The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-19

NV YORK, July 18-Messrs. Hubbard
Price y Co. in their cotton circular tonight
say: The failure of the English Bank Of the
River Platte to-day in London, with liabilities
OF something over 900 sterling. COM
bined with the weakness of our market yes
terday resulted in an extreme decline Of
j-6id in futures in Liverpool this morning.
Part Of the loss WAS recovered, the close
being steady at from 2-64 TO 3-64d. Spot
sales are 4 0OO bales A decline at the OPEN
ing here was generally expected. but the buy
ing of a prominent Greek house held prices
and resulted in a slight improvement. Later
there was a slight decline, but Just before the
close the announcement that 1000 bales of
spot cotton had been sold in this market to
spinners resulted in a slight recovery, final
figures being steady at points under last
evening
Futures closed steady. Receipts at the
ports for the day are estimated at 500 bales
against $50 last week and 800 last wear The
spot market is steady at l-lG decline. Mid
ling uplands. SIC Sales 1872 bales. II is re-
ported that this large spot business was eff
fected through inducements 70 buyers
Transactions IN futures to-day, G3000 bales
July, 7.SOgISl; August. 7.Sla7.S2; Septem-
Der, 1901. IS; October, 5.05qS 0G; November.
8.15@S.16 December, SZ3q6.24; January,
S.S2aS33; February, S.40GS.41; March, $3.50
$50; April, S.5s@S.j9; May. s.66@S.67; June,
8.7lnS15.
irregular; mlddiing uplands. I'D Sales,
5000 bales. Future very weak; July August.
4.ZO-65di August-September A21-G4d; Sep
tember-October, 4.3G-6ld: October-Novem-
Der, 43l-GId
PRODUCE.
Flour Flour slow. with prices easy; city
mill extras, S5G 10 for West Indies Mime
sofa extra $3.50, fine, S3.25@89O. superfine,
S3.65d 10.
Wl,oo+ Iul,oo4 ,..o..o1 -. l. -. l..
soon strengthened. and not only recovered
the decline, but advanced sc; receipts
81 200, shipments. 30.473, No. 2 red winter
7614c. cash: do, July, 947sc.: do. August
%. &C., do. September. $3.50. do. October
80
Corn-Corn opened steady at unchanged
prices and on moderate buying price all
yanced c. by u o'clock Receipts. i23, 100;
shipments, l6,OjS No. : mixed, 75c. cash:
July, C53.c. August. Gic.
Oats-Oats dull but steady receipts, 90 900.
shipments. lS2; No. mixed 1910. cash;
August 49, &C.; September. 3lJsc.
Pork-Pork stronger mess, sl2al3 fornew.
Lard-Lard quiet; August, 1886 Septem-
Der. $3.50.
Sugars Refined sugar fairly active and
firm: cut-loaf and crushed, 5Lc.: granu-
lated 7-lGa4 9-lGc.; mould "a" 41zc.
Coffee Coffee steady; fair Rio cargoes, |
1910.
-NaFaI oJores.-l ne market is dull tOrsplrlt3 !
turpentlno at 365 &c. for regular. andi37l2 DIOR |
machine made barrels. Rosin dull: common |
Sl35; strained. S127jl, and good strained
: 10.
Petroleum-Pipe Line certificates have been
almost totally neglected this week The
price wa advanced &C.. 10 6si4c.. during the
early part and continued firm until yesterday,
when they were sold down 10 671se. Tho
total amount traded in has been p. coo barrels.
There has been a scarcity of news from the
fields, and what little there was was very brief
and of no importance. On the Consolidated
Exchange August. opened 671c.; highest,
jL4c; lowest, &c; closing SIC.