The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET. AUG. 27.

Sugar.---There has been a slight improvement in the demand,
rarticularly for white Bengal, but no change in price, and the
sales are 500 hhds. B. P., and 4500• bags Bengal, at the quo-
tations. Foreign.—The demand is confined to exporters ; the
sales of the week are 1400 cases, 2600 hams brown Brazil, and
240 boxes yellow ,Havana, at the quotations, besides which a
cargo of 1200 boxes, of similar quality, has been sold, afloat, at
253 per cwt., deliverable in Holland.
Molasses.—The arrivals within the last fortnight have been
very large, but the trade being unwilling to hold stocks, im-
porters have nabeen able to effect sales, though prices below
the quotations would be accepted.
Coffee.—The demand is not active, but.prices are well sup-
ported : 90 tees Jamaica, at auction, brought fully last week's
rates. IL Foreign, the sales are confined to 100 bags Porto
Rico and 40 brls Rio, at the quotations.
Nothing done to Cocoa, Ginger, Pepper, ors Pimento.
1 ice.-500 tees Carolina sold from 20s 3d. for very ordinary,
to 24s 9d for fine, 9000 bags Bengal, at 17s for broken, to I9s
and 19s Gd per cwt. for fine white.
Rum.—The Imsiness.liasheen very trifling, Demerara, 39 per
cent. 0. P., has been sold at 4s 9d, and East India at 2s 10d per
gallon, proof.
Tea.—A fair inquiry exists for common to good Congou, the
former at 9d, and the latter from lld to Is 1 d ; the good and
fine qualities still continue neglected. In greens, all Canton-
made sorts are heavy of sale, whilst the Food medium kinds
are a little more inquired for, „at rather improved rates; the
market is quite bare of the finest descriptions, and are much
wanted.

The sales in East India Drysalteries have been 50 chests Shell
Lac, low to good orange at 46s to 57s ; 26 chests Gum Arabic
veipine, up to 86s; 35 bales Bengal Safflower at 75s to 105 s,
an 42, bales Bombay at 15s per cwt. ; 100 pockets Turmeric at
ICs ; and 1000 bales and baskets of Gambier, price not named.
The sales in Saltpetre and Nitrate of Soda continue trifling,
and prices barely supported.
Guano.—There has been a fair demand for all kinds, and the
rates are barely maintained for the lower descriptions, whilst
Peruvian remains steady at .t'S 15s to £9 per ton.
Dyewopds.—The sales of Logwood are;3oo tons, at £6 to ..t6
10s for indirect Campeachy, an .e 8 to £8 lOs for direct, small
parcels of Savanilla and Cuba Fustic, at £4 15s to £5 for the
former, and £9 for the latter; 250 tons Gaboon Barwood, price
not reported; .and small parcels of Sapan Wood, at £l3 for
Bombay, and -,t 16 for good Manilla.
The Turpentine market is again lower, 1000 brls of ordinary
to fair quality have been sold at 6s sd to is 4d. •No sales of Tar are reported, although several parcels have
now come forward.

About 1200 brls American 110-sin have found buyers, the
prices for whiciLare not reported, except for 450 brls of common
at 3s, and good quality at 6s.
'Both Pot and Pearl Ashes are much neglected, and present
quotations are almost nominal.

About 4 tons Cuba Bees' Wax brought 16 5s to 16 Ins
per, cn•t. _ _

Seeds.-1000 bags and 350 quarters Linseed sold at 45s for
ordinary to 538 for good East India; and a few tees Flaxseed
at 458 per tee.
The market for Hides continues heavy ; about 2000 salted
River Plate have been sold at 3id per lb.
With more inquiry Or Brimstone, the sales of the week have
reached 200 tons, at £0 Is. 6d. per ton.
Only a limited business has been done in Sicily Sumac, for
watt of suitable supplies.
20 casks Oporto red Argols, good quality, brought 345. per
cwt.

Nothing worth notice done in Tartar.
There has been a fair demand for Turkey Roots of inferior
to middling quality, and considerable sales made; but for tine
Roots constimers ;are not inclined to accede to the prices re-
quired. With the exception of a small parcel .of French, just
arrived, we have no other Roots but Turkey now in this market.
For French and Dutch Madders there is no inquiry whatever.
20 hhds. Philadelphia Bark sold at its, to 125. 6d. per cwt.
Olive Oil has been in moderate request, at the quoted prices.
The sales of pale Seal Oil have been to the extent of about 50
tuns, on the spot, at .421 to .k 27 ss. per tun, and one cargo has
also been disposed of, deliverable at an outport, the price not
having transpired.
The increased inquiry for Linseed Oil, in London and Hull.
has caused a corresponding movement in our market, and the
price is now 285. per cwt.
Oil of Turpentine continues dull, and our quotation is spin
altered. Small sales of Palm Oil, to the extent of about 100
tons, have been made this week at very irregular prices, but
principally rabnagaitnfofbroanleis£ll3a7aliolls; litao:yenbteoens'3o6ldlOast.
and
Hemp.—A
2,300 bales of Jute at £2l to 422 Is. Gd. per ton, which are
very full prices.
is morea. to
a inquiredsoa
.6tl,
Tallow continues in limited demand, but Petersburg Y. C.
has realized generally -5 Is. Gd.. although a sale is reported at
50s. ; fine Odessa sells
for; a few casks of
according to quality.
. At the sales of Lard, yesterday, litae was done, and prices
Noartth4°Ag. me 611.
icr to
an 51
soldsa ''adt
Is. to Is. Gd. lower ; the sales comprise ala;lrt 150 tierce6 and MXI
barrels, at 445. Gd, to sfits, per cWt,