The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Hetachments, consisting of twenty-four officers and 400 men,
belongit, to the 11th light dragoons and Ilith lancers, and to the
13th, 14th, With, 44th, 39th„ and 07th regiments of foot, will cot.
hark in the course of the week, on board the Berwickshire and
Duchess of Atholl East Indiamen, for Bengal.
Detachments, consisting of ten officers and 390 men, belonging
to the 4th light dragoons, and to the 20th and 47th regiments of in-,
fantry, will en bark in the course of the week, on board the Duke
of 1 lurk and Castle Mindy lndiarnen, for Bombay.
The depot of the 03d Highlanders, under Captain Lunt and
Lieutenant Browne, are expected from Fermoy, at the Isle of
Wight.
A party of the 77th are ordered to Eilrush and west of the
county of Clare, to recruit.
Colonel Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.8., of the 71st regiment,
is on a visit with his brother, the Bishop of Killaloc, at Clarisford
House.
A detachment of the 2d regiment of dragoons has received
orders to march ham Pimlico, for Newcastle.
A detachment belonging to the 7th (or the Prince Royal's) re-
giment of dragoon guards, which has been for some time under
the superintendence of Colonel Peters, at the cavalry riding esta-
blishment at Pimlico, has received orders to march for Liverpool,
for the purpose of embarking there for Dublin.
Thursday, a recruit, lately quartered in the depot in Townsend.
street, Dublin, fell bile the Liffey, from the City Quay, and was
drowned.

—Several military half-psy. Akers In the Limerick district, who
teethed an order from Lard Combemiere, appeared an this day
ae'nnight at the General's Alice in that city, to ascertain their eli-
gibility as to being placed on fall-pay.
A detachment of the African corps arrived from England at
Cape Coast Castte, ender Ensign Morgan O'Meara, is pod health
and spirits, on the 10th of October last.

MARKETS.

[From the &sedum Thso Prise Current.)

COTTON—We continued to have a good demand last week In
our Cotton market, but leis was done, through a dlilleulty of
'making purchases in India Conon os a par with the gists or the
receding week.
The East India Company have declared for the soloolte 6th Ps-
bruarr, the whole of tittle remaining Cotton, vlv-111141
' and .12 Madras ; and ow Friday, ilth test. IN=DsoisitanC
ton, of the tine mark I 13, will be offered by
SI `ll A IL—The business done in Muscovadtelon week ems tM
siderable, averaging about 006 hbds each day, whisk,
consideration the season of the year, and the mill deldNlVe W
considered a good market : one extensive s.
eery Sugars, when taken in large parcels, &Whole
currency, but otherwise the prices of Sagan ems miler
tamed.

forenoon the market has become very heavy; demise de
inconsiderable, and the holders are accepting the prism depre-
fused last week.
The Refined trade last week was without • WV idol
were several inquiries after Lumps ; no alteraistionlist deittWei
could be stated.-11olesses were 275. 6d. a Sta.
The Refined market is particularly heavy this feetedesi.—blo-
- are 275. dd. •
In Foreign Saws no sales were reported.
COFFEE.—There have been no public sales ef Celan Ike tool
weds, and ne pun:hams by private contract have buss 11
the prices in consequence were entirely nominal tM thb
when two sales were brought forward ; they consisted dr
r; bogs British, and 74 bap Foreign ; the forma *lea
rani and Berbice descriptions sold leaver ; low m
middling 104 s. a 1114 s. Id., good middling llIntillab71( ?it
few lots celoury Jamaica is the sale iodised very
erieek ea
account of the scarcity of those qualitie middinglells. 11141 L;
the feral
dimaged t de..Dominp end st Ph. IL, ailed*
no
alterion of the market prices at Delany may be quoted be-
*Wane 7ba a de.
TEA—The news yesterday from Chins of an expected inter.
reption to the Tie trade, has the erect of advancing Tweaks,
llTea lid.
per 1b.,. as it is known the stock here is inconsiderable
' the other descriptions cannot be quoted higher et the market hag
assumed a more firm appearance, and it dificult to buy at the
previous prices.
' RUM, BRANDY, and lIOLLANDS.—rbgge has lately boa
much speculation in Rums, and we think it is likely to increase;
the strong Jamaica have advanced U. a 9d. pm piton, the
Inferior qualities and Leewarda id. a Id. per gallon ; the muses
the speculations are various: die encouragement held qut to die
Weft India Committee that Government will reduce very mate.
rially the duty an Rum send other spirits—the low prices bera_rhe
reduction of the neck in the Colonies, occasioned by the demand
for North and South Amnion—the advancing prices of pain. In
the interview with the West India Committee, it is stated there
I was an Important subject discussed—the duties on deficienciee. It
is the practice at present that when the Rums me taken ftorrithe
wardens= the duties are levied on the landing gasps; and as
' Rums diminish in quantity considerably, and dm materially, in
strength, by keeping, it is proposed that the duties should only
attach to the quantity, when taken from the warehouse for home
COnstimptiall or riport. This ben important hem, and, if granted,
even without any reduction of dotty, it woad greatly advance the
I prices of Rum. In Broady or Geneva than; le no alteration to
!notice.

111 PROVISIONS.-11 is *potted (see wpsncriam
thoritys, that the Navy Mord have contracted fieeen
parcels of Beef, but the particular, have not, hoeterieLiessalpigoi...l
Beef still remains heavy. In Pork there is busineas doin
quotations. Baron is higher. Butters ave without sun
11E51P, FLA X, and TA 1.1.0W.--.The prion oefdioW noodle
Tallow had declined to 315.; there is since maws sti.setlois4 Sad
to-day the newest quotation is 345. 3d. 345. id. In 'Hemp or
Flax them is little variation to state:
TOl3.looo.The purchases of Tobacco latch reported are
2kOhhds. of ordinary Virginia Stemmed at Sid. and about Nlbbds.
of ordinary leaf, at 21d. per lb.
PIMENTO.—By pubic sale this forenoon, 191 bap Pimento;
the good quality sold at 94d.
FRUIT.—A public sale was brought forward on Wednesday,
which west off heavily ; it consisted of New Purses Cu...,r0
117 a. a 110 s. ; Zantedo. 100 s. a 106 a. 13 brit. Smyrua do. 103 s. ;
ram riga, aft. ; Garroons, pieces and barrels, I& a Ns. t Bias-
catch, nearly the whole taken out ; a few lots only of halves and
quarters appeared to have been sold, 103 s. a Nis. The arrivals
Lest week IVW, rattier considerable.