The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-20 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET. M 9 ItCli 16.

There is almost an entire cessation of demand for Sugar but holders
' in general dO not press sales, and the transactions in 13.1' are in con-
' segue:tee too trifling to notice. 10 0 bags good white llengal sold at
his Gl• and 850 Inunits -Mauritius .at as to 335 6d per cwt. The sales in
Voreiga Sugar consist of 10 i cases and 67 brls Brazil, brown at 219 6d
to 21s 6d. white at 32s 6,l.—The sales in Molasses are 160 puns of De-
. mei', ra, from the quay, at 30s per cwt.—Cciffee. 'No sales to report ;
a small sale of Jamaica new crop, will probably take place. next week,
meanwhile, the quotations are contintval. —Nothing don •in Coe-oil or
Pimento.—A small IA of, East India Ginger sold at 224, and 400 bags
bliek Pepper, partly 'damaged, at 310 to 41d, and good at lid per lb.—
. The tranaaCtions •in Rice consist of 2609 bags of Bengal, at 13s 6,1 to
143 per.cwt, in hood, for middling to good. and 103 for small and in-
ferior, ant 70 tees dressed Carolina at -31 s per cwt. Outs' paid.—There
has been a fair demand for. Ruin,: and the sales are 20 puns. chiefly
common Leewards, at 3s 2d per gallon.
The Indigo sales were weßattended, and the 223 serons.of Caraccas
brought forward were all sold, at extremely full prices, ranging• from
lld to 63 Id per lb in lamo ; .onlyqta rt of the3B chests Manilla sold,
but some have since been disposed of at 58 4d to Os 114.-18 chests of
'diamond. I Lac Dye realized ha I to 3s '3d per lb, and aliont ISJ chests
Shell Lac went at•previou3 rates, 33 bads, lineal at 53s to 475, and 20
bales of Bengal Safflower, of gitod quality, at 1105 to 112 s 60.5 se-
rous of silver Cochin al are reported at la 100 to 7s per lb.—The tran-
saetions in Saltpetre are not important this week.
Dyewoods. The salesuf Campeaehy Logwood have been about .180
tons, in store, at £8 15s, and 20 of Jamaica at,C7 5s to £7 lOs ; 200 tons
offered by auetioh; taken in at the latter price ; in Fustic, 50 tons of
Cuba brought £7 lOs to £8 per tun, 200 of Savanilla £5. and 31 tons
Ceara £5 10s; the other sales are 'in small ,-patcels, at :steady rates.—
Turpentine meets a regular demand,;a7, rather improving prices; 1900
brit have f Mud buyers at 12s 9d, to 13s, with a trilling quantity at 136
31=-American Tar• scarce, and would find ready buyers at present
quotations.—The sales of Montreal Pot Ashes have been confined to a
felt' small parcels, at 295; and of Pearls at 33s per cwt:—There is no
alteration tn. Quercitron• Bark.:--Altent 150 hhils New York Flaxseed,
brand 1838, for sowing, have been disposed of at 65s per hhd, and' 235
quarters Eastlntlia Linseed sold at 42s ,per quarter; some small sales
of old American Cloverseed have beel effected a t Ids per cwt.—llides.
The public sales werit Off with great spirit to-day, and nearly the
whole sold at high priers;. co,fisting Of 700 dry salted Brazil at lid
to 510, 550 New Orleans at .lld, 10') West India at 40, 11,600 salted
Buenos Ayres and Monte Video at 441 to 410 for Ox, and 31d to 41d
fur Cow, 1370 Brazil at, 31d, 500. New .Orivaas at 31d, and 500 New
York at 3id per lb; also, 1700 salted Buenos Ayres llurse:at lOs 7d to
Ils 70, and .580 brined at lOs each.,-The sales of Tobacco have 'teen
about 100 hhds, principally stemmed, to the trade, at steady prices.
• The demand for Brimstone has been languid all the week, but the
holders generally have remained fires' and the few sales made• have
been about the pteviousprices.Nothing worthy of notice is reported'
in Sicily Sumac; 200 bags.of Triestewere sold at- 8s 9d, and .50 bags
Tyrolese at 105.6 d per cwt.—For Argols there,has been some inquiry,
but all descriptions continue Sc, scarce, that very small sales only have
been effected.—A parcel of 200 baleS Turkey Madder Roots, offered
at auction, did net meet with bidders • they were withdrawn at 41s to
42s per cwt,;—Good Macklers have been in fair request, at steady
pries.—For fine Persian Berries there has been some demand, and
some sales made at £l2 per cwt,—Tiietnisiness done in DiiVe Oil has
been more limited than for suite time past, owing to the small quan-'
tity which is now offerli4;and the advanced prices width are required
fur most desCriptions ; the principal salts have been some Portugal, to
arrive, at £52 per tun —There has been little doing in Fish Oils • it par-
cel of about 10 tuns Newfoundland Cod having been sold at a ft-ether'
decline, we reduce our quotations.—Both Rape and Linseed Oils have
become-dull of sale, and the prices are rather lower.—A further ad=
vance has taken place in Paint Oil ; the sales on the spot are about 80
tons, ranging from £l.l to £45, and 'a small parcel at £l3 per ton, also
550 tons to arrive at £lO to £42, the price varying according to.the pe-
riods for arrival—Oil of Turpentine is in better request, and the dis-
tillers asking an advance.—Hemp meets a ready sale at £3l.for Peters-
burg clean ; a parcel of 62 tons half-clean has also been sold at £26
per ton.—ln Flax no sales reported ; Jut is less inquired fcir, 100 bales
•sold at ,£l3.—A further advance in the price. of Tallow in the Landoll
Market hat had a corresponding effect here • about -330 emits Peters-
burg yellow candle on the spot have changed bands, the market open-
ing at 5r.,' and advancing to 60s ; a few hundred casks yellow candle
have also been sold, to arrive, (early shipmentsd at 45s to 49s per Cwt.
a small parcel of Buenos Ayres, fine colour, brought by auction sis
and ordinary Grease 40,3'90 per cwt

LI VF,KYO.OI. COTTON 1114.RKIf.1', MARCH 16.
The market has been move animated this week than for some time
past, and prices of American have advanced Id to • id per lb ; in all
other kinds, however, there is no alteration to notice. At public sale
to-day, 1700 Surat were offered of which 700 were sold at the prier's
previously eurrent by private treaty. 2500 Aniericanhave ueen bought
on speculation, and • 5.51 American for export.

ACCOUNT OP SALES AND IMPORTS
From the 9th inct: to this dog inettisil

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