has been imported into Demerara, as one
of the punishments under the new regulations of Govern-
ment. It has spread terror through the whole colony, par-
ticularly as one of the first of the negroes ordered to the
1 mill was obstinate, refused to work, fell back, and was
killed on the spot. The letters from Demerara are to tl:e
Qtlth of May; the weather was uncommonly fine; the elev.
I abundant.

It is stated in letters from the country, that a representa-
tion hasheen sent from the manufacturers near Blackburn to
Mr. Peel, relative to the number of men who will be throw❑
out of all employment in the course of the next ma
or three weeks. The accounts from Burnley are
equally unfavourable ; and indeed it is now apparent that,
in the per sent state of trade, the hand-weavers, as they are
called, must generally seek other employments, the nts-
chinery, particularly the power-looms, having completely
F u perse ell the use of the hand-loom. We understst!d
that hand-weavers are most nutnerous at Blackhutu and is
I the neighbourhood of Glasgow.