The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-06 00:00:00

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The Sugarmirket has been rather dull this week; and as holders in
general are not pres Sing Sales, in expectation of a revival in the de-
mand when the navigation is again opened, onlyL3oo,hhds B.Y. have
been disposed of, without alteration in price. 2000 bags of Mauritius
have been taken at6.3sto 64590 per cwt, and 170 n-bags of good to fine
white Bengal at 67a 60 to 68s. per cwt. In Foreign Sugar, the only. sale
to notice is a lot 0(.30 cases strong white Bahia, at 28s per' cwt.-=No
sales.in Molasses consequence of the,want of supply.-7Cod'ee. The
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Only transactions comprise 120 robins of Mochli, Mostly ungarhled,
which were readily taken by,thotrade at 84s to•9ls percwt; and about
30 bris good middling Demerara ar SO in.'s good middling Demerara at
107 s. Nothing done in Foreign:-500-bags Guayaquil Coqua bave-been
sold at 355, and 80 bags Brazil at 36s per.cwt; 500 bags of Malabar
Ginger; at 21s 60 for ordinary to 24s- for good; and 35 bags of black
Pepperat 40 to Aid per lb.—Nothing done in Pimento.—There is a
very good inqtairy for Rice, both for boole-us.. and exportation ; the
sales is Bengal are 1500 hags, at 145_3:1 to los 60. per cwt. and WO tees
dressed Carolina at 30s. duty paid.—The inquiry for Rum continues,
but; in cOnsequence of the eoutinuince of easterly winds. -We are
without any fresh arrivals,-which limits the business to 1 puns De-
merara,' proof to 5 overproof; at3s 2d per gallon; and Jamaica, 16 per
cent over, at the. quotations,

There is somedemand for Indigo, but our maket is wanting of suit-
able kinds.—About, 50 chests,of Shell
.Lac found 'buyers at 87s, 6d per
cwt, 32 linds of Tincal at 55s to Ms, and a few chests of East India
Gum Arabic at fair rates.—Nothing 'repiirted in Saltpetre or N itrate.-
5 serons of silver Cochineal brought Gs 7d to,7s,per -and 200 slabs of
East India Tin 77s 6d per cwt. '
. Hy ewo.xls.--Two cargoes, of Ca in peachy.Lozwood, haveibe ep,offered
from the quay, arid abOut 250 tons sold at £8 7s-22t0 48 lOs per ton,
and a few tons of Jamaica at CZ Os; in. Plastic) 00 tons of Cuba -brought
£B, and 80 of Savanilla £4 13s; a small lot of solid Nicaragua Wood at
£l2 ; ;15 tons of Cam wood at Xl6 IPS, and 20 tons of Angola' 8411406 d.
at steady prices.,-There are no sales of Turpentine to cornmunicae,
•anci prices remain unaltered.—Aineriean 'Tar is scarce; and !routd
meet a ready sale.—The.businessia Montreal Pot.and Pearl Ashes,has•
been trifling, at 29s for the former and 33S for:the latter description.—
Nothing done in Cloverseed ;,.no . sales of.sowing Flaxseed have..yet
been effected. but of Archangel Linseed 700 quarters brought 355 per
quarter,,and.26B bags East. India do. -425.--.No-alte,ration in 4uercitron
Bark ; about 60 hinds have been disposed of at former, rices. ides.
The public sales to-day went off very well: and the whole-sold at an
advance .of a id to id per lb on dry Monte,Video., whilst Other descrip-
tions brought full' prices ; 450 Salteil*Buenos AyresOx, inferior,. sold
at 4d.4930 dry Monte Video at Bittito7Blri per lb for good, 61d tolfd for
inferior to fair, and wormed in proportion, 400 Laguna at sd, 100 Luna
at Gid, 120 Savanillaat 4ldr 200,dry salted Pernambuco at Si,, 308 silted
Denterura. at 41d, 800 Jamaica at 41d, 700 New Orleans .nit 3irt, 160 Sa
vanilla at 242 per lb, and 5600 dry Buenos Ayres and-Monte Video
,horse Hides at.9s.ld to Ils 6d.each.,-The sales of Tobacco have been,
about 100 Midi Virginia'and Kentucky stemmed, to "the trade,,at full
prices. •

Only a few small sales have been made this week in Brimstone,
without any change in priees.—The icommon,descriptions of &Mac;
remain, scarce ; . Sicily sells steadily at. fair, prices.-Owing to. the;
scarcity of good White-Virgols; several orderi Whi6h have appeared;
have not been executed ; .about sa.carks of Oporto red have,been sold]
from 26s to 334; according to quality.'-There has been nothing done!
worthy of notice in Madders or Madder-RootS.---Fine Persian Berries'
command £l2 per cwt. and find ready sale ; the inferior sorts are neg-
lected.—There continues a good demand for Olive Oil, and more
business would have been done, had not the.holders been disposed to
require advanced pricei, which in some instances has been-coMplied
with ; the total sales of the week ninotint to shout 50 tuns.—Same tran-
sactions to the extent pf.about 50 . tuns Fish Oil have taken 'place,
principally from the quay, arid at lower rates.—Seed Oils continue in
good request, at a small advance:—The business in Palm Oil has again
been extensive, consisting of about 550 tons, at £4(l to C,41, principally,
at the former prim 444 at which 200 tons were taken to arrive.-011;
of Turpentine is in good request- There is a steady business doing in;
Hemp at the quotations.—ln Flax no sales reported —The transaettonsl
in Tallow have not been extensive, the consumers contenting them-'
selves with small parcels r but all lightly stocked, and the market firm.