The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-01 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, APRIL 29.
Our British Plantation Sugar Market continues dull, and the
demand very limited, which is confined to grocers' descriptions:
about 500 hhds. have been sold ; ordinary qualities rather lower,
but good and fine have supported last week's prices. Also about
200 bags of white Bengal Sugar have been sold, at 725. Gd. per cwt.
In Mo!asset', 100 puncheons have been sold at 245. 6d. for Deme-
rant, and 265. for St. Vincent. About 70 tierces of Coffee (Is.
males) hive been sold at 50q. a GO.. for good ordinary ; 665. a 68s.
for good and fine ordinary ; and 114 a. a 811 s. for good to tine mid-
dling. In Cocoa or Ginger nothing done. In Pimento 70 bag.
have been sold at 81d. a 9d.; and 209 bags Black Pepper, slightly
damaged, at 3d. a :f d. pev.lb. In Rum nothing done, and prices are
nearly nominal. A cargo of 170 tons Campeachy Logwood was
offered by auction, of which the greatest part was sold alongside
at 6/.los. per ton. In other Dvewoods nothing done. In Ashes
the sales are about 400 brit., Old Montreal pot at 22a. 3d. a Ms.;
New 235. a 255.; ()Id Pearl at 245. ; New at 255. a 268.; and New
York Pot at 98s. On Monday 400 casks Carolina Rice were offered
by auction, but no buyers appearing the whole was withdrawn.
60 casks have been since sold at Ills. Gd. a lit.. per cwt. ; and 160
bags East India Rice at 225. duty paid. In Flax-seed GO casks
New York sold at 503. per hhd. ; and 400 qrs. Egyptian at 325.
per quarter. In Turpentine nothing done. In Tar 1,000 brls.
American sold at 10s. 9d. per Mi. In Hides 200 Buenos Ayres
Ox and Cow sold at 1046. ; 1,200 Monte Video at 8 d., with 200
inferior at 64d. ; 200 West India salted at 456.; 1,500 East India
at Gd. (selected); ind 1,000 Horse Hides ai 55. each. In Quer-
chron Bark a few hhds. have been Kohl at Bs. a Ga. 9d. for I
inferior. No inquiry for Indigo. Cochineal very dull : a fair
lot of fair Silver sold at 15s. per lb. duty paid. In Shumac 200
bags Verona sold at 6%. 66. In Saltpetre, 100 bags seta' at 255. 6d.
a 264. In Olive Oil the sales were about 20 tuns Trieste, at 341. a
3,51. ; 2 tuns Sicily, at 327. 10s. a 33/. two tuns Gallipoli, at 38/.1
a 401.; and 1 tun Genoa, at 36/. The demand for Cotton this
week has been very dull generally ; Uplands have had the moat
call, and which have maintained their prices; New Orleans. Lilo_
bile, and Brazils, are lower id. 1,500 Sex hales of Sea Islands and
Demerara were put up by auction yesterday, of which only about
440 sold at a decline of lAA. a 2d. per lb. on Sea Islands, on
Stained Sea Islands, and Ad, on Demerara. The sales of the
week, including those by auction, consist of 940 bags Sea Island
Georg/k, at I Id. a I6d. ; 190 Stained, at scl. a 911 d. ; 3430 Uplands,
at fi4d. a 7d. ; 340 Alabama and Mobile, at s)d. a jd.; 460 New
Orleans, at isid. a 8,2 d. • 310 Bahia. at 84d. a 94d. ; 370 Pernam-
buco and Ceara, at 9441.. a 1046.; 670,3lisranham, at Did. a 91d.;
70 Para, at 74d ; 120 Egyptian, at 64d. a 9d. ; 570 Cartlutgena, at
50.; 70 Bengal, at frd. a 54d; 80 Stu*, 41d. a :rid. ; Id Peruvian,
at Bd.; making a total of about 7,080 bags. There are 300 bags
Bahia Cotton declared for public sale on Friday pat,Y also
packages of 01111C4a and East Italia Whoa