The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-10 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

TEA.—The market has been inactive throughout the week;
some small parcels of common congou with short prompts
have changed hands at easier rates ; in all other descriptions
sales are limited, but no alteration can be quoted. At an
auction held yesterday of 1,000 packages, 700 chiefly with
all faults went off with spirit, at good prices. The sales of
East India drysaltery articles continue only to a moderate
extent ; 10 chests ordinary lac dye sold at 6d per lb. ; a few
bales munjeet at 30s ; 570 pockets Bengal turmeric at 12s
6d per cwt. ; 400 cases castor oil, at 43d for middling, and
5d per lb. for fine, and 800 pockets of cowries, at 42s per
cwt for dead shells. 900 bags of saltpetre sold at 27s for
9 per cent., and 29s 6d to 30s per cwt. for finer quality.
Of nitrate of soda, 500 tons sold to arrive at 17s 6d to 18s,
and 150 tons in store at 18s 3d to 18s 6d per cwt.
GUANO.—Upwards of 1,500 tons have been sold at full
prices.

The business in DYEWOODS consists of 27 tons Sapan wood
at 121. I2s 6d to 121. 15s ; a small parcel of Lima wood at
131. 17s 6d; 20 tons solid Nicaragua wood at 101. lOs to
11/. ; 30 tons Tobasco logwood at 71. 10s, and 150 tons
fustic, at 61. 10s to 61. 12s 6d for Maracaibo, and 51. 17s 6d
to 61. lOs per ton for Ceara.
No sales reported in turpentine, tar, or rosin.
ASHES are steady, at 32s for pot, and 29s per cwt. for
pearl, but demand limited.
CLOVERSEED in limited demand, at rather lower rates..
2,500 bags linseed have been s ►ld ex-ship and to arrive, at
the quotations. 400 bags Bombay rapeseed at 48s per
quarter.

)EllDEs.—About 810 'vet salted Ceara, have been sold by
auction at 4d per lb., ;tad about 12,000 dry River Plate
horse, but the prices have not transpired.
BRIMSTONE has been.neglected this week, the sales being
barely 100 tons, and• prices a little easier. '
Small sales of Oporto ARGOLS have taken place at 50s to
52s 6d per cwt., but TARTARS have been little inquired for.
In SUMAC, about 350 bags have been sold, at 16s 6d to
17s 6d per cwt. for Palermo.
100 bags Baltimore QUERCITRON BARK brought 7s 3d
per cwt.

- OLIVE OIL has been in limited demand, prices being
without change ;40 tans have been sold. About 40 tuns
SEAL OIL aie reported at the quotations, and 80 tuns COD,
on 'the spot and to arrive, at £34, and 10 tuns SPERM at
£BB to £9O per tuu. Pale RAPE and LINSEED OIL are in
moderate demand, at 43s 6d to 44s for the former, and
30s 6d to 31s per cwt. for the latter.
250 brls. American SPIRITS of TURPENTINE are reported
at 56s per cwt.
PALM OIL,—In the early part of the week there was con-
siderable inquiry for arrival, and 1000 tons sold at £4O lOs
to £4l ; on the spot there has been less done, the sales
being under. 200 tons, at £4O to £4l per ton.
The TALLOW market is flat; Petersburg Y.C. nominally
56s 6d to 57s ; small parcels of Taganrog brought 565, and
South American 55s to 56s per cwt.
In LARD nothing doing, quotations nominal at 57s to 58s
per cwt.
The only sale of JUTE reported during the week has been
a small parcel of common quality, at auction, at £2l lOs
per ton.

ORAIN.—WREAT has met a good consumptive demand,
at 2d per bushel advance on the week. FLOUR is also 6d
to 9d per brl. dearer. INDIAN CORN is again is per
quarter lower. Irish OATS are dull, and rather cheaper..
Egyptian BEANS sell slowly, at 48s per 480 lbs.
COTTON.—The demand for cotton has been very uniform
this week, the sales scarcely varying from 6,000 bales per
day, and the market has been quite devoid of animation.
The American advices concerning the crop present no new
feature, beyond the continued falling off in the receipts at
the ports, which are now 285,000 bales less than at same
period last year; prices, for some cause not explained, had
advanced considerably at New Orleans. The home con-
sumption is still curtailed to the full extent, noticed in our
last circular, so that spinners do not require a large supply,
and they still confine their purchases to the supplying of
their immediate wants. Under these circumstances, Ame-
rican descriptions have not met a ready sale, nor do we con-
sider the market firm, except for such qualities as are
Cdthparatively scarce, say at the range of 51d. to 6td. per lb.
Brazils are in tolerably fair request, and prices unchanged.
den and Egyptians are still heavy and irregular. A good and i's
still experienced for Surats, but they are somewhat heavy of