The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-10 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Amt.. 6.

The demand for B.P. Sugar, at present, is confined principally to
the better descriptions, of which the supply is limited, and the sales
are only COO hhds, without change in price 1200 bags Mauritius sold,
chiefly at 60s 60, and 2100 bags Bengal, at 62s 3d to 64s Gd for slightly
damaged. and 64s to 65s for middling to good white. No transactions
of moment have occurred in Foreign Sugar or in Molasses.—Coffee.
Nothing done in British Plantation, lint in East India 229 robins of
Mocha, ungarbled, were sold at 763 per cwtr-1000 bags Guayaquil
Cocoa have been disposed of, but the price had not transpired, and
90q bags East India Ginger at 25s to 27s 6d per cwt.—Nothing done in
Pepper or Pimento.—ln Rice, IVO bags of Erv,t India have been sold
at the quotations, and 50 tees. dressed Carolina at 23s per cwt. in bond
for export, and 34s duty paid for home-use.—The sales in Rum are 150
puns of Demerara, at 3s 3d for Leewards, 3s 1 WO for 25 0.P., up to 4s
6d per gallon, for chice marks of high strength.
There is nothing to report in Indigo.-21 chests Lac Dye have been
sold at Illd to 120. and a similar quantity of Shell Lac, at 83s.— lineal
has been sold at 05s, and for 30 bales Bombay Safflower 12s 6d to 20s
has been accepted.—A small lot of East India Senna has realized 3d.
—ln Saltpetre, 500 bags have been sold at 22s to 27s per cwt.
The sales in Dyewoods have been confined io small parcels : of Log-
wood, 30 tons of Campeachy sold at £9 and 40 of Jamaica at £7 los ;
about :30 tons of ,Cuba Fustic brought £7 to £B. according to quality.
and 40 of Savauilla £5 54 ; a small parcel of Lima Nicaragua Wood
£ll, and 13 tons of good Camwood £lB lOs per ton.—The price of
Turpentine continues to improve, and 13s 8d has been obtained for 998
brls of good quality, of by auction yesterday; 13s was given pre
viously for a small parcel of 80 bids ; the stock is light, and the mar-
ket firm at our quotations.—No American Tar on sale.—The sales of
Montreal Pot and Peatl Ashes are confined to a few small lots, at pre-
vious prices.—ln the early part of the week. there was a good demand
for American Flaxseed, fur sowing, andhigher prices obtained ; some
small- lots realized 72s 6d per 14. and although there is now less in-
quiry, the advance is supported; 1 quarters East India Linseed
sold at IN to 44s per quarter. and a small parcel of Sicilian do. at 41s ;
a parcel of new American Cloverseed was offered at auction, but no
sale effected, as the holders are asking far above the present quota-
tions, in consequence of which buyers will not make a bid.—No altera-
tion in Quercitron Bark.—hides. The only sales to report are 1200
salted Rio Grande Ox and Cow at 40, '2OO New Orleans at 34d, and 200
Barbadoes, all faults, at 311 per lb.—The sales of Tobacco have been
about 160 trils, of which 110 hhds were for Ireland, and the remainder
fur the home-trade.
There continues a very moderate demand for Brimstone, yet the
chief holders are not inclined to sell at any reduction from the quota-
tions ; 50 tons of fair quality sold at £6 55 per ton.—The late arrivals
of Sicily Sumac of 12.;0 hags,.have been nearly all disposed of at rather
lower prices ; in Verona and Trieste no sales to notice.—Cream of Tar-
tar is still very scarce*, a few casks have been sold, to arrive, at 62s per
cwt.—Madders and Madder Roots remain neglected.—The sales in
Olive are very trifling, but no alteration can be noticed in the prices.
—A further advance has been realized upon Cod Oil, sales having been
effected at £37, at which there is but little offering.—ln Seed Oils
nothing doing; pale Rape Oil is dull of sale, and rather lower; Lin-
seed Oil remains steady at the quotations.—ln Palm Oil, only one sale
of 20 tons reported, at £46 :Os ; nothing done for arrival.—Oil of Tur-
pentine is more inquired for, and the distillers have now advanced
their price to 655.-11emp is steady at the prices quoted ; 300 hales
Jute have been disposed of at the annexed rates.—The demand for
Tallow has been almost suspended during the week ; some trifling
sales of Petersburg yellow candle have been effected at 575, and since
at :atis 6d, with a parcel of Siberia yellow candle at 565.