Star.
London, England, 1818-05-13 00:00:00

LONDON MARKETS, MAY 12.

CeTrow.-The Cotton market has i.,,-.ne:CeS`,:;7,fy
heavy. The India sale, which consi• tell of Mr
weht off without briskness; the Surats fa.h•
pound lower than the last sale ' • a consider-A!.
portion taken in, which we believe has sin. r
posed of at id. advance on the sale pries-i%
gals, ordinary, at 10d. to 1(/td. the remaind,roi
description were 553 bales, badly damand a:3.1
sold from id. to 6d. The particulars of tie
675 ordinary to middling Surat, 13d. to 1.9d..:4
middling fair good staple, 141 d. to Hid. 145 tie.
dying Toomel, 15k. to 150. 83 good ditto lip. is
17d. damaged 151 d. to 151 d. Subject to the
Id. per pound if taken for home consumption. te
other purchases consisted of inconsiderable parccis d
Pernambuco at 2s. 9d. Surinam: 2s. 2d. Beibice
Old. to 26.04 d. Carriacou 2s. West India 21;1. b.
weds 21d. Bengal: 10li. and about 100 serta.s
cash 191 d. to 201 d. The recent arrivals from 1144
amount to about 13,000 bales, but the comvar.: bre
not yet declared another sale. The total Im or. I
Cotton into Great Britain last month
42,557 bags.
GLAsoow, MAY 9.-The sales cf the ',vett. i.
eluding public sales, are about 3300 p:ickaiTel.-
Sea Island Georgia 97, at 3s. 7d. to 45..-13ov
32, at 22d. to 22hd.-New Orleans 12, at 231 a-
. 90, at 2s. 3;d.-Demerara and fiebi e
355, at 2s. Id. to 2s. 311-Bengal tit at l'ita• Ay
Auction-Berbice 272, at 2s. Old. to 2s. litt.-Buz-
gal 2079, at loid. to 13 d.--Do. picked at 11%d. to
Ind.-Do. with all faults at 10.1."
Suoaa.-The refined market since our last En
been rather heavy ; the few purchases x.ado for CP
portation have been nearly exclusively for Russia :-
the prices are Is. lower. Molasses hart be ne,e.
The East India sale on Friday co/Isis:ea of Z:11,2 b.,yi;
the brown descriptions went off it.. loner ; thr 'Leal
_qualities without variation.
Correz.--The Coffee market may be poled r
nerally 2s. to Ss. higher siuce Tuesday la
Toaacco.-No aleration in the prices can be rani
since our last.
RUM, BRANDY. AND Hou.anns.-The Ran 1110.
ket has been exceedingly heavy titre car last :vpir.;
the business done has been confined to small
for the home trade ; the shippers co:.tince.
to mate enquiries after Rum, but, from .ntr-nre
imports expected, they calculate that they ot
able to purchase on better terms. Brandi 4.1 br.:
neva are.without variatiou.
COI3I•EXCIT AMOY, MAR::-Leer, M'S 13.--Oar
Wheat trade was exceetlingly heavy
having but few buyers at market, and to elect n... 1
lower prices were submitted to. Barley al•o wer.(s
very slowly, but prime Malting s.unples su7pxt
Monday's prices, having but t.f thzt cr.
Lion. Oats were dull sale and ra...:,er shearer,
Beans are 2s. per quarter lower.

It is a circumstance well wor&y of obserst?3,
that although wheat hp; been
past, flour has not experienced a..y •aite..ttion
It has been 755. to 80s. per uck front the beojeaci
of this year. This is one cf the areas a the aLc..s.x
of the Assize.
A melancholy catastrophe occurred on
se'nnight, near St. Agnes Island, Scilly.
put out fur the purpose of tishisg, to s•Jf-
when the boat rink, Crow. sot:se
accident. and three of them werc - • •••
was shortly afterwards seen oa a lAA
passing in a fishing bOat. 11..1 • • • •
but in vain, to extricate him gate : • • •-•
tion. Whilst waiting for the Am, ...Jr. • .-! s -
with the unhappy urat for lir.. •• • • •
Be informed than of the fate o: his a..
entreated them for Goes sake to e his sit : b
tremendous wave suddenly .went him off eh:
and he was seen no more. 'racy hay, a.
and children to lament their hiss.
Almost every town threugi.out the Unitul
dons has felt the genial infl.tte,ce of Fortunes ss•
in the last Lottery. In an advertise-nest .4 Ist,
we perceive that his Capitals have uavelha
directions, not only from the Land's End to
eGratt's house, but much further north. As ;-
is an increased number of Capitals in the present
tery, and as the dethand at his Offices is a:IrAJI
we may of course, look to his selling the rite*
Pan of Chan ; indeed such is the great luck ana
to his Offices, that his oat doing so would be re:'
ordinary indeed. _ _ -

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