The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-22 00:00:00

MARK E TS.

[From the " Linden Nov Mice Crtrrent.l

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
COT/WC—The purchases of Cotton since one lint cunsiit

1,100 Bengal 51 I. a 6!.d. iu bond.
1,000 Surat bid. a tvl. ....
arrivals, from she 12th to the ISth instant inclasive:
Rotterdam
In addition to there pnribasa, aliaut 1,000 bales of the late
India sale have been dispoped ad at an a•lvance of Ad. a 's 1.
per lb., and note parcel Siir,ta at 1.1 advance on the Indio
Howse price.; Sprats at ell. • Si.. in bond ' • Bengal. 514. •
6.tel. Yesterday a politic sale of 563 bales New Orlirkus Col_
tort Were brought forward, only •:iont 50 bales sold, 101-d.
I Id. in bond; it is however reported 50d were di•poscd ut
private contract Ginernily the Cotton market may he
stated firm, wish the appearance of an improvement. The
letters received from Liverpool this morning stale that mar-
ket very heavy.
SCOAR —There is no alteration in the Sugar market this
week ; the demand fur good qualities continues g I; she
inferior dirscripsions are still exceedingly heavy.
By public sale this forenoon, 1.3.4.1 '&11.26 fiercer' St. Luria
Sugars were brought forward ; the hem sold folly ls. higher
than the previous prices, the tow qualities fully supported
the former rates ; low brown 504. Gel. a 535.; she rmaiuder
545. a 58s. Bd.

The

There is an improvine remorse for lumps this week, perti.
rulerly (or the Ism descriptions. sod (rum the limited %apply
of R. lied Good•, the fuss ket looks arm ; little alteration i•
the prices ran be stated.

There have by. a no parcliases or Foreign Sugar, by private
contract Ibis week.

• By public sale this forenoon, 320 chests Havanna!' Rogers
were broneht forward, and fur which there appeared no buy-
ers; the good and fine yellow, of which the principal part
consisted, were all taken in at 295.; fine strong white at 15s.
good brown 251.6 d.
COFFIII.—The priers of Coffee declined Is. a 3.. per ewt
on Toesday last, since which the market has been steady.
At the extensive sale of yesterday, there appeared few boy-
erg, sod it is calculated only shout one-third of the quantity
brought forward was disposed of, yet the prices were folly
sopporteti, and the holders would not sell at nay depreasiuo.
There were three public soles of Coffee this forenoon, a
great proportion co o:rimed of naidilliog and good middling
De and Jamaica Coffee; the whole of these descrip-
tions sold heavily at n reduction of folly 2%. per cwt.; 460
bags and bowels Ceylon 101 s. and 101 s. 6d.; there were so
few ordinary' descriptions of Jamaica or Plaistation Coffee,
that no deems can I.e stated in the latter, but the market
was very heavy, the biddings exceedingly languid.
FRUIT.—The arrivals of new Muscatel's have been very
considerable at this early period of the season, and the eager-
OCRS of the importer. to effect sales, by attemptiog to force
them off st public auction, has thrown such a damp on the
trade, that they slow no disposition to purchase at present.
By public sale this forenoon 300 quarter barrels Leaia
Balaton 445. and 455.; 16 ditto Garrison ditto Atts.; 360
boxes Bloom Raisins 87s. a 88s. • 1,00 boxes Muscatel Rai-
sins 106 s. a 110 s. and 1181. a ; 200 half boxes 1935. ;
200 quarter boxes 140 a. and 141,.; 21 half brls. Prunes 445.
a 465.; 270 quarter chests F.euch Plows., 60s. a 70..; 30
bac Black Smyrna Raisins 57..
Toeacco.—The demand for Tobacco lately has been ex-
tensor., about 900 to 1,000 Mids. hare changed hands within
ten slay., at the advance of J. a !,dl. per lb.; the chief per-
chases are in Virginia descriptions.
Ilora—The good parcels of flops are in greet demand, on
account of the inferior quality of the new crop : the prices of
good are 10s. higher, iufer,or at the advance of 2s. a 4s.
ODA, FISRERITA, &e.—Acrounts were received this morn-
ing, stating the arrival of two ships at Newcastle, and three
at Hull, from Davis' Straits, all well fished ; the previous
reports respecting the produce of the two fisheries were about
16,000 tons Oil : the market is exceedingly heavy.
Run, BRANDT, and OLL• RM.—The !mediate* of Ram
by private contract are grille inconsiderable: the public
sale this forenoon will have an .ufavourabk effect an the
market, Olve prices were lower than any preceding sale: it
consisted of 104 puneheoas Jamaica Rum—

12a 16 O. P. .ultl 14.64.
20 a 21
26 a 25 •
One or two lots went high, on account or particular circum-
stances, hut they could not he taken as any criterion of the
market pricus.—Brandy is heavy at the quoted currency.—
Geneva is without attention.

Taimovr.—The Tallow market for the last few days has
become exceedingly heavy, and parcels of fellow candle are
esarreatly ailed at 449. Gd. The letters from Pctershargb
stale a coosiderable advance is the prices of Tallow; the
Exchange bad been so high as 9?„ but at the date of the last
letters It was a fraction below that quotation. Town Tallow
ie tu-day quoted 495. ed. which as 1.. lowrr than last week.

on Finlay night three young men went into a 'petelies.
l.•on•.. Ili Gallon gate-street, whore they toren/no
t;me. in sharer of the pereuin etrhoserred them with tquor„
thiy pie ked the lock, of a chest of drawer., aced stifle 51. iss
Witt.. anal a watch. One of them was scented by the
WAIChiSrB oo deity at the time, and het night ! i. a•eor•vl••a
W. re appielweided by M Lean aced M•tiriser, and hutxstl tee
the Yoliceettfice. And al ■ late hone on Friday night, Ned
::'Mahon, an Irish Weenier (and take ha• beep nifty th►•.•
days in this einnitre), WAS deleted Ideating 5 q.,eutttf td
rope from a veattel !Our at Poet-Oundas, and loosed in ttw
'Vice office.—(Glasgoir Herald.)
Snfß(r►s or YORK —Mr. Allen, who wry eected one
the Sheriffs of York, liartr.g refused to sieve the unite, being
a I)issente•r, the corpurate butts met on Saturii”. Meek, and
Mr. Allen in person expressed his thaerrninstion as shore. It
was therefore resoled, that a rnandernons *tumid toe V0..87,4
85 soon as possible from the Court of King's Bench, so obi isre
11r. Allen to *hew carer why hr has refused to w nr lb. 111141..
On reference to the records of the corporation. rt was
vi-red Cod there iv a late still existing in York. shirts vale•
jeet• e•rly man refusing to t.er • e the Ake of Sheriff, to a
penalty of 1501. A new Sheriff must of course row tee
cEo•sen as rn..o ss the requisite rimitue of etmseetee rate le
o!e.erve ; but the charter day having gone by, !teeth ~,,, yto
p,orr•d to another election most be proctured hem floe
Cuilet of King's Dena,; and, to the mean time. the City of
York witi remain destitute of effective Sheriff., as 'ins
who d the offiee last year have now leo rif:d or rover
lit art, nor can Mr. Sheriff Wood, the respectabie Ir:elates
who was chosen along with Mr. Allen. enter tea leis nili.e
alone —(Tyler Mercury)
On Thursday lot an Invent was held before Mr. )Tart".,
Coroner, at the Wellington, in Shi.brrl•, on the body of
'An Jackinate, 'cream to Mr. Tuxfutd, miller and le4ter,
of this town. It appeared in evidence that the deceased
les:1 the day before taken a cart head of flour from oh,
new mill in Shirh,ck, to a warehouse in Boston, and that
hiving opened a trap.dour, be was going to adynal the stic-
kle in order to draw up the sacks, when he reelispplly frtl
through it upon a pavement in the passage beneath. Tne
wound is his head at tint appeared trivial, but it Yuen as.
sword such an alarming feature, that it terminated hie exist-
ence in :dhoti right hours• The unfortunate man had hero
asked in churels the ;weeding Sunday, lie a respectable for-
ntre's datieltier in this neighlsiorbetel ; lent so inso viable are
I 1.• easy.; of Providence that his nuptial dress was exchanged
f••r a wilding abet. —Verdict, Accidental Lhrafk...-(l:luataa
Gazelle)
caurtow.—On Saturday se'noight Robert Robson we
apprehended io Durham for selling and exposing lo PA lc on.
stamped or Beth's, almanacks, a number of which wire found
within his hat. On being brought before the Magistrate he
alleged in hts defers that he had consul the alnealiarks, and
esprissed a hope that his punishment wank, be mitigated, as
he had already been in '• Ike fatly;' at Newcastle, for Ifni
tame offence. He was clearly conyketrA. tenynced to
our mouth's iesninement.—(Carettocrlated Parkaef.)

PrOItSTRIAN rtAT.-01. Tuesday last Thomas relent,
a broken-down soldier, barium so employ, undertook to toil
sixteen miles in Iwo bouts, irsib 1111 other bop* of reward ohmn
what the observers choose to contribute. The distanre was
eked out on the Tewkesbury mad, one gleaner of • oti;e•
out, mod one quarter of a mik in. He started preckely at four
o'clock, amid performed the first nine miles in 59 minutes,
the last seems he completed iu 48 minutes, doss mooing
the sixteen miles in thirteen sniusites wallies the two home,.
The collection fur the pow fellow was but smsll.—(Ckelica-
ham Chronicle.)