Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-12-09
From the ". L. Ereniag FIST, Dec. A..
MARKETS AT LIVERPOOL.
di.sentiept veice.


MARKETS AT LIVERPOOL.
To the politencss of a merchant
in this city, we are indebted ior the
following circular.
liverpool. l4'h October. 1917.
The following are the most mate
rial alterations that have taken place
in our market for American produce
since our circular of the 9th u!t. Was
transmitted TO you.
The imports of ashcs continue T."
be few. aud there has been Fair
demand for them the last few days !;
but small as the stock is, the prices
do not advance and will be lower To-
wards the end OF the year, Wien The
imports from Canada are received
New-York and Boston pot ashes now
sell at 40 TO SIS. Montreal as TO dos.
and pearl ashes at 6ss to 63s per
cwt. There has not been much de-
mapd forguercitrVn bark the last lew
weeks and as nearly the whole OF
the stocks arc held by spectators
who arc likely to continue to DC pur-
Ihascrs rather than suffer the prices
to decline, il is most probable that
The present prices will be maintained
for some time but unless the i'm
ports be diminished. or the consump-
ton of The article increased. we APP
prehend it will eventually be lower.
Philadelphia bark sells at els TO a3s.
and New York, at ISs. to SIS per
cwt.
For the last three weeks there has
been very limited demand for cot
ton, the sales in that period having
ouly averaged goo bags per week
the prices have however remained to-
lerably steady, which is to be attri-
butcd to the excellent demand there is
for cotton twist and goods-the small
ness of the stock of cotton. and the
almost total Suspension of the imports
occasinncd in part 10y the prevalence
of easterly winds. Upland cottons
now sell at l9 ed to GO Cd n.
Orleans at cid 10 2s I'd: good fair
Charleston and Savannah Sea Islands
at 2s sd TO 2s Led very fine at 2s
I'd TO Is lOd and stained at 22d to Is
cd per ID. The stock Of cOitons Of all
descriptions in this port is computed
to be about $4,000 bags, Of which
twenty thousand are supposed to be
Uplands, 5000 New Orleans. and
5000 Sea Islands. The sales for
consumption from this port may be
estimated at 5000 bags per week. and
the imports for the remainder of the
year arc not likely to be equal 10 The
consumption. Under these circum.
stances it is evident that the quantity
of cotton heretofore grnwn, has rot
exceeded the demand and Consump-
tor for it, nor is it TO be considered
Improbable that the consumption may
be farther increased : and the peace
and restored confidence which now
prevail in Europe, together with the
moderate prices Of provisions, are
circumstances well calculated TO carry
TO the greatest extent the taste which
prey ais for the consumption Of cot
ton manufactures. We cannot how
ever refrain from remarking, that
the present ought to be considered rs
very high and dangerous prices, and
that only two years ago. when the
prospects were considered to be as
favorable as they now arc. and when
UnIands were selling at the present
prices, they declined before the end of
the year to l5d to I'D per ID.
There has lately been fair de-
mand for turpentine, and as the stock
of it is small, il has advanced to It's
to 1ss per cwt. Tar is also in re-
quest, and now sells from l6s to Us
per barrel. Pitch aud posin 8s per
Cwt. For rice there is tOlerablc de-
inand at 3ds to Sos per eWt. and the
stock in the market is very mode
rate. For faxseed there is not at
present any enquiry, and the price is
nominaHy 6Ss to 20 shi!lings per hid.
Slaves have been in very good dc.
maud of late white oak barrel now
sell at lei to I4I. hid. at col 10 25l.
pipe at 2Sl to sol. and led oak hhd at
81 to 10! per thousand. The demand
for timber is also continued -