The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE WEEK

Sugar : The refiners still continue to be the principal buyers,
and they have taken, chiefly for the outports, 700 hhds B.P.
at rather easier rates ; 2,200 bags of Bengal are also reported
at 35s dto 39s 6d per cwt. Foreign, 1,200 bags brown Per-
nambuco have been sold at 19s per cwt in bond, and 60 hhds
30 brig Porto Rico at 33s to 37a 6d duty paid.—Molasses :
Purchasers for outports and distillation have taken 500 puns,
at the full rates of previour sales, viz. Antigua, at 17s 4id,
and Demerara and clayed Cuba, at 16s to 16s 6d, the only
sake to the trade here being 200 puns Barbadoes, at 18s per
cwt.—Coffee: No sales reported.—A small parcel of Para
Cocoa sold at 28s per cwt, and 100 bags Malabar Pepper, at
4id per lb.--Rice : In the early part of the week there was
a large business done at still higher rates, but the demand has
since rather subsided, and prices of all descriptions aro about 6d
lower; the sales are 70 tees Carolina, at 235, 5,000 bags Bengal,
at 14s 3d to 15s 3d, and 25,000 bags Arracan, at 12s 6d to
13s 3d, with 700 bags Moulmain, at 133 9d, also a cargo
of 450 tons of Arracan, to arrive, at 13s per cwt.—
Ruin : No change in the market; the sales consists of
110 puns Demerara, and 70 puns of Jamaica. at previous rates.
Tea : The Overland letters from China bringing accounts of
a falling off in the exports, caused considerable excitement in
the market, and a very large business has been done both by
the trade and speculators, at an advance of Id to lid for
nearly all kinds of Congou ; common sorts may now be fairly
quoted Is Oid to is Id per lb. The new crop Congous, just
arrived, ex " Stornoway," have been placed on the market,
some of which have found buyers at is 10d to 2s 3d per lb ;
the quality is much inferior to former seasons. In addition to

the Ivory noticed in the last Circular, 84 tons of African have
since been sold, at priers ruling from £32 to £39 per cwt.,
being steady rates ; a few chests Bengal Indigo brought Ss to
5s 4d per lb, 40 chests Shell Lac 45s to 52s per cwt, els* few
casks of flag Annatto is 4fd per lb ; Sago Flour is without
change, and the sales are limited; 175 cases Castor Oil have

been taken at 4d per lb.—ln Saltpetre, there is only a sale re-
ported of 200 bags, at 21s 6d per cwt. for 71 per cent. refrac-
tion.—Nitrate of Soda steady, 180 tons sold at 17s, 3d to 17.
6d, and a cargo to arrive, of 400 tons, at 178. per cwt. A
moderate but steady business has been done in Dyevroods; the
sales of Campeachy Logwood are estimated at 110 t ons, at 48 ss.
to 48 10s; a small cargo just airived, from Laguna will be offered
on, Monday next; for 5 tons Tobacco £7 13s was paid, and 20
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tons damaged St. Domingo 45 ss. Of Fustic, there have only
been sold a few tons Cuba, at £9 .ss, and 20 tons Savanilla and
Zapote at £6 15s. Only 20 tons Lima Wood changed hands,
at £l2 3s to £l3 10s, and for 10 tons small Nicaragua

Wood £6 78 6d was paid, from the quay. Barwood and
Camwood are each in slow request. For Sapan Wood there is
more inquiry, and 30 tons have been disposed of at£ll
17e. 6d to £l5 per ton, as in quality. American Rosin