The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-08-28
Foreign.
MARKETS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Ectract ola letter franz LiUerhool, date,
6Lh ./uIu 1910

6lh Juiy 1910.
" AS the varied events by which the COM
mSrsial world has been so long. and so fire
quentiy disturbed. have at last given way to
more general state of Tranquility we are
enabled to address You with greater conf
dence, and To convey more decisive informa
ton than we have had it in our power to
communicate for several months past. If
as we sincerely wish. the natural union 10
winch we have been restored, should remain
without further interruption, II NAV. Der
maps, De supposed that the fluctuations in
! our market, for the produce of America.
VIII, when compared with more unsettled
periods, be few i'm their number, and trifme
IN ehcir extent. We may, however observe
mat when any article has declined to what
may be considered its standard value, or at
we rate at which consumers have a fair pros
pect OF realizing a moderate prcfi,. there
VIII always be found spectators ready to
take advantage of the opportunity, and their
eaS'rheSs 10 purchase induces the holder to
increase MS demands. The prices in con-
sequence continue to advance, until the buy.
ers become anxious to lessen the magnitude
OF their stocks, and this desire FREQUENTLY
urges them 10 press their sales, with so lt
Tie Caution, AS 40 encrease the evil which
'hey are endeavoring to prevent. & by this
routine, without any external cause to war
RAM such opposite extremes, the same effects
are produced. in minor degree, which we
nave witnessed, to an unprecedented extent in
the late eventual times. BY these remarks we
"ouid wish, IT possible, to avert the disap
Pointments, to which our correspondents NAV
De liable III calculating upon that progress.
siVe advance which they might, in some in
stances, be inclined to expect
we have had more animated demand
for cotton, during the last week than ,y.
nave mad experienced since the re openinp
Oh our intercourse with the u. S. But the
dea'ers and spectators have been induced
10 come forward with confidence, owing to
the prices being comparatively low. and to
1he Tree q regular demand for manufactured
gonos. sales TO very large amount nave IN
consequence been effected, Causing an ad
vance OF I'D 3 Cd per Id. which has bith-
er" oeeh Chiehy confined to the superior dss-
CriptionS OF uPlands and New Orleans
ne principal part of the arrivals are still of
an ordinary and middling quality, and the
great scarcity OF those nds, which are wei
Cieaheu ana OF good Colour, render them nro
Poruoha'ely more valuable-A small Da,cel
VI unusually ne uplands has realized is
"a, and few bags of New Orleans 10 Nor
lo, out the prices which have been rbtain
ed IN THESE particular instances cannot he
considered as fair Criterion of the state of
t"e market. We may quote uplands gene
Iaily from led 10 4l-New Orleans 15d
a. 20 -%' ana tennessee from 13d ISL
- improvement In the value OF sea isl
S: "as NOT oeen tn an equal extent; or
binary and stained may be worm t,on, ia
2ld. middlng to fine Is Tod 9s Id
ana very hne Is Cd 2s Al Der Id. So Io,.o
as the demand for the manufactured art;cle
oohllhues III Its present Furnishing state. it
seems reasonable to conclude tina the nr;cee
VIM hot undergo any very serious alteration
'u uhiess the imports from America shuuJd
prove more abundant than is generally anti
ciPaeed mere, 1t is not improbable that a
trihi,s ADVANCE may be experienced. Our
ouPP'ies Oh American Cotton, since the com
o. nc n'ent OF the present year, are about
1o1oOo o'Ss and bales. of which 81 600 have
~ Imported since the lst of April and of
'hese nearly 30, 900 since the 1st of June.
30 few sales of ashes hsve vet been ef
iected that their actual value is. in ,rsa,
measure. undetermined, as the purchasers
a'!uer the expectation Of further decline,
VIII make no offers to which the holders
are disposed to submit. Previous to the
oPehing or trade. our stocks of this article
had oeen very much reduced, but the i'm.
PortatIoD since that period has amounted IN
nearly 5000 barrels, which is ahout the
qtuahtity received in the preceding months.
ne nominal price of good Boston pots is SIS
u.s. New-York 53S SIS, and pearls 81,
S., the crusted aud inferior kinds do NOT
rate higher than ass sos per cwt. Their
future currency will be governed almost en-
ureIy by the supplies which may come for
ward, both from Canada and the Uni,ed
States and should these be abundant. we can
scarcely expect that the present prices will
be supported.
Although we have no alteration to make
III the prices which we quoted for naval
stores, on the 10Th ult. yet, as the enouiries
OF tate, have been very numerous. both on
speculation and from regular trade. the ho
ders are looking for an advance. when IN a
CERTAIN extent, there seems every probability
OF thelr obtaining Several sales of turDenline
nave oeen made at 15s to los one small lot
oil soi' quality, has reached los Cd, and SINH
lar descriptions are now worth 16s Sd a IT,
per C%t' Good tar cannot be bought under
COS u.s. q most OF the importers nave con
hdsn,ly required 28s per brl.
we nave experienced q very brisk de.
rnand tor rice partly for hone consumption
out chiehy Tor the purpose Of being exported
oopaln and Portugal. to which. in the course
% the last i've weeks, about goo fierce have
uscn shipped. Fhe value Of the inferior &
| iHiadiihg qualities has in Convenience been
advanced 90 24S 25s Cd, and the good and
me to 265 rs percwt
| No extensive sales Of wheat have been
ELECTED, for some time past, as the holders
| are no. dispose to reduce the prices ~ f,r
As TO meet the views at the buyers : for tho