The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-21 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Arc. 17.
The demand for Sugar continues limited, and the sales of B.P.
are under 500 hhds, in some instances at rather lower prices. 1203
bags Bengal sold at 61s 6d for low, 63s for middling white, and 64s
per cwt for good. and 1500 bags Mauritius at the quotations. In
Foreign nothing has been done.—Molasses. 260 puns of Antigua
have been sold at 27s per cwt.—Coffee. The grocers have shown
less dispositon to purchase British Plantation ; but the holders
being firm, two public sales of Jamaica went off, without any re-
duction in prices worthy of notice, beyond which there are no tran-
sactions to report.-500 pockets Bengal Ginger have been sold at
21s per cwt, and a small lot of Pimento at 3d per lb.—ln Cocoa or
Pepper there is nothing to report.—No sales have occurred in Rice.
—Rum continues in request, but the quantity on hand is very small.
and the sales are limited to a few puncheons of fine Demerara, 31
per cent overproof, at 4s 9d per gallon.
There is a very good demand for Indigo, and about GO chests of
Bengal have realized an advance upon the previous currency.—The
following articles have found buyers, viz. 23 chests Lac Dye at lld
to 110 ; 20 hhds and 80 bags Tineal at 63s to 67s ; 125 bales East
India Senna at 2d ; 5 hales Bengal Safflower at £4 5s to £n is 6d ;
4 bales Munjeet at 12s; 200 bales Jute at £l2 lOs to £l4; 120 bags
Sago at 14s 6d.—Saltpetre and Nitrate of Soda are more inquired
for ; the sales of the former are about 1100 bags, for the latter 14s 9d
to 5s has been realized.

The sales of all descriptions of Dyewoods have been to a very
moderate extent, and although about 50 tons of Campeachy Log-
wood have been sold, the rates are still nominal; 1.5 tons of Ja-
maica sold at £8 2s 6d from the quay ; a few tons of Savanilla Fus-
tic at £6 2s 6d, but £6los is generally demanded ; 20 tons of Lima
Nicaragua Wood brought 1:12, and 60 tons of Gaboon Barwood £4
5s per ton.—The Turpentine market, which towards the close of
last week and the beginning of the present was depresed, and 3d
per cwt. lower, rallied again on Wednesday, and became very
firm at some little improvement on our last quotations ; about
6300 brls have been sold at its to its 8d ; and there are few, it any,
parcels now on sale at these prices.—No American Tar, in first
hands, but 2700 brls. Stockholm have been sold at 15s 9d to 16s 3d.,
part of which is to arrive, and 1200 brls. Archangel at 13s to 15s 3d.
—Although there have been frequent enquiries for Pot and Pearl
Ashes, the sales have been on a very limited scale, and in prices
there is scarcely any variation.—Quercitron Bark is in good de-
mand, and about 300 hhds. have been disposed of during the week,
at Iss to 165 6d, according to quantity and quality.—Nothing done
in Cloverseed.—Flaxseed is in request, and is now generally held
for higher rates ; 500 quarters of East India, for crushing, were
sold at 42s per quarter.-1-lides.--At the public sale yesterday of
770 d East India Kips, the whole were sold at very high prices ;
good sound dry salt brought ltd to 111 d, rubbed 7d to 91d1 sound
brined 7d. rubbed 51d to flid, sound dry 61d, rubbed 514 to Old,
and Buffaloes 41d to 41d per lb. ; about 2000 salted Buenos Ayres
Ox were sold by auction on Tuesday at 41d to 41d, 300 Cows a t 4i d
160 brined at 7d, and 440 dry salted Brazil at 51d per lb.—Tobacco.
—The sales of the week amount to 110 hhds., of which 40 were
for Ireland, and the rema!nder to manufacturers, without change
in prices. '
Brimstone has been much enquired for during the week, hut in
consequence of holders demanding an advance of 5s to lOs per ton,
the sales have been limited to about 400 tons only. from A. 9 up to
£9 10s. per ton for good seconds.—Shumac has been dull of sale,
and prices may he considered rather lower.—Only a limited busi-
ness has been done in Argots and Cream of Tartar.—For Madders
And Madder Roots there has been an improved demand, and at
rather better prices; several parcels of both French and Dutch
Madders have changed hands; the former of fine quality, at 47s
to 50s; the latter of various marks, from 20s up to 48s per cwt.,
besides which, several parcels of Spanish Madders have been sold.
—About 200 tons Valouia have been sold this week, at £l3 13s to
£l5 for common, to £lB 108 to £l9 per ton for very good quality.
Olive Oil has been firmly supported at the recent advance ' • the
sales of the week amount to about 100 tuns.—Further imports of
Seal Oil, to some extent, have been received this week, and about
180 tuns, (mostly pale,) have been taken by the dealers, at £33 lOs
for pale, and proportionate rates for the coloured; in Cod Oil little
is doing.—Seed Oils continue in request at our quotations.—The
transactions in Palm Oil have been almost exclusively confined to
parcels for arrival ; the sales of this description are to the extent
of 460 tons, the price varying according to the period of arrival ;
the quoted prices are now demanded for parcels on the spot.—
Rather more inquiry hes appeared for Oil of Turpentine.—liemp
meets a ready sale.—Flax is little inquired for.—Being without
further imports of Tallow this week, the stock is very small, and
a further advance of 6d per cwt. has been realised.
There has been less doing in Wheat during the last few days,
and prices are a little lower. Wheat, in bond, sells at a decline of
6d to tid per 701bs. Flour, in bond, is without any material change,
though to effect sales a reduction must 'De submitted to.