The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-09 00:00:00

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'LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, J4l4iiitir

There continues at very limited demand, for- Sugar, and-holders not
being willing to give way in prices, the sales are confined to 34 hhds
B. P In Bengal or Mauritius there are not any transactions to report.
•Nothing done in Foreign Sugar,—The transactions in Molasses consist'
of 250 puns from the quay, chiefly Demerara, at 345, a small parcel of
Nevis at 335, and very inferior Berhh•e at 28s per cwt.—Coffee. There
is not a single transaction to report in Plantation ; the trade are now
ahnost exclusively the holders of the remaining stock. Nothing done
in Foreign.--4,1 Cocoa or Pepper no ssles bags of Ntalabar Gin-
Ginger sold at 23s per cwt. and 4110 bags Pimento 21d to 214 per lb.—
The sales in Rice are united to 701) bags Of East India, at Ida to 13s 6d
per cwt in bond for middling to good quality.-,--Nothing* of morrient to
report in Rum.
The transactions in East India Drysalteryarticles are confined to a
few chests of Shell Lac, at 57s Od fOr very low, to 73s for ordinary
liver, and 600 hags of Saltpetre, at 241 per cwt.
Dyewoods.—ln Cam peachy Logwood, 200 tons of fine brought £7
13,, and 80 of inferior £7 5s ; 10 tons Of Jamaica sold at X 6 12s 6d per
•ton ;of Cuha I•'ustie.,3o tons brought £7.10=, or Tampico £ 15s,
and 60 of Spanish £4 lOs to Xi 14s 6d : the other sales in VVoils have
been in small pareels of Lima Nicaragua Wood, Cam Wood and Har-
wood, without eh rage.—The demand for Turpentine has been rather
laneuid, and prices have seareelysustained.the currency of last week,
150 J brls have been sold at Its 1.;i1 to 12s 3,1, at cordirtg to qu,lity.—
Tar without variation.— I he sales of Montreal Ashes are upon a very
limited scale, but 30s has been obtained in some few instances for Pot,
and 33s 3 d for Pearl Ashes --41nercitron Bark goes ;of slowly. at
former rates.—ln Flaxseed, the only transaction is a small parcel of
, Archangel, at 35s per quarter. —Nothing done in Cloverseed.Hides.
• There have been no sales by atietion this w.•ek, but 11110 salted Buenos-
, Ayres Ox have been sold by private, at did to 414 per ib.—There has
been an-extensive demand for Tobacco during the week, and the sales
reach 730 to 800 hhds ; of which about 99 hints Virginia leaf, and 5 0
lihds stemmed have been taken for re-sale, and the remainder by the
home trade ; Virginia leaf and stemmed have advanced Ad per 11r, and•
very full prices have been obtained for. Kentucky stemmed.--
The dem and for Brimstone has this week been more limited than
for some time past, but the, few sales mule have supported previous
driees.—Sumac of all desvaiptions finds a ready sale ; about 10 0 bags
of Verona and Trieste have found buyers from the. ship-side, at pre-
vious prices.—Argols of good quality are scarce, and in request, the
inferior sorts are neglected.—Nothing worthy of notice is reported in
Madders or Madder Boots, Persian Berries, Galls or Gums.—There
continues to he a fair demand for Olive Oil. and prices remain folly
supported ; about 10 tuns have been sold during the, week:—There
have been some transactions in Newfoundland .Coil Oil this week at
about the quotations ; the sales are to the extent of 12+ tuns, with a
few to-•s Halifax at I:41 by auction. In Seal Oil but little doing.—
Pale Rape rather more inquired for. Linseed contirm s dull, but the
price is steady.—The sales of Palm Oil are about 220 tons, including
130 tons, the price of which has not transpired ; for small parcels. £34
to £34 5s is obtained.—ln Oil of Turpentine, no alteration .to.notice.
—Hemp is in fair request at the prices quoted.—ln Flax nothing doing.
—A moderate business has been done in TalloW, at 47s Od to 48s for
Fellow candle, bat the advices received to-day, fem Loudon, report-
ing an advance there of Is to Is 6d per cwt ; holders here demand the
advanced quotations.