Nov. 18, 1872.]
THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH.
METALS. IRON-Welsh: Rails, £10 5s. to £11. Bars, £10 10s. to £11. Staffordshire Best: Bars, £11 10s. to £13; Nail Rods, £11 10s. to £13; Hoop, £13 to £14 10s.; Sheets, £15 to £17, Scotch Pig, No. 1, £5 to £6; Swedes, Bars, Hammered, £16 10s. to £17. Swedes, Steel in kegs, and in., £18.
YELLOW METAL. Sheets, 14 by 4 ft., 7¾d. to 8d.; Sheathing and Rods, 7¼. to 8 d. per lb.
TIN-English Refined, £150. Tin Plates: Charcoal 1 C, per box, 42s. to 43s. Coke, 35s. to 42s.
Lead-WB. £22; do., other brands. £21 10s.; Spanish soft, ex ship, £20 10s.; Sheet, £22 10s. to £22 15s.; Shot (kegs extra), £23 15s. to £24 10s.; White, do., £27 10s. to £30; Red do., £5.
SPELTER. Silesian, £23 10s.; English, smelted from ores, £23 10s. QUICKSILVER.-In bottles of 75 lbs. each, £12 15s.
Messrs. French and Smith's Circular says:-Iron continues to droop, Copper is firm, with an upward tendency, Tin Plates quiet, Lead very firm, Spelter firm.
WOOLLEN AND WORSTED GOODS. The current quotations in the Leeds market for Woollens and Worsteds rule as follows, showing a slight advance upon the rates recently current:-
Spanish Stripes, 62 in., 19 yards, Elephant Chop, 3s. 9d. per yard for scarlet; Long Ella, 80/81 in., 24 yards, Lion Chop, 34s. per piece for scarlet; Camlets, best SS, 30/31 in., 58 yards, Elephant Chop, £23 6s. per piece for scarlet; Lastings, 31 in., 30/31 yards, Lion Chop, 70s. per piece for gentian; Brocades, 31 in., 29 yards, Half Moon Chop, 24s. 6d. per piece for scarlet.
Date,
Ship
Shipping Intelligence.
Date Ship Captain From At Sept 2 Hugo and Otto Rickert Macao Hong Kong 29 Ramdan Hoffmann Macao, de. Do. Oct. Donglas Castle Nov. 7 Edmund Gressier Picard Callao Lancivion 8 Triton Atison Amoy Do. 7 Vier Gebroeders Kuhank Do. Tlo. 9 Cerea Edn 7 Veritas GVeritas New York Indon Ajax Colombo Cooper Matchless Do. Warson 8 Corona Mucho Heros Rangoon Morris 8 Savernake Oostrum 4 Tony Batavia Batavia 13 Carmarthenshire Manila Stahre Kidd China, Sing. 18 Queen of the West Juslin Colombo Gorette 11 Contest Java Schomer Maulmain Plymouth Brouwershaven St. Nazaire &c. S.C.London Queenstown Hamburg Liverpool Cuxhaven London CuxhavenARRIVALS.
Date Ship Captain From Nov. Strathclyde (s.) Queenstown 8 Chanticleer Texel Carnarvonshire Falcaouth 8 Battistina Pearson From Taylor Rangoon Revello BrownDEPARTURES.
Date Ship Captain For Nov. Manзon Cardiff & Yokohama Willing London Glaucus (s.) Colombo, de..via S.C. Prins Hendrik (s.) Do. 10 Confidenza 'Chefoo & Tientsin... Do. Sansone Singapore 12 Terces Picasso Hong Kong Sept 29 Hong Kong Icibson New port Oct. 5 San Juan Crubiaga Newcastle 8 Peruan Batavia Nov 18 Earl Canning (s.) Singapore, Java, &c. LiverpoolVESSELS PASSED THE SUEZ CANAL.
Steamer From For Galley of Lorne Sing, China, &c. Emiliano Manila London LiverpootLOADING.
At LONDON,--STEAMERS VIA SUEZ CANAL-For Penang, Singapore Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Yokobama: Craigforth. For Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai: Glenroy. For Colombo, &c. : Hindoo.
SAILING VESSELS.- For Yokohama: Osaka, Eliza Shaw. For Yokohama and Hiogo: Glamorganshire. For Hiogo: Hanover. For Shanghai: Maitland, Sir Lancelot. For Hong Kong: Undine, James Shepherd. For Batavia, Samarang, and Sourabaya: Frederik Petersen. For Batavia and Sourabaya: Capiolaní. For Singapore and Saigon: Chas Collett. For Singapore and Sarawak: Aurigs. For Singapore: Rosedale. For Saigon Doriga. For Colombo: Palestine, W. H. Harkness, Granville. For Colombo, &c. Elizabeth Ana.
At LIVERPOOL. -For Yokohama and Hiogo: Royal Minstrel. For Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai (via S.C.): Deucalion (str.), Sarpedon (str.). For Singapore, Batavia, Samarang, and Sourabaya (via S.C.): Danube (str.).
At GLASGOW.-For Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai: Gleulyon (str.). For Batavia and Sourabaya: County of Argyle.
SPOKEN.
Ship Route Coordinates TAMPSA Manila to London 35 9., 26 YALSGRIF Manila to Falmouth Oct, 15 10 N., 22 W. LEUCADIA (ship) Shanghai to London Sept. 22, 35 S., 21 E. ZRAFLUIR (?) from Sourabaya Sept. 11, 31 8, 96 E. AURORA Batavia to Amsterdam Oct. 1, 19 S., 2 W. OLEANDER (barque) Ajuda (Portugal) to Galle Oct. 9, 6 N., 22 W. LEICESTER Shanghai to London Aug. 7, 13 N., 132 E. SOPHIA AND ELLA Liverpool to Singapore Oct. 14, 9 N., 25 W. JASON Rotterdam to Batavia Oct. 6, 8 N. (1), 23 W. INDUSTRIE (Dutch ship) Rotterdam to Batavia Sept. 24, 18 8., 29 W. ZREBLOEM Batavia to Amsterdam Sept. 11, 31 S., 86 E. NORTHAMPTON (ship) Shanghai to London 8 N., 108 E.FREIGHTS AND CHARTERS.
Outward berth freights have not improved since our last issue, and rates rule as mentioned below. Coal freights are somewhat firmer. There is but little doing in homeward chartering, excepting from Ceylon.
Current Rates of Freight for Vessels on the Berth.
Per STEAMERS VIA SUEZ CANAL-TO Yokohama: 70s. meast. To Hiogo: 85s. meast. To Nagasaki: 85s. meast. To Shanghai: 50s. meal. To Foochow : 85s. meast. To Hong Kong: 45s. meast. To Chefoo: 85s. meast. To Manila: 85s. meast. To Singapore and Penang 40s. meast. To Sourabaya and Sourabaya: 80s. meast. To Batavia: 75s. meast. To Padang. 55s. meast. To Saigon 80s. meast. To Colombo: 35s. meast.
Per SAILING VESSELS.--To Yokohama: 45s. weight, 10s. meast. To Hiogo: 50s, weight or meast. To Shanghai: 35s. weight, 40s. meast. To Hong Kong: 35s. weight, 30s. meast. To Chefoo and Tientsin: 45s. weight or meast. To Singapore: 30s, weight, 25s. meast. To Penang-weight, meast. To Samarang: 32s. 6d. weight, 25s. meast. To Batavia: 20s weight, 25s, meast. To Sarawak : 35s. weight, 40s. meast. To Sourabaya: 27s. 6d. weight, 20s. meast. To Colombo: 25s. weight, 20s. meast. To Saigon : 10s. weight, 35s. meast.
£25 to £25.
The current quotations for coal, &c., are as follows:-From Wear or Tyne per keel.-To Yokohama: £40. To Shangbai: £42 10s. To Hong Kong: £36. To Batavia, Samarang, and Sourabaya: £24 to £25. To Singapore: £25 to £26. To Penang : —. To Galle: £24
From Newport, Cardiff, or Swansea, per ton.-To Yokohama: 40s. to 12s. 6d. To Shanghai: 45s. To Hong Kong: 38s. to 34s. To Manila: 30s, to 32s. 6d. To Singapore: -. To Galle: 21s.
From Birkenhead, per ton.---To Shanghai: 35s. To Hong Kong: 27s. 6d. To Manila: - To Singapore: -- To Galle
Insurances.
21s.
By steamers via S.C., or sailing vessels, f.p.a.:-To Yokohama, steamer 35s., ship 40s.; to Shanghai, steamer 30s., ship 40s.; to Hong Kong, steamer 25s., ship 35s.; to Singapore, steamer 20s. ; ship 25s. to 27s. 6d.
The Admiralty have invited lenders for the conveyance of 88 tons of stores to Hong Kong.
CASUALTIES.
The Queen Victoria (barq.), of Dublin, Quinn, from Cardiff to Japan, was spoken by the Royal Standard (str.), fifty miles S. W. of Ushant, Nov. 9, with mainpiece of rudder gone, and in want of assistance: an offer was made to tow her for £1,500, which was declined.
The Louise, Vogelsang, from Amsterdam to Batavia, with a general cargo, was brought into Sheerness Nov. 12, by the Mary Ann (smack), of Colchester, which reports having saved her from going ashore on the Sunk.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Olive, Clark, which vessel sailed from Liverpool, Nov. 2, for Singapore, put back to the former port on the 8th, but proceeded for her destination on the 16th.
The Committee of Lloyds will be glad of any information respecting the Kentville, Ross, which is reported to have sailed from Liverpool, 20th March, for Hong Kong.
MESSRS. A. STEPHEN AND SONS have launched from their works at Linthouse, on the Clyde, a large guard propeller steamer named the Pow An, which is intended for the Hong Kong, Canton, and Macao passenger trade. She is built on the principle of the American river steamers, having, however, an iron instead of a wooden hull, and a large projecting promenade deck. She is 250 feet long, of 150-horse power, and draws a light draught of water.
Tus Beethoven, one of the newly established line of steamers from Marseilles to New Caledonia, will leave, via Suez Canal, to-morrow, calling at Galle and Batavia.
Confidential.
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reply to your despatch " Confidential" of the 15th Feb? lost, I have to convey to you my approval of the course you adopted with respect to T. F. Rice; late Assistant Superintendent of Police in Hongkong.