The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-06 00:00:00

Alarit ens.

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Nov. 2.
There has been a fair demand for Sugar, both from grocers and
refiners. and the sales of B.P. have reached 9(0 hhds, at last week's
prices. 1500 bags of Mauritius have also been disposed of, at 53s lid
to 575, and a small lot of white Bengal at 65s 6d per cwt. In Fo-
reign Sugar no sales to notice.—ln Molasses or Rice no sales re-
ported.—Coffee. The sales of Plantation continue on a moderate
scale, not exceeding 80 casks of Jamaica, at former prices; :.!00
bags of ordinary Sumatra, subject to 9d duty, brought 64s per cwt.
Of Foreign, 30 bags very ordinary Brazil sold at 37s per cwt.—ln
Pepper no sales.-100 bags good Pimento have been taken by the
trade at 4s t:d to 5s 3d per gallon.
A few chests of Indigo are reported at very full prices.—A quan-
tity of Straits' Tin was brought to auction: to-day, and a propor-
tion sold at 72s ; one small lot at 72s 6d ; also about 2100 nicks es •
of- Gambier, which went at 92.1 to-21,10171tvrtt•t4tbags .
48s per cwt, The 50 boxes of Assafcetida bought in, were subse-
quently sold at 555.-150 chests Shell Lac have been taken at 75s
to 85s, 88 chests Lac Dye and 50 chests East India Gum Arabic at
former rates.—The sales of Saltpetre are 1000 bags at 255 6d to 28s,
and 100 bags of Nitrate of Soda at 14s per cwt.
llyewoods.—The holders of Cam peachy Logwood still demand
full prices, and in consequence the sales have been very trifling ;
about 70 tons of Maracaibo Fustic, by auction, sold at £6 17s 6d to
£7 Is 6d, and 10 tons of Carthagena, by private, at £B, 20 tons
Ceara at £9 2s Gd, and 10 of Cuba at £ll lus per ton ; nothing re-
ported in Nicaragua Wood ; a few tons of Barwood and Camwood
have been sold, without change in prices.—The sales of Turpen-
tine amount to about 2000 brls at 12s to 12s 3(1.—1n American Tar
no sales.—The demand fur Montreal Ashes has been very limited,
and the sales inconsiderable, at previous prices.—llides. The few
parcels brought forward have been sold readily, at full prices ; 1302
dry salted Brazil brought sid to 61r1, 400 dry Jamaica 70 for sound,
891) salted do 50 td6id, and 900 salted Monte Video fad per lb.—
The sales have again been extensive in Tobacco, amounting to 420
hhds ; of which 120 hhds were for Ireland, 20 hlids for exportation,
a few for re-sale, and the remainder were taken by the home-
trade. For fine Kentucky and Virginia stemmed 130 has been ob-
tained, and lld for a few tine Virginia leaf.
The demand for Brimstone has not been quite so active as last
week, but about 700 tons have found buyers at the full quotations,
and in some instances rather more.—Cream of Tartar dull of sale.

—For Madders, the demand is confined chiefly to the better de-
scriptions.-100 bales French Madder Roots have been sold at :Pis
to 305 ad per cwt. Only a limited business has been done in Olive
Oil, without change in prices.—The business done in Fish Oils has
been confined to a few trilling sales from the warehouse, at barely
previous prices.—Seed Oils continue neglected, particularly pale
Rape, which is offered at .a decline of is per cwt.—The sales of
Palm Oil have not been extensive ; 100 tons were sold from the
quay at rather less than £44, but smaller parcels, to the extent of
about 50 tons, have the late advance, and. the common sorts have
been more sought after ; 320 bales of Jute sold at £1317s 6d to £i4,
and 50 tuns Bombay Hemp at £24 per ton.—There is an improved
inquiry also for Flax. Early in the week there was a good demand
for Tallow, and sates readily effected at 563 9d to 57s for yellow
candle ; the demand has since subsided, but holders are not offering
on lower terms; 230 casks South American Tallow sold briskly
on Wednesday, chiefly at sls to 555 6d, and one lot of fine quality
at 56s per cwt.—A few tons fine Cocoa Nut Oil brought 56. s to 51s
per cwt.