The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-21 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICAN PRODUCE.

The demand for Bengal COTTON ban been lively, both for
speculation and export, and the few that were offered in the
market have been taken at it little advance on sat week's
prices, particularly fair qualities, for shipping. The East
India Compaity's sale on Friday went off well, and the whole
sold (except 250 Swats put op at 9d.) at an advance of
id. a id. per lb. on fair Bengal., to the above description
of buyers; the damaged Cotton brought good prices, in
proportion to the sound, and were chiefly taken by the
trade, the Perusing and Uplands are taken for export.
The sales of the week are as follows, via. 40 Upland taid•
dling Ind. good 13/.1.; 190 Peruausbncco ordinary
fair to good 19d. a ; hO Demerara and Berbice good
lid.; 45 Surat (in hood) g0..4.1 Sid. fine 9J. ; 000 Bengal
(ditto) ordinary to midding Sid. a Sid. fair Old. Per the
E. 1. Co.'s ask, in bond, 2,400 Madras ordinary to middling
bid. a Old. fair 7d.; 00 burst, fine 9}d. • 10d. ; 1,409 ditto
damaged fair to good 2id a 841. ; 350 Bengal. fair to good
tid. a ltd.: total sales 5,335 bags. The imports are 102
Coiled States, 2 Demerara and &Thief., 0 Barbadoes, 49
C.arriacur and Grenada, 979 :Madras. Total 1,222.

LIVERPOOL REPORT. Jaw 17.1819.

We continue to have a good demand for Cotton, particu-
larly &weds, which have brought an advance of a id.
per lb. on last week's prim. The import this week is 8,512
bags, and the total sale. 10,080, consisting by private of 50
Sea Islands, fair Id., fine 2s. 6d, 10 stained, good 17d.;
4,200 Bowed', ordiumy to middling 113 d. a 111 d., fair to
good 121 d. • 13d.; 1,300 Orleans, ordinary to middling
1114. a 121 d , fair to good 123 d. a 143(1. • 420 Ten-
nessee', middling 11d., fair II Id. ; 1,500 Peruses',
ordinary 181 d , fair to good 17d. a 181 d, 420 Bahian, fair to
good 153 d. • 163.1.; 320 Nlaranhams, ordinary to middling
15d. a 1514. fair to good 153 d. a 18d.; 1755 Minas, mid-
dling 13d.; 120 Demerara', middling 141 d. fair 15.44.; 150
Swam. middling 73d. good 9d ; 540 Bengal', middling 61d.
fair 834. a 70. The public miles of yesterday consisted of
474 Sea Islands, ordinary to good 22d • 2s. 40. averaging
Is.; 40 stained ditto, middling to fair 134. a 151 d. • 440 De.
nierarmi, ordinary to fine 123 d. a 173.1. averaging had ; 108
Barbsdoesoniddling to good fair 121 d a 13111 ; 205 Ben.
pl., ordinary to middling 5341. a 8111.: nearly the whole was
sold. About 2,000 hags have been taken on speculation, and
1,000 fur export.
The Sugar market still continues dull, at a further de-
cline of Is. per cwt.; of 1,600 Mids. offered at public ask,
nearly une-half was withdrawn for want of buyers, and the
quantity sold in the week by auction and private treaty is
only Goa casks. We have au inquiry for H h &gars
for shipment, and 250 boxes have been taken at 38s. for
good yellow, and 50s. a 548. for fair strong to fine white ;
bat in other sorts of Foreign and East India we have had
nothing done.

The Coffee market has been extremely hat through the
week : on Monday 1,000 bags of Clieribon and Dutch were
offered at auction, and the whole taken in, but of which
there were sold afterwards 300 bags of Dutch at 113.. for
fine ordinary, 118.. a 119 s. for middling, and a small par-
cel of yellow Cheribon at 112 s. The business done be-
sides consists of 300 bags of fair to good Domingo, nt 191..
a 1055.; 50 casks middling Havannah at 10$.. with 100
casks and fion bags of C.beribori at 103 s. for ordinary, and
108 s. • 110 s. short price fur good. Pimento is inquired
after, and • small parcel has sold at 7d. but there is little in
the market under nil. Good Demerara Hums have brought
3.. per gallon Id 0. P., and common Leeward. 2s. id. a
2s. 3d. Carolina Rice of good to hoe quality sold on Satur-
day last at 20.. 3d. • 21s. 3d.; but we have had more in-
quiry since for this article, and 250 tierces of fair to good
quality have brought 21s. a 22.. In East India we hail
nothing done.
There has been a fair demand for Tobacco from the trade
and for the Irish market ; a parcel of 50 hhtl4. low Ken-
lurks has also been sold at 3d. per lb. for export, red 1411
bale. East Wile by 'swim' at 2.1 per lb.
The Corn market has been dull, and prices of Wheat have
reesilrd fully 3d. per bushel. About 500 barrels New York
and Yirginia sweet Flour have been sold by auction at 37..
to Us. per barrel, and the saute quantity of New York sour
Flour at 31s, being a decline of 1.. to 2.. per barrel on last
week's price*.
Dyearoods are without alteratioa. We have had a fair In.
wiry for Pot Ashes, which have sold at 325. for Montreal,
Ns. a 394 for New York, and 404.8,1. for Boston.
tine of rtir quality ban brought 12s. Tallow is steady.
For 1,000 Rio Grande Hides, of light weights, 6!cl. per lb.
has heen obtained.

Ott,s.—ln Greenland Oil there is no bn■iaeue of magni hide
doing. Southern Od is in the MONO state ; the few sales
made of either have been chiefly to consumers. Sperm Oil
is lower, owing loam large •rrivals, nearly ipso tom, Smog
imported last week. Rape and Linseed Oils are rather
higher.