The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-23 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL

SATURDAT. OCTOBER 21.
The demand for British Plantation Sugar has been fair I the
sales are about 800 !Mil& the better eons at steady prim, hut the
lower qualities see about In. per cwt. declined. Same low brown
Ilerbice sold at 495. 6d. per cwr. No sales of foreign Sugar. In
Molasses only 50 puncheons St. Lucia ',old at 245. 01 per cwt.
In Rum the *ilea are about 150 puncheons at steady prices, prln-
tipsily to the trade. A lot of fine Jamaica brought *. 211. per gall
IR 0. P. A public sale of 270 tierces of Jamaica Coffee was
brought forward, but only 70 casks sold, with CO afterwards,
at is. a 2a. pet cwt. reduction; had the whole been forced off, no
doubt but a greater reduction must have been the consequence.
120 hrls. of grad ordinary Brazil Crifee *old at 48s. pet cat. In
Brazil Cocoa, 2CO basg haze been sold at aims. per cwt. In Pi-
mento, a few bad Rave been sold at 911 per lb. In _7`urpen-
tine, about 3,000 brls. were offered yesterday by auction, but as the
highest price offered was 10s. Bd., the whole was withdrawn at
Ils. : 223 barrels of another parcel have been sold at 10s. Bd.
per cwt. No sales in Tar. In Ashes, the market has been dull,
the Wes are 100 brls. New Montreal Pot, at 275. 6J.; 50 brls. old,
at 255. 91 a t:e.. 93. 100 bits. new Pearl at 275. 3d. a 27.. fat. ;
and 70 Min old r.: 265. 61 a 275. Cal. per cat. Nothing done in
States Ashes. In Drewooes the sales are 100 tons; Ceinueanliy
itniilicud at 71. :14 tons St. Luria at 51. It's.; 100 tons Spmisb
Pride at 6/. Si'. a 7/. :04. for Tampico ; 130 tons of solid Nicaragua
1 at 171. 10s. a 19/.; and 5 wns Lima Nicaragua Wood at
251.: 2 tons Harwood at 71. 10s. In Bides the sales have barn
1,2111 Buenos Ayres Ox and Cow at 101 a 11d.; 1,100 salted at 5d.;
I.sth) salted North American at :T. a 41.1.; 150 dry salted
Brazil at 64.1. end 900 dry Valparaiso at iild. In Sliumac the
sales are 600 Verona. at 7.. gd. a its. 31 ; Some Trieste at 9s.sper
cwt., and 200 bags Sicily at lls. per cwt. A small lot of Carolina
Rice sold at 24., and a few bags of Bengal sold at 19s. per cwt.
In Olive Oil the sales, small Ims only, at 41s. a 425. for Gallipoli,
and 3; s. a 3ils. for 3lessins. Tallow is lower ; the a king price of
Petersburg!' Yellow Candle is 411., but 40a. mar be quoted as
nearer the mark. Fish Oil is nominal, s the 1)..r1s Straits se.
counts condone favourable. Palm Oil some small lout base been.
sold ,e 4 *IL per nia. The dement! for Coffon hes been steady Ibis
week. stiil the re-Am:inn of last week has been nearly reco-
vered on American descririons, and tke market is steady again.
The sales of tree week arc about 11.300 bags. consisting of 4.200
bags upland Georgia at 6d. a 711... LNG New Orleans at a ad.;
1.001) Alabama at 60. a 741.; ::00 Sea Island at 131. a 113)4. ; 50
I ant:tied Sea I-lands at 74. a meat!.; 300 Pernambuco at Wid. a
I 100.; 6CO Maim:lllam a: 91a 41; lalo Bid.ia at tied. a 90. ;70
Para at tild. ; 1150 rubs at nd. u 3.1.; 500 Egyptian at 7id. a nitl.
sue Carthsgena and l.tguiea at fid. HO Surat at 50. a 6d.;
and 15 Bengal at &1: of a !itch about 410 bags American, 400 bags
Brazil, and 930 bags Ct:ba, Pave been taken for export. The im-
port is about 3.400 bogs. Fire hundred bales Surat Cotton are ad-
vertised for F:idoy next, by auction.

INFOOFEMENT or TRADF..—As a proof that consider-
able amendment has taken place in one branch of trade in
this town. we mention that the duty for the last six weeks,
paid by Measrv. Thomas Marsiand and Son, amounts to
between 17,0001. and t 5,0091. winch is a greater sum than
we have ever recorded them to have paid.—Stod.port Ad-
rerti.Ner.

CORN TRADE.—STOCRHOI.n> OCT. 6.- In consequence
or the very unfavourable reports received by the Govern-
ment respecting the produce of the late harvest, his Ma-
jesty has ordered a reduction of the import duty on foreign
grain. By this ordinance oats are wholly exempt from
duty, barley to ply a duty of schollings Banco, and
pets owf rix dollar Banco. No difference is to be made in
the dull(' whether the importation is made in foreign or
Swedish ships. The ordinance remains in force till the Ist
of June, 1827.

Con ti-Q-c ESTION.—At the Ross-shire County Meeting,
on Wednesday last, ■ committee was unanimously ap-
pointed, to concert measures in Edinburgh, in support of
the agricultural interest, with such other committeck as
may be similarly appointed.—rtt the County Meeting held
at Elgin, on the nth instant, a similar appointment was
made, on the principle, that as a free trade in grain would
Le ruinous to the agricultural and manufacturing interests
of this country, every exertion should be used to obtain
such a protecting dutyas would ensure a fair remuneration
to the home grower.
COTTON 9:1NNE.115. It is with deep regret we hear
that the cotton spinners in general are sulking, or prepar-
ing to strike work. By this proceeding many hundreds of
people, who were only taktii into employment the other
day, will again be thrown idle. This cornea of the sound-
in of vast prosperity returned, and so eagerly cir-
culated by public journals through this country. These
infatuated people will, we much fear, end, when they hare!
struck wort., that their services will neither be so soon nor
so extensively required as. they at present imagine. Mal'
expirirnce will Mach theni that permanent prosperity bas
nat yet returned to the trade of this country.—Glergets
Courier.

Dining the last ten days the demand for the different
sorts of yullicatcs has improved, and, in general, the
prices of weaving have advanced a farthing an ell; hut the
other fabrics contain in the same dill and unpromising
state in which they were•before business began to assume
the aspect of improvenolt. Though webs are easily got,
then: are still a great many looms eroptyer--n feat wkicb
indicates that a timber of the weavers have got into some
of the Fetter paid trades. Since the commencement of the
present dulness, a great number of the loom-shops bave
been converted into dwelling-houses, or places of business.
In Gerbals, for instance, there are at present about 130
loomsteads fewer than there were at Whitsunday last.—
' Was,;..,mv Chi onide.

The weavers in Kilsyth are setting an example to their
fellow-tradesmen in other places, which is well worthy of
imitation. The town contains from five to six hundred
weavers, and though they can all get wets, they very
wisely prefer potato digging, and country labour of every
description, to their own miserable business. Though toil-
im• at the loom for 16 hours a day, they cannot realize
above 11d. or 16d. ; while at country work, in 10 hours,
they can earn 18d. or 20d. The prices of weaving cannot
be expected to rise while the trade is so much overstocked
with hands. Young men particularly should persevere in
their exertions to get rid of the loom. When trades in ge-
neral are so well paid In this country, and open to all, it is
a wonder that se many men continue at a business which
reduces then: almost to a level with the must degraded
castes of India.—Grargvo, Chronicle.
Roy r ox, NEAR OLDH•M, 18.—The difftrenees
which for many weeks past have prevailed between the anaa-
,tcr spinners and the men, at the bottom of Greenacres Moor
and Oldham, are likely to be amicably arranged. On Sa-
turday evening last the turned-out men assembled about
the house of Air. Robert Graves, the brother of Mr. Grates,
whose spinners are turned out, and broke nearly all the win-
dows In bia house. On Sunday morning they (the turn-
outs) came in contact with some of the new hands, whom
they beat in a very unmerciful manner. Oa Sunday night
11- they again fell in with two unfortunate " knobsiicks' in
Oldham, Monday
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