The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-21 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MAY 17.

The demand for Sugar has continued general and extensive, both
from grocers and refiners, and the sales reach 2000 hhds. B.P. at
very full prices for brown and middling, and is to 2s advance on
good and fine qualities. 2000 bags Bengal have also been disposed
of, at 67s for low, up to 70s for white. Nothing done in Mauritius,
and in Foreign there are no sales.—There has been a good inquiry
for Molasses, and prices are again higher, 60 puns. of Demerara
having been sold on the spot at 315 3d per cwt., and 250 puns of
Trinidad, to arrive, at 34s per cwt.—Coffee, No parcels of Planta-
tion have been offered this week ; 150 casks Jamaica, of the new
crop, will be brought to public sale the 21st instant. Nothing done
in Foreign.—A small lot of Trinidad Cocoa sold at 43s per cwt. ; 200
bags Pimento at 34d, and 500 bags black Pepper at 41d to 4id per lb.
—No sales of Ginger.—The business in Rice is limited to 560 bags of
yellow East India, at 12s 641 per cwt. in bond.—Rum is very scarce,
and the transactions are confined to 40 puns. at 3s 8d per gallon for
common Leewards, 5 per cent. O.P. and middling Jamaica at 2d per
gallon.
Some small sales of East India and Caraccas Indigo have been
made at former rates.—A few chests of Lac Dye arc reported at is
to is 2d ; 90 bales Bengal Safflower, without price ; a little Terra
Japonica at 27s 6d, duty paid ; 1400 bags Saltpetre at the quotation s;
and 100 bags Nitrate of Soda at 15s 6d per cwt.
The sales of Logwood have again been at rather lower rates, but
more particularly for Jamaica, about 200 tons having been sold at
47 15s to eB, with smaller lots at 47 2s 6d to A'S 5s ; 100 tons of
Campeachy brought .ell 17s 6d to £l2 Ss per ton ; in Fustic, the
sales are confined to small lots of Cuba and Spanish, without change;
nothing reported in Nicaragua Wood ; 10 tons Sapan Wood brought
£lO per ton.—The Turpentine market continues tolerably regular,
and former prices are supported ; goo brls have been sold at 135 to
13s 3d.—Nothing new in American Tar.—The sales of Montreal Pot
Ashes have been very trifling, at 26s 6d, and of Pearl Ashes, at 33s
per cwt.—Quercitron Bark goes off slowly; 30 hhds coarse ground
Baltimore sold at 20s per cwt.—Some small parcels of American and
Cuba Bees' Wax have been disposed of at .e 8 to .4'B 5s per cwt.
duty paid.—There is very little inquiry for Hides for consumption,
and the only sale to report is 250 salted West India, at 5d per lb.—
The sales of Tobacco are about 120 hhds. of which 30 were for ex-
port, 50 for Ireland, and the remainder to manufacturers, at the
quotations.

Brimstone. The intelligence received this week from Sicily of
the movements of the French company there, together with advises
of higher prices ruling at Marseilles, will probably have some fur
ther influence on the market for this article, as soon as consumers
are again compelled to purchase; at the close of last week about
250 tons were sold, this week only small lots, at full prices.—There
has been only a moderate inquiry for Sumac, without change in
prices ; fine new Sicily sells steadily at about 13s Gd per cwt.—Good
Cream of Tartar is inquired for, and is scarce ; some sales to arrive
have been made at 723, and higher prices are asked for the small
parcels now in port.—Argols continue in fair request.—About 50
bales of Persian and other yellow Berries have been sold at various
prices ; the lowest at 153, the highest at .t'2l per cwt.--15 casks
Flag Annatto sold at Is 7d per lb.—Madders and Madder Roots are
much neglected.—Some few sales of Galls have been made at full
prices.—Without any Valonia in first hands, the sales continue to
be confined to dealers only.—For Olive Oil there has been some in-
quiry, but at prices to .t 2 below what holders are disposed to
accept; the business, therefore, has been On a limited scale, without
a disposition to meet the inquiry at any reduction.—ln Fish Oils we
have not a transaction to notice. Further news is now daily ex-
pected from the Seal Fishery, which will govern future operations.
—Seed Oils continue in very limited request, at the prices quoted.—
A small business has been done in Palm Oil, at .t'43 on the spot.—
In Oil of Turpentine but little doing.—Baltic Hemp remains very
dull of sale; 200 bales Manilla have changed hands at a further re-
duction in price ; Bombay is offering lower ; a small parcel of good
quality sold at .£26 lOs per ton.—ln Flax a limited business is doing.
—The transactions in Tallow continue only moderate ; a consider-
able part of the Petersburgh yellow candle held here is shipping for
the London market ; our supply will, therefore, be brought into
very small compass before the fresh imports (which will be late)
can be received; prime South American is scarce, and in request,
and brings 48s to 48s Gd.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 17.
The market has presented a dull aspect throughout the week, but
prices have not receded, except in Brazil, which may be said to be
4d per lb below the last week's prices.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON
From the 11th instant, to this day, inclusive.

Prices paid, IM PORTS
SALES OF THE WEEK. in the week•lThisWk. this year
-- --
50 Sea Island 23d e 30d }
5526 1137983
to Stained
'2640 Bowed Georgia
J Mobile
1 Alabama and Tennessee 1
1280 7* g 1 6538 1144044
2250 New Orleans
r mbuco & Paraiba 1
ye „,
10 16321
400 '' f 1 .*. ..
{ APericnaati and Ceara
250 Bahia and Maceio jBi— 10 .... 9569
530 {Maranham
Sawginned
Minas
Para
Demerara, Surinam, &c... 80 378
160 Egyptian
Barbados
•••• 170
Peruvian - 849
Bahama —
60 Laguayra I 9 —9/
Common West India, &C.. 1 8007
110 Carthagena
Smyrna I
__
Manilla —
Surat
200 ,}4i -11 .... 1339
{Madras
20 , Bengal
. I
7690 bales
I 12239 356898

MONDAY EVENING

Nothing has occurred in the market since Friday that requires
particular comment; suffice to say that the trade still continue
to purchase in the same limited proportion as remarked for several
week's past. The sales on Saturday and to-day will scarcely
amount to 2000 bales, without any material alteration in pricer.
The arrivals since last report are 2 vessels from New York, I from
Charleston, 2 Savannah, 2 Nos Orleans, 6 Mobile, I St. Mark's, 1
Pernambuco and 2 Ceara.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 18.
The supplies of British produce to our Corn market, since this
day se'nnight. have been very light. There have arrived about
14,000 quarters of foreign Wheat, the greater part of which has
gone under the Queen's locks. The business of the week in Wheat
has been only to a moderate amount, and we repeat:our last quota-
tions for all descriptions, lOs to lOs 6d for Baltic red, gs gd to 105
for French, gs to gs 6d for Marianopoli, and 7s 9d to 8s 6d per 701bs
for Odessa.—lrish Flour has found buyers at 505 to 555, English
superfine at 511 to 575 per 2801bs, and United States sweet at 3tis to
38s per barrel.—Oats have sold at 35 gd to 4s Id per 451bs, being Id
per bush above the quotations of this day se'nnight ; and Oatmeal
has gone off at 35s 6d to 36s 6d per load several hundred loads
have been taken for shipment to Scotland at 36s per 2401bs.—Barley
has been scarce, and has commanded full prices.—Beans, with a
better demand, have brought Is per quarter advance, 42s to 43s per
4801hs having been paid for Irish, and 46s to 48s per quarter for the
best English.—Peas as last noted,—The duty on foreign:Wheat con-
tinues at lOs 8d per quarter.