The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-06 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MARCH 2.
The Sugar market has been rather dull this week; and as holders in
general are nut pressing sales, in expectation of a revival in the de-
mand when the navigation is again opened, only 300 hhds B.P. have
been disposed of, without alteration in price. 2000 bags of Mauritius
have been taken at 63s to 61s 9d per cwt, and 1700 bags of good to fine
white Bengal at 67s 6,1 to 68s per cwt. In Foreign Sugar, the only sale
to notice is a lot of '3O cases' strong white Bahia, at 28s per cwt.—No
sales.in Molasses, in consequence of the want of supply —Coffee. The
only transactions comprise 120 robins of Mocha, mostly ungarbled,
which were readily taken by the trade at 81s to 91s per cwt ; and about
30 brls good middling Demerara at 30 brls good middling Demerara at
107 s. Nothing done in Foreign.-500 bags Guayaquil Cocoa have been
sold ,at 355, and 80 bags Brazil at 36s per cwt ; 500 bags of Malabar
Ginger, at 2ls 6d for ordinary to 24s for good, and 33 bags of black
Pepper at ,4d to 41d per lb.—Nothing done in Pimento.—There is a
very good inquiry for Rice; both for borne-use and eortation ; the
sales in Bengal are 1500 bags, at 14s 90 to 15s 6d per cwt, and 100 tees
dressed Carolina at 345, duty paid.—The inquiry for Rum continues,
hut, in consequence of the continuance of easterly winds we are
without any fresh arrivals, which limits the business to 150 puns De-
merara, proof to 5 overproof, at 3s 2d per gallon, and Jamaica, 16 per
cent over, at the quotations.
There is some demand for Indigo, but our maket is wanting of suit-
able kinds.—About 50 chests of Shell Lac found buyers at 87s 6d per
cwt, 32 hhds of Tincal at .53s to 575, and a few chests of East India
Gum Arabic at fair rates.—Nothin,, reported in Saltpetre or Nitrate.-
5 serous of silver Cochineal broug:a 6s 7d to 7s,per lb, and 200 slabs of
East India Tin 77s 6il per cwt.
Dyewomis.—Two cargoes of Campearhy Logwood have been offered
frOm the quay, and about 230 tons sold at £8 7s lid to £8 lOs per ton,
and a few tons of Jamaica at £7 ss; in Fustic, 30 tons of Cuba brought
£B, and 80 of Savanilla £4 13s ; a small lot of solid Nicaragua Wood at
£l2 ; 15 tons of Camwood at £l6 10s, and 20 tons of Angola Barwood,
at steady prices.—There are no sales of Turpentine to communicate,
and prices remain unaltered.—Ameriean Tar is scarce, and would
meet a ready sale.—The business in Montreal Pot and Pearl Ashes has
been trifling, at 29s for the former and 33s for the latter description.—
Nothing done in Cloverseed ; no sales of sowing Flaxseed have yet
been effected, but of Archangel Linseed 700 quarters brought 35s per
quarter, and 268 bags East India do. 42s.—No alteration in Quercitron
Bark ; about 60 hhds have been disposed of at former prices.—Hides.
The public sales to-day went off very well. and the whole sold at an
advance of a id to Id per lb On dry Monte Video, whilst other descrip-
tions brought full' prices ; 450 salted Buenos Ayres Ox, inferior, sold
at 40, 4930 dry Monte Video at 81d to 81d per lb for good, lid to 'lid for
inferior to fair, and wormed in proportion, 400 Laguna at 51, 100 Lima
at 61d, 120 Savanilla at 41d, 200 drys Med Pernambuco at 50, 308 salted,
Demerara at 4id, 800 Jamaica at 41d, 700 New Orleans at 3.1 d, 160 Sa-
vanilla at 21d per lb, and 5600 dry Buenos Ayres and Monte Video
horse Hides at 9s Id to Its 6d each.—The sales of Tobacco have been
about 100 hhds Virginia and Kentucky stemmed, to the trade, at full
prices.

Only a few small sales have been made this week in Brimstone,
without any change in prices.—The common descriptions of Sumac
reinain scarce; Sicily sells steadily at fair prices.—Owing, to the
scarcity of good white Argols, several orders which have appeared
have not been executed ; about 3d carks of Oporto red have been sold
from 26s to 335, according to quality.—There has been nothing done
worthy of notice in Madders or Madder Roots.—Fine Persian Berries
command £l2 per cwt. and find ready sale; the inferior sorts are neg-
lected.—There continues a good demand for Olive Oil, and' more
business would have been done, had not the holders been disposed to
requir4 advanced prices, which in some instances has been complied
with total sales of the week amount to about 50 tuns.—Some tran-
sactions to the'.extentoc about 50 tuns Fish Oil . have taken place,
principally fr,,m the quay, and at lower rates.—Seed Oils continue in
ood request, atti small advance.—The business in Palm Oil has again
seen extensive, consisting of about 550 tons, at £l9 to £ll, principally
at the former price, and at which 200 tons were taken to arrive.—Oil
of Turpentine is in good request. - There is a steady business doing in
Hemp at the quotations.—ln Flax no sales reported —The transactions
in Tallow have not been extensive, the consumers contenting them-
selves with small parcels; but all lightly stocked, and the market firm.

LONDON GAZETTE'.—FRIDAY, MARcx 2.

PT NE R SI I I P DI SSO L VE D.
J. Tyrer and J. WRinder, LiverpoSol, coopers—J. Tyrer, J. Winder]
and R. Fisher, LiverpooLhoop-dealers—J. Hetherington and S. Smith
London and Liverpool—R. G. Ilunt and M. Burley, Liverpool, dry-
s liters—J. H. Booth and J. Fishwick, Liverpool, hatters—J. Dean and
J. Law, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, manufacturers of cotton—W.
T. Hesketh, H. Hesketh, W. Hesketh and E. Hesketh, Manchesters
corn-merchants, so far as regards W. Hesketh.

BANKRUPTS.
John Wyatt, West Smithfield, London, machinist.
Joseph Smith Holdsworth, Lower Edmonton, corn—merchant.
Johu Grinham Clerken well-green, London, licensed-victualler.
John Wood, High-street, St. Giles's, London, eating-house-keepet.
Mary Richordson, Chelmsford, innkeeper.
Thomas Jones, Carnarvon, ironfounder.
Gibliem Low, Fearnlee-within-Sadcileworth, Yorkshire, stone,
dealer..
Charles Griffith, Chester, cabinet-maker.

DIVIDENDS.
March 27, R. M`Laren, Liverpool, rectifier—April 26, B. Glover]
Liverpool, drysalter—March 27,T.Thornpson, Brydges-street, Covent-
garden, London, wine-merchant-11arch 24, C. tturfield, sen. Tooley-.
street, Southwark, merchant—March 23, F. Glass, Cateaton-street,
London, Blackwell-hall-factor—March 23, J. Rowling, Leeds, stuff-
dyer—March 23, W. Perkin, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, timber-mer,
chant—April 10, R. Shirley, Kinftre. Staffordshire, worsted-yarn= manufacturer—April 10, J. brury, Kidderminster, grocer—March 31,
W. J. P. Jackson, Kidderminster. baker—March 28, C. Noades, Leeds:
tailor—March 26, J.W. Brooks, Cheltenham, common-brewer—March
23, C. W. Daives, Bishopcastle, Shropshire, mercer—March 29, W.
Pettifor, Nottingham, common-carrier—March 27, G. Stevens, Wol•
verhampton, grocer—Mar • h 28, T. Benbow, Cheltenham, mercer—
March 28, T. T. Squier, Exeter, brush-inanutacturer—March 27, T.
Brooke, Wolverhampton, tanner—April 5, E. Sheppard sen. and E.-
Sheppard, jun. Uley, Gloucestershire, clothiers—March 27, T. Ke ars-
ley, Birmingham, corn-merchant.

TES
To be granted, unless cause be shownCERTIFIC tAo th e contra
23d day of March. ry, on or before the'
W. B. Harrop, Milnthorp,Westmorland, timber-merchant—W. Pet-
tifor, Nottingham, common-carrier—J. Hoole, Crookes, Yorkshire,
tanner—C. J. Marriott, Leamington-priors, Warwickshire, grocer.
SCOTH SEQU
David Cullum. Edinburgh, buiIderESTRATIONS..
John Riddell, Glasgow. farmer.
John Baird, Ayr, merchant.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from
the returns made in• the week ending Feb. 27, 1438, is 38s 100 per hun-
dred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.