The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-21 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 19.—There having been a good sup-
ply of British Plantation Sugar at market this week from
the late arrivals, considerable business has been done :
both the grocers and refiners had become bare of stock,
and have purchased very freely, at steady prices. The total
quantity sold is upwards of 1,900 11116. ; besides which,
GOO bags fine white Bengal Sugar have been sold at 735.
to 735. 6d. per cwt. Nothing done in Foreign Sugar :
our stock of this description is reduced to a small parcel
of yellow Havannah, held at 335. per cwt. About 150
punchs. Demerara Molasses have been sold at 265. ad. to
275. per cwt. The few sales made in Coffee are confined
to small lots of Plantation for• the home trade, at former
prices. Cocoa, Pimento, and Ginger remain dull. The
business done in Rum consists chiefly of 150 punchs.
strong Demerara, just landed, at 3s. Bd. to 3s, Ild. per
gallon.
The arrivals of Cotton this week have continued upon
a very extensive scale, notwithstanding which, there has
been a good demand from the trade; the prices generally
have declined about p. per lb. Yesterday there were sold

by auction 480 Sea Liana at qd. to I hi. for inferior t
fair ; 114 d. to 12P. for good fair to good ; 12/d. "
14d. for fine marks ; 107 Stained Sea Island at 6d. t°
; 400 Demerara at 71-d. to 9P. ; and a very fit 4
mark at 104-d. to 1044. ; and 60 Carthagena at 54d. tD
514. Of 1,350 East India offered there were only solo
214 Surat at 48d. to 5P., and 50 Bengal at 41d. per lb;
The sales by private contract consist of 5,540 Bowed at 6u-•
to 7d., chiefly at 64d. to 6P. for middling fair to good fair;
2,390 Orleans at 64d. to 7d., chiefly at 64d. to 6i-1. lbc
middling fair to good fair; 2,280 Mobile and Alabama at6a.
to 6d.; 420 Sea Island at 10d. to 15d.; 280 Stained dittb
at 6p. to 9P. ; 350 Pernambuco at 94d. to' 9d. (10 ro
106); 860 Maranham at Bd. to Sid. ; 47 Bahia at 81(1. to
BP. ; 850 Egyptian at 64d. to Bd. chiefly at 64d. to 7(Li
90 Demerara at '7O. to Sid. ; 40 Carthagena at bid. ;
Surat at 4p. to SP. ; 200 Bengal at 4P. to
ing a total, including those sold by auction, of 15,Z"'
bags, of which 1,500 American have been taken on or
ciliation. The arrivals are 35,303 bags, beside a noir,
her of vessels not yet reported. There are declared
auction on the 25th instant about 2,000 bags Sea Island
Cotton,
Imported into Liverpool, from the 12th to the 18th
1827, inclusive, by 2 vessels from Calcutta, 3 Jamale*,
3 Barbadoes, 1 Demerara, 1 Honduras, 1 Callao, 314 e:
York, 1 Philadelphia, 6 Charleston, 5 Savannah, 17 It
Orleans, 3 Mobile, 2 Dantzic, 1 Newstadt, 1 Pillau,
1 Rotterdam.

Jamaica Sugar, 402 *a.. 18 tees. 19 brls. ; Bart
does do., 736 Mids. 116 tees., 7 brls. ; Demerarado.,l°.
hhds, 40 brig. ; Molasses, 167 casks ; Rum, 355 puns.
80 hhds. ; W. I. Coffee, 609 casks; East India do., 1%
bags; East India Cotton, 753 bales; West India do., 50;
bales; New Orleans and Mobile do., 19,359 bales;
United States do., 14,687 bales; American Flour, 3,1,5;
brie. ; Foreign Wheat, 5,500 qrs. ; Rice, 136 tees., 7,1'
bags ; Pimento, 38 casks, 123 bags ; Ginger, 83 cask!,
164 bags; Saltpetre, 3,046 bags; Tar, 1,500 brie';
Ashes, 200 brls. ; Madder, 62 casks ; Logwood, 35 too'
Mahogany, 250 logs ; Shell Lac, 146 chests ; Lac Dye, S'
chests; Indigo, 97 chests ; West India Hides, 750 ;
caragua Wood, 25 tons.
The only transactions in Rough Turpentine this 'V
are two small parcels consisting of 600 barrels from the
Quay; at 12s. for good and 12s. 6d. for fine quality, beleg
a decline of 6d. per cwt. ; the holders of the stock in ware'
house do not offer it at present rates. Small sales of Stocir-
holm Tar continue to be effected at 19s. per barrel, a care,
of 1,500 barrels American has arrived, 700 barrels °
which have been sold at 14s. from the Quay. Rosin re
mains steady.
There has been more business doing in Montreal NO/
Ashes this week, but no improvement 'in price has 01°1
place, the sales are about 520 barrels, of which a parcek,Q
200 barrels new were at 235. 6d., the remainder in sraeue:,
parcels brought 235. 9d. a 245., and 35 barrels breed
1825 at 235. The sales of Montreal Pot do not ace'
200 barrels at 225. for old, and 235. a 235. 6d.
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new ; for States Ashes some inquiry has appeared,
120 barrels New York sold at 255. 6d. to 265., with 1';
barrels old States Pearl at 265. per cwt. Notwithstandiell
the great improvement which has taken place in the OW
of the manufacturing towns in this neighbourhood, olf.
market for Drysaltery Articles does not appear in the 100
to participate in this improvement, the prices of 04
are still declining with a very limited demand for all. ,
The sales of Logwood are 40 tons Campeachy at li'
155., 10 tons Honduras at 71., and 10 tons Jamaica a tO.
15s. per ton ' • of Fustic 25 tons Tampico at Si., and 5 toile
good Spanish at 71. 15s. per ton. On Wednesday 1,„2°
tons Lima Nicaragua Wood were offered by auction on 1.17,
quay, the quality middling and not fresh, it was put up hi
the broker at 18/., and withdrawn, there being no bidrierot
at this price it would be sold ; the only business in Nil;
ragua Wood is five tons middling solid (rather weathered}
at 16/.. and 10 tons good fresh at 18/. per ton. In Bar''
wood and Camwood nothing done. A parcel of SO he",
of fine Philadelphia Bark has brought 14s. 9d. per cvvi,..,"
Small sales of Shumac are effected at 10s. 6d. a II& 7"'
Sicily, and 7s. a Ss. for Verona, no Malaga in the 11144.
ket. There has appeared more inquiry for Valoniay
tons Morea have been sold at 15/. 12s. 6d. a 16/., and la
tons fine Smyrna at 18/. 10s. per ton.
Arrd forgolsn and ery
othingvdonerlttthlee laotwmeradrkeesct. ripti;mi.i°lo
of AlnrgGolalals and
reinquie
demand for Saltpetre is trifling, about 150 bags have bt4,
sold at 235. for ordinary, and 255. 6d. for fine. A f,t,
casks fine Venetian Tartar have brought 795. per "0,1
Cochineal is offering at lower prices, eight serousg°
silver have been sold at 12s. per lb. duty paid. Americo'
Bees Wax meets a steady sale at JO?. 15s. a 11/. Per clvt.
Nothing has been done in Flax or Clover Seed, the owl.
season may now be considered as over, and the prieet°r
these articles nominal. About 250 bales Turkey bill
Roots have been of, part at 855., the price of 0'
remainder has not transpired. There is a fair demand f°l.
Madders, and about 46 casks Ombros and Crops have bee°
taken.
The demand for Olive Oil continues limited ; the eel°
of the week are five tons Gallipoli at 43/., and a few PiPe:
Sicily at 41/. 10s. per tun. Seed Oils are steady. to
improved demand bas appeared for Newfoundland Cod .th
and about 90 tuns have been sold at 241. a 24/. 5e., 1"...k
a few tuns at 24/. 10s., the few remaining holders now a'
24/. 15s. a 25/. per tun. For Seal Oil, very little
and prices rather lower. Palm Oil remains steady at ILd
per tun. Oil of Turpentine in good demand. There 'I; ,
appeared a better inquiry for Carolina Rice and 270 oii
have been sold at 19s. a 219., with 300 bags East India
225. duty paid. The sale of Hides are 1,100 dry-10,
Brazil Ox and Cow at 61. a ltd. ; 900 North Arner:iea.
salted at 4d. a qd. ; 200 Buenos Ayres salted at 611:
and 100 dry Petersburgh at 644. per lb. In, Horse 11„1,7i
nothing done. Hemp is dull of sale. The sales Of '1„;
low have not been extensive this week, the prices regis
steady.