The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-07

Undef III p6ftUc, EfubJ6d COHIfuuU6 Vdky
quote further reduction Of I'd on last fridays rates.
some forced sales have been made ct ~ Sd to 2Ai
Sd the spot Business has been done for delivery IN
the next two months a 25 and 26s Sd to ass paid
for the rst Ave OF six months Of ls4s The price Of
rape firmly sustained holders demanding 37s Cd to 3ss
for refined and brown SO Cd to 3s some hne foreign sold
early In the week at 39s per cwt Cocoanut advanced
to los to lis last Friday fine Cochin CTS to 70s ID
per owt. The market has since been quiet Pro-
visons-The arrivals Of Irish butter are extensive;
merchants are therefore DESTROYS to SELL but SUBJ
hitting rather lower rates. occasioneda good demand
fine kinds peeting with the most attention We quote
Carlow aud Conmel landed ut COS to 9os Cork 89s to
90s Limerick $751; Waterford SIS to 69s and Sligo
SIS per cwt On board there has been little
ing Carlow Conmel be obtained Ut 86s to 94s;
Cork SIS to $685. Limerick s6s to $685. and Sligo Sos TO s6s
per The stock exceeds that Of l646 at this time
Dutch has been 10 good and prices have improved
the better kinds although supplies were good Fine
has been selling at l06s to l0Ss and other kinds
Of Dutch los to l02s Fine EnGlsh butter much In
quote Dorset fine at sss to per cwt fresh
to Cd per IL lbs Bacon Of all kinds has been operated
In with caution, and on the part OF holders there
Is desire to sell The rates taken for have been 76s
szeabe los to b for heavy and SOS TO Cos
old landed according to quality For delivery there is
continues very small Middles ars dull Of sails. and
freely offered ut COS to COS for ercs and Mt Cos to 6s
bale. For lard the demand has been good Waterford
bsddered e2s CAS- Belfast 10 to 52s keg and hrhin
SOS to 7Os Although Hams are offered upon low terms
still all kinds have been purchased with much caution
and sos to Is the value OF Irish In American Pro-
Visions larger business has been concluded at easier
prices Taow-The consumptive demand has not been
quite brisk last noticed and prices about Sd
lower for foreign The market price of hns st Peters
burgh Y c. the spot 46s Sd to 46s Cd bust
been done for delivery At the end Of the
Home made has sold upon rather easier terms The de-
vees continue large being 2S4l casks last week
of than 600 casks compared with last year
Stock this 18th nstant:li4 ass casks against $500
corresponding date In 1916 Large supplies
near at hand.
LONDON MONTHLY ToRAsco REsoRT.-Although the
Tobacco market has been without any apparent ANNA
lakt month. n vary fair amount OF Du6f
has been transacted both for home use and Tor
expectation The manufacturer have bought s9t sps
rpgIy TOR the about 600 hhds; but this may
be for scarcity Of good and nne srpt
leaf caused by the late arrival Of the last crop For
about 400 hhds have been sold, chiefly Il
good spinning Kentucky leaf at from 3kd to sid, and
for very few and very nne light ana lsafy for cigar
so hhd Of very ne Virginia leaf has also been
taken at about sd. Amercsn-In Virginia sales hav-
not exceeded 200 hhds and have chiefly consisted Of
AID to Sd and strips at 6d to 3d. in descriptions suita
Die for cutting purposes there has scarcely been any
that no transaction of consequence can be noted A
hogshead or two to manufacturer aud then Ia the
utmost extent of the business done Kentucky Leaf
and Strps-Athough tn market has been comparative
quiet sales bs estmated at 600 hhds nearly equal
quantities of leaf and strips in instances rihDg
but the general character Of the market has pre-
sented no particular feature deserving remark.
State OF Trade.
-MAScHEsTER, Oct l6 The shipping trade continues
depressed and prices both In yarn and cloth very
irregular and unquotabe. Orders held by some Of
the agency houses considerable extent which could
be executed fav0raby enough bat uncertainty In the
Of discount for paper added tho want conf
dence which results from the failures every hand
makes commercial men of every class careful how they
enter into new engagements Spinners and manufac-
for the contracting the Of
produo tion whilst mills every week being added to
the list of those wh,oh have stopped altogether Many
Of the smaller houses decline to do business at ALI e.
cspt for cash. More indifference manifested respect
ing the threatened turn cut Of the operatives
thA~ esvn l.
to warrant for 1t hardly be expected that large
bodies Of turned loose upon streets whose i'm
proydsnt habits In general way win have left them
day by day and week by week. sensible of the dismay
and intimidation which their presence in such numbers
must create without Of disorder The day for
the cessation Of labor is not finally determined upon but
the stockport and Ashton operatives contemplate
early date as the 2lst inst Thursday next
LEEDS, Oct l6 -woolens--The attendance of mer.
chants at this morning tolsraby good
but the business transacted rather limited the
chants buying sparing although their stocks have
Gently been considerably reduced. The goods sold,
principally of the heavier fabrics suitable for the ap
preaching season.
BIRMINGHAM Oot 16--Hardwars--It is too soon after
The state Of trade here with the exception Of few
branches, however there is good deal Of depression
although Of late the orders from America and elsewhere
have not been inconsiderable An article which
In the Times Of day referring to the
dton OF concerns In this town and the dis
trict given rise to an almost universal feeling Of
dgnation that any public writer should have dared
treat subject Of much Importance with ridcule and
Of SURPRISE that could have been found bersy
much Of ignorance. The prosperous condition Of the
iron trade Of the district has been mistaken for the pros
perity Of the general manufacturing interest Of the
town. and the idea In the mind Of the writer
have been that the followed the other matter
Nothing, however, be wider Of the mark,
contrary to the fact Week after week In this
journal for months past have reported the depressed
sats of trade here and have also pointed out how ser
ousy preudical the high price Of iron to certain
branches Of our manufactures. Further, under this
head only week or two back, 1t pointed out that
the system under which vast trades
dered heavy casualties less probable than In Lancashire
and other parts OF the country To this alone
may be attributed escape thus far rather than
that extraordinary and isolated prosperity which the
Times writer In his ignorance Of facts would make his
readers believe exists There TO day of the
embarrassments OF large merchants house whose
gagements have been believe, chiefly with the Wes,
oda trade their liabilities not stated and In the
absence OF further Information the subject, alb
stain from entering into particulars It Is feared how
II the report referred to out be we'll found
ed that may develop other insovencies heresbout
This afternoon, at four o'clock the American letters
were delivered but the character Of their intelligence
the effect they will produce mercantile iute-
written Their contents were looked for with painful
interest; and 1t augurs poorly for post office manage
ment at such time the letters brought by steam
which reached Liverpool at IL Friday should
not have been despatched to reach this
earlier hour than that above named Iron-Ths last Of
the quarterly meet ngs of the ironmssters held
Dudley this sfte'no nominAly prices remain the
-sme but assured that pigs, especially Scotch,
are not near 30 firm as they we're q week ago.