Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-08-31
LONDON MARKETS


LONDON MARKETS.
FROM the London JNetc Price Current, JtlvI3.
C0"0n.-lhe sales OF Cotton this week have
been rather extensive. The prices are l. Sd bieh-
er. The following are the ssies for the week
enuing last night, inclusive LOO Bengal Esd
4 5-sd; 500 SursIs Ia 4 rs; 500 Bowels
SD l>sd; 100 Egyptian i.sd; SEQ Manil-
nhla 0d a b SD; 200 West India Sid Cot
ION Market Disk this stternoon; 900 bags Egyp-
tian scid at high prices.
Jo0acco. The purchasers of tobacco by pri-
waite contract are uncomfortable. A public sale
held yesterday OF $50 hhds. leaf. and so bbes
siript leaf Virginia; the greater par; OF a recent
mpoitation' consisting OF ordinary dry, lesfy, ard
some good and mddlins leaf coloury trade uuali-
lies went of very heavily, very little inclination
oe'hs SHOWN by The trade for purchasing even at
very moderate prices; for ordinary export cuali-
ties iew or no buyers; real bids above zI.2a
Z o,sd AT the early part of the sale, ordinary
qualities were mostly taken in (excentine a few
lois sold TO The tEsde) al 5 Sd Sd; good niJdny
really iid not obtain above 81 J 3 s. and a
lew lots good colonry light at rom Ia, 8 LID
Sd a few lots OF part and middng black fla
voured exports sold from I I'd , ST. The
sripi ZEAL most common short dry leafy, went Off
better, the trade buying at low prices, ordinary
) l. Al a LID, better 3 Sd a 3 sid. To.
wards the close of the sale, ordinsry export
Ieai appeared TO give way little but were mostly
retired at 3 Al 7-Sd, shade better at 3D.
About 6O hhds leaf and 20 hhds. stript leaf were,
so!a. Inc ieafy middiinss and good trade qualities
went oil evidently much lower in propor,ioa-
Two lois Brazil roll, old although stll good and
fresh, sold al I-Sd, AID six chests old and but
ordinary Cuba were retired at ~ sd I3d: cpa
81. Domingo found no purchaser
LIVERPOOL MARKETS
LIVERPOOL, I6h July 1927
mere was a steady business doing in our Cot
ron market In lie early part Of last week b,, nm
ednesd@y The demand wss very spirited. and
probably 700 bags were sold on that day, mostly
al small advance upon previous price-. The
transactions since then, although considerable.
nave hotp upon ss extensive a scale and pur
chasers, seeing the demand was fully met by hnIl.
els, have been IA her more deliberate in their opr
tauohs' and although an advance of Sd NAV In
some Instances have been obtained. in Others mere
Is no change.
P.- S. 10Th .IaIy.
There is but moderate demand for COTTON Ri.
morning, and holders manifest an Increased dAT
TO sell. Prices remain as on Saturday
HAvRE, July ~.
Our last respects are dated lst instant. Durine
'ne sariy part OF the month we had very active
demand Tor cotton, at an advance of l2s and IN
some instances, 3 q on fair 10 aooJ cn,I,,f.s
he demand has lessened within the las, fve
u"ys' out theTe Is sill a steady and moderate busi.
ness dons' Holders are firm, in hopes tha, an
Improvement will follow a sessation of arrival,
s' 'te no" coming IN very sTauinsly.
letter from Barbsdoes dated the 18Th ph ,s-
ceivedi Baltimore, is published in The Cazpue of
hs' city, from which il appears probable that the
iHeci ''ate with this country wIll hereafter be
matter OF LILLE Importance 10 the British We
annex tue letter:
Barbados, Jnly IS, 1927.
" We continue lie mos, abnndantly sunnl.d
with all kinds of American produce through Hall
tax, and the foreign IsIands, but particularly the
latter, and al cheaper rate for some articles than
when we had the direct trade. We are shortly
10 have here from Danizic, large supply of -four
slaves, &c; and at Antigua they have ALREADY re-
reived large quantity of corn and meal from
France, so that in short time we shall forget that
he United States exist, as far as depending on them
Tor supplies"
Capt Deming, Of the brig New England, left q.
Maianzas by the schr Elizabeth, arrived here lac,
evening reports that on the nish of the I4tb in-
slant, Spanish Droger came along side undsr
The pietence OF making fast line to warn out nv
that while The people of the brig were maxine
the line fast for them, they cut the hawser bS
which the brig was moored, it berg calm, did nor
perceive II until morning the Droger then being
out IL the baTbor with her prize, hedge end loo
fathoms inch hawser. This may be called
new mode oi Piracy there being no JJnitad
States vess Is Of here, they lake the adj
vantage Of the time.
A COMET.
Nj. Gambaft. discovered at MsrseiIIes. on The
night OF the 2lsi June, and Mr.. NicolIet, on tLe
night OF The 22l June, at Paris, discovered new
ana very small comet, invisible to the naked eve
In the night oi the 2lst, It was near the star
Epsilon 81 the constellation OF Cassiopea, by two
hours ana two minutes right ascension, and 81
50 l. degrees Of north decliBatiou. as well az
could be judged in the cloudy stare of the s,mos.
phere,- The Comet appeared to Increase rapidly
as il declined. F'
The Missouri Intelgencer of July 10, ,nsntion,
the return Of party Of aboni twenty r,er.ons ~ bo
nsd peen on mercantile expedition 10 Santa Fe
ihey nave made very Profitable tip, and have
brought with them abouI $50, 900 in specie. and
several hundred mules. This trade with Santa Fs
together WIN The For Trade carried on with tie
Inuan If'pes In The vicinity OF The Rocky Noun
tains mas greatly augmented the wealth of the
State OF Missouri, and through her of The west. -
Inc trade with the Mexican provinces by This
route ioust Increase To the annual value Of toil-
lion sud that sop,