The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-08 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MAY 4.

There has been a better demand fur Su gar, and a slight advance has
been obtained for B.P. of which the sales are 700 hhds. 2500 bags Ben-
gal have been sold, chiefly fine white, at 64s 3d to 64s 6d, and 3100
bags Mauritius at last week's prices. Of Foreign Sugar, the sales con-
sist of 47 cases Bahia at 20s for low brown, to 25s for ordinary white.
—There has been some inquiry for Molasses ; the refiners have taken
220 puns Demerara at 27s.—Coffee. No sales of Plantation of any
moment are reported this week ; 150 casks of Jamaica, of the new
crop, are announced for sale on the Bth inst. Nothing done in Foreign.
—Nothing done in Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento —lOO bags black Pepper
sold at 4id per lb.—Rice in fair demand; the sales are 900 bags of East
India at 13s for ordinary, to 14s for middling quality, in bond, and 110
tees of dressed Carolina at 34s per cwt. duty paid.—ln Rum, the
business done has been limited to a 0 puns. Demerara and Jamaica, of
various strengths and qualities, within the range of the quotations.
The transactions in East India Produce this week have been to a
limited extent only, consisting of small parcels of Indigo, about 40
chests of Lac Dye, 25 chests Shell Lac at 80s, 75 bales of Munjeet at
12s per cwt. and a small parcel of Cassia Lignea at 56s per cwt.—The
demand for Saltpetre has been nearly suspended; the few • sales made
were at lower prices ; and about 200 bags Nitrate of Soda sold from
14s to 15s per cwt.—Of Terra Japonica, 90 tons sold at £l9 per ton, and
30 bales Sunn Hemp brought £l7 lOs per ton.
Dyewoods. Two cargo s. consisting of about 600 tons Caropeachy
Logwood, were o tiered at auction this week, and about one-half sotd
at a decline of lOs on previous prices; the total sales of the week are
about 350 tons Campeachy, from £8 2s 6d to £8 ss, by auction
£8 12s 6d to £8 15s previously, with 20 tons Jamaica, from £7 5s to
£7 12s 6d ; of Fustic only small sales have been made ; 10 tons Jamaica,
by auction, brought £5 7s 6(1 per ton ; Nicaragua Wood, Barwood, and
Camwood have been neglected; 10 tons red Sanders Wood sold at
£5 15s per ton.—The Turpentine market is dull, and rather lower ;
12s 3d has been accepted for 300 brls of ordinary quality ; some other
parcels offered for sale this week are going into store, the biddings of
the buyers not equalling the expectations of the holders.—Nothing
done in American Tar.—The sales of both Montreal Pot and Pearl
Ashes have been quite trifling, at previous prices.—ln Cloverseed but
little done.—About .850 hhds New York Flaxseed, brand 1836, have
been disposed of at 56s to 58s per MU—No alteration in Quercitron
Bark.—Hides. There has been a fair business doing without altera-
tion in prices; 8000 salted Buen'os Ayres and Monte Video Ox and
Cow have been sold at 41d to 41d per lb ; 7500 dry Horse Hides at 8s 6d
to Ils 3d each for sound, and 3s to 7s for wormed; also 1200 salted
Horse at lOs 3d to lls 3d each.—Tobacco. The sales during last month
amounted to about 240 hhds, and the transactions since have been very

There continues to be a dull market for Brimstone; two cargoes,
together 750 tons, offered by auction, did not find buyers, and the de-
mand during the week has been very small.—Sicily Sumac continues
in fair request, and most of the stock in importers' hands ij now dis-
posed of.—Nothing worthy of notice done this week in either Argols
or Cream of Tartar.—For Madders and Madder Roots there has been
scarcely any inquiry.—A cargo of fair Smyrna Valonia, about 140 tons,
has been sold at £l5 12s lid, and a small lot of good Cemata at £l9 5s
per ton.—Olive Oil remains much neglected, and the sales of the week
are too small to be worthy of reporting —We have no transactions to
report this week in Fish Oils, except some trifling sales of pale Seal,
at £34 per tun.—Pale Rape and Linseed Oils are very 'dull of sale, and
again rather lower.—Some small sales of Palm Oil, to the extent of
about 70 tons, have been made at £44 to £l4 les per ton ; the demand
is very limited.—Oil of Turpentine is •2Os to 30s per ton lower, and we
reduce the quotations accordingly.—ln Hemp and Flax nothing o'
moment has transpired ; Jute is offered rather lower.—Yellow candle
Tallow continues much neglected, and holders have submitted to a
reduction of Is to 2s per cwt. without effecting any material sales ; the
quotations are almost nominal. South American Tallow is in better
demand, and fair quality is saleable at 44s 6d to 45s 6d per cwt.