The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-27 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, DEc. 23.

There has been a general and extensive demand for Sugar, both
from the grocers and refiners, and the sales reach nearly 2000 hhds. B.
P. at an advance on the previous quotations of fnlly is a: cwt. 32:1
bags of Bengal have also been disposed of. There is nothing to re-
port in Mauritius or Foreign.—No transactions in Molasses.—Coffee.
There continues a fair inquiry for Plantation, but the,quantity offer-
ing at present is moderate ; 90 casks of Berbice and Demerara, of
middling to good middling quality, mostly sold at 9Cs to 925, and 80
brls St. Lucia at the quotations. Nothing done in Foreign, except a
small lot of ordinary Brazil at 51s ff" cwt.—A small quantity of Mala-
bar Ginger sold at 335. Cocoa and Pimento are extremely dull, and
there are no sales to report either in these or in Pepper.—Rice is in
fair request, and 400 bags of East India have been taken at 17s to 17s
6d for good to fine Bengal.—Very little has been done in Rum this
week, and in the few sales made the quotations have been barely main-
tained.
There has been more inquiry for Bengal Indigo, but so little is at
present offering in the in,,rket, scarcely any thing has been done.—
The late low prices of Lac Dye have brought more buyers forward,
and 45 chests have been sold at various prices.-50 chests of low
orange Shell Lac have been taken at 112 s 6d to 115s.—The transac-
tions in Saltpetre amount to 1200 bags, principally at 28s and 30s.—
For 100 bags Nitrate of Soda 18s has been accepted.
Dvewoode. The demand has again been very moderate, and the
total sales, of all kinds, are under 1:,0 tons, without any change in
prices.—Turpentine has fallen in price considerably, 14s Gd having
been accepted for 500 to 6 0 brls to arrive. but this rate is refused for
a parcel in store.—American Tar. 120 brls sold at 14s Ad.—Montreal
Pot and Pearl Ashes continue in very limited demand, at a deprecia-
of 6cl cwt.—There is no demand for Quercitron Bark, and the
quotations are nominal.—Nothing done in Cloverseed or Flaxseed.—
Bidet. The sales consist of 1600 dry salted Brazil at Old for best, and
lid for heated, 1800 salted Buenos Ayres lid, 301;0 do Monte Video
at lid to 41d, according to quality, also 4500 dry Monte Video Horse
Hides at 8s 7d to 8s 10(1, and 300 salted do at Os Gd each.—ln Horse
Hair and Oak Bark there is nothing to report.—The sales of •Tobacco
this week have been about 130 hhds, of which 25 were Virginia leaf
for Ireland, :?0 Kentucky leaf for exportation, and the remainder,
chiefly stemmed, were taken by the home-trade. The prices of leaf
have rather given way, but stemmed is steady.
MEDITERRANEAN PRODUCE.
The business done in Brimstone has been confined to small parcels
for immediate consumption, without any change in prices.—For Su-
mac there has been some inquiry, hut in consequence of holders de-
manding an advance, but little has occurred; 300 bags new Sicily sold
at 13s 9d cwt and 14s is now demanded.—A fairdiusiness has been,
done in Argols, about 70 casks and 20 boxes having been taken at pre-
vious prices.—Crearn of Tartar and Brown Tartar are neglected.—No-
thing worthy of notice has taken place in Madders or Madder Roots.
—A few bales of Tcrl:ev yellow Berries have been sold at 102 s 6d.—
Olive Oil has met with but a limited sale this week, and the ten-
dency of prices is downwards, a reduction of lOs to 20s c,lP' tun having
jn some instances been submitted to.—The only business in Fish Oils
thiS week is about 35 tuns Pale Seal at £53 to £54, and some small
sales of Cod at £l6 from the quay.—Both Linseed and Rape Oil have
been in limited request.—Palm Oil has experienced a decline, GO tons
havii"r been sold at £3O 11 ton.—Oil of Turpentine is lower, our re-
duced quotations being its extreme value.—ln Hem') and Flax the
sales continue very limited.—Some little improvement has taken
place in Tallow ; Petersburgh yellow candle now brings from 45s to
40s 6d, but sales are not extensive at these rates.