The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-17 00:00:00

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CO'rr .--tha recent favourable intelligence from
Alestrirester bits been folly confirmed ; the spinners
bay* telurneal to their work, ead-the business-of tee
noinufeetering districts, Is :unwiring its former brisk.
ness : the Cotton .Markrt is. however, 'still heavy
and declining, owineed, seine waist., to the very
extensive sale deck by the East India Oompeny
for Friday nest, vi5431.506-herts &t will', 350 Me.
eras, 150 Bourbonornd I,boo Surats. The sales of.
Colton since our tbsk littleeiceed 800 begs. Thew-
ierrierS aff--260 Pernambuco, 29. td. to 2s. TH. ;:
60 Demarares 2r. 61d. ; 50 Carriacon, .42.1(.; 120.
Bowed., 211d. to ',224d. •, end in the boos*, 160'
Surats, 1 lid. to J 34; tud 200 13engals, at gid. to;
.11d. The import houses have been the chiet par.'
chasers,
ac LITEEPOOL. Stir. 1%.--Notwitbstaading the.
lepinners are all set to lurk win, our Cottoulbletket
'lbis. been dull this week. The peialic sales,. yeatzr.
day;went off heavily, and some part eras withdrowm;
Sherd were fold 810 Behitallr of nIP3IIIIIIB
10d. to 104 d. per lb.; Wig a decline of id. to id.
per lb.; 85 Demerara% 22d. for middlingi to 2s. Old.
for good fair quality; 550 Cartbegerte4 Ind. to ,
19211. being a decline of abort id. peril)."
SUGAR.-The business done la Mascavades sass
week was very limited; the few sales effected were I
et the prices of Tuesday. -
• This forenoon the budget, done is again vesirtffie
mited, and, notwitstandieg timelier deliveries
the we reheat., and the stock being 10,000 casks It
than the supply at this time lest year, yet the market
must again be listed eaceedingly-irsavy, and the few
purchases made are at prices 6d. to le.' pee cwt.
lower: no general depression caw, hOweverlbs stated,
as the purchasers this forenoon are ter, leoessiderable ii
to afford a fair criterion of the roarket... 1
Correa.-;--The 'prices of Coffee resottneel howl
and declining last week. Mail Thursday, when
large public sale was Woven forward ; the tie.:
mood appeared steady and considerable, mid prices
fully Is. per cot. higher than on the Wednesday
were obtained : the exporters were the great pur-
chasers.
There were no public tales of Coffee this fore-
noon ; the request by private contract condones very
limited, and notwithstanding the deficiency* of the
stock in the warehouses, the consldereble deliveries
for the exportation, and the decline that has taken
place in the prices, yet purehasers-nre not induced
to tome forward; the market ustirbe tasted exceed-
ingly heavy ; the prices 2s. te *Amer than on this
day week. - • c. •
Or is.-Tbe accounfnmehroll. dace 'our lest as to.'
the .success of the-peek's Straits lolsltery are mere
favourable; the prices of Wbeleolli in consequence,
bate diclieed considerably, and the minket may be
stated. very heavy et the depression. Southern Is also
considerably lower. Sperm and Cod Oils, on ac-
count of the scarcity, continue to maintain very high
prices, and are still on the advance. Seed Oils have
given way 21. to 31. Galipon is held for 1051. In
the other descriptions there is little variation.
RAPE AND Lurszeb OIL CAILE..-'flee prices ed.
num with great rapidity; a cargo of Foreign Rape
Cake 'was yesterday sold at 91. 10s.
ittcc.-The demand for Rice has been very limited
for some time, mad percheses could be made oo lower*
. terms last week. Yesterday, the accounts from the
. Continent were ritber favourable as to Rice, Ind the
, psincipal holders condoms sanguine that, from the
• deficiency of the potatoe crop, end the great want of
vegetables, on account or the extreme dry season,
Rice will become an article of very extensive con-
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semptton ; the holders, in consequence, will submit
.to considerable depression to facilitate sales:-
This morning at the India-house 6250 bags-the or-
. dinary white sold 26;. 'end 265. 6d.; middling'
• /74. 4J. to 281. ; and this fine white 31i. to 31s. 6d.
Tire *bole went off Is. to 2s. under the prices of
last sale.
Seices.-The prices of Spice are little varied.-
Pepper still heavy, and declining, on account of ex- ,
,grected arrivals. The India Company have declared
:for sale 10th November :-130,0001b5. Cinnamee,
100,0001bs. Nutmegs, 100,0001bs. Cloves,3s,ooolbs.
'Mace.
HEMP, Fr.tx, AND TN-Loeb-The prices of Tal-
low fluctuate in an enprecedented manner, oo ac-
count of the continued extensive speculations : The
market 'became beery, last week, the prices having
declined from la. to 25.; for parcels of Yellow
Candle here, 88s. could only be obtained : cargoes
to arrive during the season were offering at 875.; tn.
wards she close of the week thedeasand became again
enimiled, and 90s. was realized with facility for par-
cels bete, and for all the season 893; the bolded are
now asking an advance ors arse price% and trapUbe
great speculation, it is fully believed highea rates
will be obtained, yet there is no question that the
consumption will be checked by thekigh prices which
ere already realized. Hemp bits also been in improv-
ing demand, and the prices continue to advance.-
Flax is also higher. The letters frogs St. Peters-
burgh state, that the Exchange was advancing; it
was 12, and in some iustances, quoted a fraction en:
der that rate.
TE.t.-The Tea sale at the India.bouse closed en
Friday last. The Boheas sold 3d. per lb. higher
than last sale; the Congos, Twankay, and Lifson
Skits much at the same prices as .the previous sale;
llyson about 2d. per lb. higher. The private trade,
Tea sold at very high prices, perticelarly the booi.
containing black (Soachool Tea).
Rum, BRANDY, Axb HOLLANDS.The demand
for Rum since our lest bee been brisk and rether,es-.
tensive; the pekes may be quoted a shade higher, yet
the request this forenoon appears to hive given way :
there are few' purchases this morning; the market,
however, cannot be stated lower. The prices of
Cognise Broady may be quoted at, a small decline ;
the inferior descriptions continue its request at en im.
proving currency.-Geneva is in more request; the
'prices are again considerably higher.

The quantify of mushrooms, this year, is oncoeie
snoaly !urge in all parts of the island. Oa the Weds
sound Gloucester, they exhibit the appearance of a
regularly raised crop, and are sent by cart loads into
that city, where they sell at sive= the Tinian
Aie*SUle.