The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-11 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL 'COLONIAL MARKET, SEPT. 6.

There has been a better demand for Sugar, but chiefly confined
to good and fine descriptions, more than halt the sales consisting
of Barhadoes ; the transactions amount to 1000 hhds 13. P., without
material change in price. For Bengal there is a continued good de-
mand, and 50u0 bags sold, at 62s 6d to 63s 6d for low, 648 to (Sits for
good and fine white, being an advance of 6d to is per cwt. There
has been a little inquiry for Foreign, and a few cases yellow Brazil
have been sold at 19s, and 10 hhds fine St. Croix at 27s per c wt.
Molasses continue in limited demand, and the only sale consists of
70 puns Demerara, from the quay, sold peremptorily, the price of
which is not suffered to transpire.—The trade being tolerably sup-
pled, have evinced less disposition to purchase Coffee ; the sales
comprise 100 casks of Jamaica, 200 brls Trinidad, and some .par-
cels of Demerara, without alteration in prices. Nothing done in
Ginger.-150 bags Pimento sold at 2id to 3d, and 450 bags black
Pepper at 4lri to 41d per lb.-1n Rice, 1430 bags of Bengal have been
sold at 18s to 19s 9.1 per,owt. in bond for good to very fine.—The
inqairy for Rum continues, but the stock is so much reduced, that
the sales are not worthy of notice.
These is nothing whatever to report in Indigo this week.—Seve-
ral public sales of East India Drysaltery articles have been brought
forward, but no disposition to buy being evinced, nearly all the
goods were withdrawn.—About 20 cheats Shell Lac have been sold
at 68s to 775, and a little Tincal at the quotations.—ln Saltpetre the
sales amount to about GOO bags, at 26s to 27s 6d.—Nitrate of Soda is
selling ut 14s 9d.
The sales of all kinds of Dyewoods have been to a very limited
extent, viz. 100 tons of Logwood, in Campt achy at £l2, and Ja-
maica at £9 per ton ; in Fustic, only 20 tons of Cuba reported. at
10 lus, and a few tons of Camwood and Barwood, at the quota-
tions.—Turpentine continues in regular, but not brisk demand, and
1000 brls have been sold at about I is tid per cwt.—The sales of Tar
are lather extensive, amounting to .2000 orb Stockholm, at the ad-
vanced price of 13s 34. and 300 brls Archangel at 16s lid ; nothing
done in American.—Montreal Pot Ashes have again advanced,-
28s 6d to 29s having been obtained, and for Pearl Ashes 33s to 33s lid
has been given ; the quantity of both descriptions sold may be 350
to 400 brls.—Quercitron Bark is in .good demand, both for export
and home-use, and about 20J hhds have been disposed of at las to
Ids 6d per cwt, according to quality.—Most of the trade being en-
gaged at Bristol Leather fair, there have been no sales of Hides by
auction, but 1000 good salted Monte Video Ox have been sold by
private, out of second hands, at fild per lb, and 1000 Horse Hides at
Ids 6d each.—The sales of Tobacco for the week are about 130 hhds
of which 3ao hhds were Virginia and Kentucky stemmed, and taken
by the home-trade, and 130 hhds Kentucky leaf were taken for ex-
port and re-sale. The market has been influenced by the utifavour
able accounts of the growing crop, received by the "theatWestern,"
and rather higher prices have been obtained.
The market fur Brimstone has 'continued all week in a quiet
state, and there has been seat eely a single transaction to report
worth noti. e.—Sales in Sumac have been to a limited extent, at pre-
vious prices.—Cream of Tartar has been neglected ; brown Tartar
continues very scarce, and is inquired for.—The low-priced descrip-
tions of Argols find ready buyers ; about 80 casks Oporto, from the
ship, were taken at 325, other sorts have been dull of sale.--For
Madder Roots there has been a good inquiry, but principally foe the
inferior descriptiohs ; the sales have bven about 801 bales Turkey,
at 38s ; French and Syrian from 34s to 365, and Naples 28s to :ids per
cwt.—Madders have also been in lair request.—The demand for
Olive Oil continues steady, and prices are again rather higher ; the
sales of the week are about So tuns, chiefly of Portugal and Spanish.
—Considerable improvement has again taken place in Fish Oils;
about 200 tuns Southern Whale Oil sold briskly by auction at £29 lOs
for dark, up to £33 lOs for line pale Oil ; 90 tuns pale Seal have been
sold from the quay at £36 to £37, and smaller parcels from the
warehouse at £37 lOs ; there now appears no sellers under £3B per
tun ; some transactions have taken place in Cod Oil at rather lower
prices, but holders are since more firm.—Linseed Oil is in more
demand, and sales have been effected at 29s 6d to 30s ; there is now
little offering even at the latter price ; pale Rape Oil has gone off
freely at 45a Otis per cwt, and 47s is now generally required.—The
Soap-trade being pretty well stocked, the-trnsiness thus week in
Palm Oil has been very limited, not more than about 50 tons having
been sold, at £43 to £43 5s per ton ; nothing done for arrival.—Oil
of Turpentine continues very dull of sale, but without any material
alteration in price.—Hemp is scarce, and we advance our quotations
20s to 3Ja per ton
.for most descriptions of Baltic; Jute is offered
rather more freely, and may be bought at our lowest quotation.—
We have again had a brisk demand for Tallow, and the price of
Petersbnrgh yellow candle, on the spot, has reached 53s ; a few
hundred casks to arrive have also been sold at nearly the same
price ; 90 casks sEuenos Ayres sold by auction at 45s ad to 48s 9cl
ter cwt.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEPT. 7.
The market remains in the same inanimate state as for some
weeks past. and the only alteration that can be noticed in prices,
is a trifling decline from the last quotations for the ordinary quali-
ties of American. 330 American, 430 Maranham, 230 Pernambuco,
and 200 Surat were taken fur export.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON

Prom the Ist inst. to this day inclusive.