Holders, wi (of the which, by the way, no news of ite progress, or survival even has reached them since closure jor last mail) snd professing firmness; but, influenced by atrong and still rising Sterling Exchange, by the fear of stocks accawulating, and by the besides the rates about cover, and the youds can be replaced less cost," casting th strike" with all ite probabilities to the winds when sales became practicable.
The prices ae a consequence have not been particularly steady. To a fow sellers only has it been gi Te n to score an advance Jast quota and the good fortune of thoes few is ascribable more to a '+apecial" demand to home influences. At the same time importers al roubd, or those of their number to whom enquiry has come, there view to busi cess that has attended their a wow Layers have not called with me. tsin chiefly) have Leen the pri there does not appear to but purchases been made in auticip: sidence of the Yangteze which uow seems height for another year, and Woollen goods ha oather, but the crops will be very lat enguiry from the same cause, In Curxtanc, however, harvest prospects are Gre; been reported in private. The total is wi pected to benefit thereby. for the week, quantity was se! yesterday. Buyers have struggled hard have had the advantage, and the market closes with steadiness and a fair show of euguir have not done much better than lest t occasionally they been $1.18 for Red Engle, $1.22 for Blue Cock, £1.24 for Flying Fish, 1.29 for Red Shield, £1.31 and '£1.46 for Green, Mauve, and Blue (8,250 pieces) Dogr, 81.39 for Red Anchor (9,750 pieces)t $1.41 for Single Feather, CPU Red Lion and Double Lion (7,500 pie ces), '$1.42 for Kee Dragon, €1.424/43 for Double Blue Lion avt Flay, $1.45 cash for Double Red Lion and Flag (11,900 pieces), '£1.50 for Blue Goose and Led Pagoda (5.000 pieces), ¥1.524 for Red Wheat Bar, T1574 for Blue Joss, £1.62 for Black Three Cash, T1.644 for Blue Dragon and Old Man (6,000 pis '£1.65 for Dewhurst's Eayle (10,000 and Double Feat!
To th ly part of the week the wel commoner quali the Hankow deale in greatest request, Lut yesterday the demand centred in the better im being taken mostly by foregoing was written the flowing have been booked;—12,000 pieces Bluck Bamboo and 5,000 pieces Bufalo st '£1,484, Green Dog at £1.31} per piece, and heard of enquiries for big lines, but buyers offering reduced rat the heading Grey Shirtings very spired and decline in rates has been the rule in all, Sales 480 pieces piece; 1,500 pieces 93 to 10lbs, at £1.91 for Bugle with all faults, ¥1.924 for Red Dragon, and $2014 for Blue ibs. 7WU pieces at 2.3243} per piece the maximum for Beaver, algo 2,000 pieces 12ibs, American Continentat ion only, but that quietness has ruled 108, quotations being '£1.00 for Blue Rh F118 for Hand and 2,000 pieces Maceppa jes againat on envier tendency at auction, Gold Stag 300 at £1.95, in reported, uphold with difficulty,' The business barely reaches iver Phaniz, 1.04 for Red Globe and Ching Woman, ¥1,09 for $1.19 for Blue But 6 been asked for, "TL.61, and American, Sheetings.—Best Ens pieces Blue China Woman noticed, the onl: wud Beaver £2.474 per piece.
iz: English, 1,300 pieces Double Feather at £1.45; Dutch, 2,600 pieces Chop ab piece, thie last our report of thie day week was possi cos Monkey, 4,600 pieces Dog Heal, 6,000.40 and #2.37 per piece respectively; but the Spinnings (No. 20s. chiefly), but, th being 500 pieces No. 4 Blue Engle at £2.37) per arcely anything has been done, English 28/32. Double Red Engle 50 bales a Fancy Cottons.—/rinted 7'-Clotks—-blue—of approved patterns, have been wanted, and des not been divlesed. Velvets—Business is still mainly confined to th (Soe memo beler demand for Canbrics, but sundry transactions (aggregating 3,000 pieces) in 7'-Cloths have been booked and £1.85 for 45-Ibs. Tivo Boys, £1.83) and £1.88 for d}-ibs. Junk and Gold Dragon, 000 doz, 32-inch have met with a merchant at £0.52) per dozen, and afew Dyed Brocades and Cotton low rates, The supply on hand of the latter is heavy. hopeful aspect of things up-river as favourably affected this market, and sales in private are again practicable, although the engi ry as yet is by no means strong. Of Carnlels—assorted—between 400 and 500 pie ces at 118.75 a 9.00 per piece been disposed of, and nearly 1,000 pieces of Sear Long bills have changed ownership at 4.59 eud '44.00 for-V and UC, Green and Purple colors are wanted, Lue there private market for them ponding are very few in stock. Spanish Stripes at auction have improvement, Of Broad Cloths, we omitted last seek to record ales of 1,000 pieces slightly improved in value, and there is a at frow,£16,50/17.00. Since then nothing las transpired. "Fine Lastings have been enquired for, and they, together with the low Lave improved at auction, But in Figured Orleans, there does not seem to have been any movement A. & F, Bielfeld. la again practically without change except of mi Only 25 tons of L.B. svot cargo, have changed hands at £3.90 all departments of the trad LeAv.—Business ix still quiet, with prompt clear This market is fir, 400 tous A. Sebiors ixp. have changed hands "'to arrive" at $1.67.
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Pic Ixox., in without ial change. Cup 1x0 has Lardly maintained its position during the week. Bu dull, operas jhe open market having been particularly light, Sales include:—15 tons Boiler.plates, spot cargo, at $1.35. eet ing been warker in London i higher in cowrequouce of about 14 makers having stopped, therefore' we might ce an improvement 1000s wlination to an devoid of any feature of interest during the past week, the all immediate requirements.
Srettex.—No alteration, demand being very moderate, wing prices cargo at '£25.50, 300 slabs Fok-chok, spot cargo 00, 350 alabs Soke 'SG.—No sales reported; quotations are uoiniual, JAvaN Corres. picul 5. Wine.—The market is buchan les reported are:—578 piculs ore, spot cargo, with a mouth'
'F1L.50, 250 piculs large tiles, spot cargo, at £13.25/35, 50 CIcKSILY ER.—Very dull, Miscellan dry chops, pot cargo, have been disposed of at £16.50, and a fe resold by natives, at a1 Vinpow Giass,—G00 tion, at low' rates.
a damaged,—Negpies.—S sies reported are:—70 cases No, 1/5 silver eyed, ellipticny Flag chop at T43.00, 19 cases No. tics, Daer chop rusty at £30.00, 10 cases No. 1/5 silver eyed sharps, chop rusty at 233.00, 8 cases No. 1/5 optics, Posuix chop, rusty at '$70.00, 20 cares Nu, 1/6 silver eyed, elliptics, Doer choy at £77.50.—Asitise Dyes 5, 5 cases prussian blue at £42. ie loric acid, ea. 50 ti include:—100 cases emerald green, spot cargo, ab $3") 00 Ub, sea damaged, at £0.27 96, 1 acid, conte, 1 picul aca damaged, at $21.50, 300 ins violet. ex. j city. sea damaged at 0.445, 400 bottles' green eeyatale, god at £0.16]
The market continues Grim and business as been done pot cargo al And of "June and July shipments" at £1.2: At auction 600 boxes pre cines il damaged" Lave Leen sok 20, Resales of "May ship £L.25} to $1.26, timated about 190,000 cases.
Opinm.—Closing quotations.—Maiwa, new 392, old 400; Patna, new 400.
Chinese Market.. fair business lias been done 5 Pepren—prices as before, Martixs—common are cheap business going on, Fiists—uualtered. Rice axp Corto: own, atid at a general decline of one mace a picul, axDaLwoop—market dull, Saraxwoop—uo chav'ye, Hipes—a sual dull at former rates.
EXPORTS, ular,—London telegrams quote ths market quiet. Yellow Elepha ut 11s, 6.
Raw Siuks.—the demand for abipment has been trifling, considering the time of year, but, in order to do business, buyers found themselves compelled to pay higher prices for all Teatlee silke, and the market closes decidedly libya at an advance of quite F714 per picul for the week,
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