Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-12-08

favor of buyers. Sales for the five days, yesterday
being a HOLIDAY, estimated at 5O,9IO bales, OF
which spectators have taken 30,76O and exporters
1850 bales OF the American descriptions sold, $3.50
are Upland at 5iG I'D; 10000 Orleans, ga II d.;
$500 Mobiles, 54d I'd; and 800 Sea Island, 90
22d. u ID. Fair Orleans quoted at ID; fair
Mobiles and Uplands, Cad; and middling descrip-
tons 63G62d. The stock Of Cotton in this port
is 100000 bales, of which 2l6,OOO American,
against total stock Of 461 900 bales at this period
of last year, of which 900 were American
Corn, Sc.-The Corn market has been quiet
during the past week without much change in prices.
Flour of good quality being scarce has been in rather
request, whilst Indian Corn is shade lower in
consequence of the limited demand from Ireland.
The quotations are-old Western Canal Flour, 23s.
a 23s Cd; new Westerns, 17G Dos; Philadelphia
and Baltimore, 24s.; Ohio, 25sd 25s, Cd. old sour,
2ls; Wheat is Sd ats Sd. u 10 lbs; Indian Corn,
26d BIS. u quarter for yellow and BIS. Cd a 2ss. Cd
for white indian Corn Meal, lbs. u bril-, nominal.
.Nttral St0reS.-Sales of Turpentine this week,
600 brls at 6s. 3D. for inferior to 6s Cd. ~ cwt. for
fine quality; and 700 brs. common American Rosin
sold from the quay at Is. lode 3s ~ cwt.
Yours respectfully,
BROWN, sHIPLEY s. CO.
Extract from Barings Circular
LONDON, Nov 18th, 1919
An active demand this week for Coffee and Sugar,
and the public sales, which have been numerous and
extensive have gone off with briskness at improved
rates. Cotton quiet, and about ID. lower. Two
India Mails have arrved-latest dates are, Bombay,
| 3rd Oct; Calcutta, Goth Sept; and Hong Kong,
! 30th Aug. The Commercial Adviccs from the Pre-
sdencies devod Of interest, owing to the Native
| HOLIDAYS. In China the demand for Tea had been
very active, but their import trade was dull C0fce
we again notice advance OF IS. u cwt., with a
very animated demand, principally from exporters
and spectators, though the trade have purchased to
a fair extent. Public sales offered $40 casks, 1900
bags Plantation 800 bags Native Ceylon, 23OO Rio,
| 1914 Laguayra, 40 Java 300 bags Costa RIGA, $50
bags Tellicheny and 500 bales Mysore, which found
free BUYERS, establishing the above Improvement
Private sales large, comprising $4,000 bags Native
Ceylon Ais Cd up to as; 5000 Java l3 a 45s. 500
Brazil Ais. Sd and two cargoes $500 bags) Brazil,
floating, on terms not transpired. Quotations now
are, Brazil, sc a as St Dom, none here; Java ~
| a 5Os Samarang, 40d 42s.; Havana, 42d 55S.; p.
X. and Laguayra, Al a 53s.; Costa Rica, ~ Cos;
Sumatra and Padang, 34s. Cd a BIS. In Hamburg,
Holland, and at Antwerp, Spectators very active,
and prices advanced rapidly. Java which brought
| 25t cts. in Holland in Sept, is worth 2S4 C.
Sugar.--A decidedly frmer market, with more
general demand, and prices rather dearcr; the trade
took during the week $500 hhds., and about 10000
bags, i'll addition to 100 boxes Havana, from 3SG
Ais. Cd. In Foreign, sales OF 1000 boxes brown
Havana at 19s. 81. a Dos $4,000 bags clayed Ma
nila at 1Ss. Cd: and go brown Bahia, at
1Ss Sd a lSs. Cd and cargo of 1000 boxes superior
yellow Havana, sold floating at 22s Cd. In the
neghborng Continental ports little doing, in expec-
taton Of the ensuing Dutch Sale, but there is i'm
proved feeling regards the future revival in the
demand being confidently anticipated At St Peters
burg prices of white Havana range from Ro. 2S!G
90, for mid. to good strong.
! AMERICAN SToCKS.-With moderate business
quotations are u $. Skies, 1868, 1869 1867; 1867,
! 1040 104I; \ Y. State Elves, 9ld93; City Elves,
S5d 81; Penn. Elves, 49, Miss Planters Bank, 60
a 81; do. Union Bank, 30; Ala. Sterling, 63; Md,
do. Sass; Mass do. l.0l1G sl.024; S. c. do. 81 "