The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JUNE 29.

The demand for Sugar continues very limited, and the sales
are under 400 hhds, at prices barely supporting the last quota-
tions. 2000 bags Mauritius and 1500 bans Bengal have also been dis-
posed of -Without material alteration. The sales in Foreign Sugar
are 500 bags Lima and 100 brls yellow Paraiba, without alteration
in prices.-100 puns of Demerara Molasses, of middling
.quality,
have been sold at 27s per cwt.—Coffee. The transactions in Plan-
tation have been confined to 80 casks of Jamaica and 20 casks De-
merara, for which extreme rates were realized. Nothing done in
Foreign.—ln Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento nothing has been done ; but
100 bags black Pepper, of good quality, sold at 4id per lb.-900 bags
East India have been sold at 13s in bond, and 15 tees of dressed
Carolina at 36s per cwt duty paid.—Rum continues in demand, and
u pwardslof 300 puns have been taken by the trade, chiefly strong
Demerara, at 4s Id to 4s 4d per gallon.
Scarcely any thin. has been done in East India Drysaltery Arti-
cles. About 1500 ags of Nitrate of Soda have been taken at the
quotations.

Inconsequence of the large operations in Campeachy Logwood
last week, our prices have improved; about 280 tons sold at £8 15s
to £8 17sed,and much higher rates are now demanded ; 15 tons
Honduras sold at £8 2s 6d, and 120 Jamaica at £7 lOs to £7 15s ; 2 0
tons Savanilla Fustic sold £5 Ins, and Cuba has reached £lO lOs for
good wood; small sales made in Nicaragua Wood and Barwood, at
steady prices.—The sales of Tin pentine are confined to 300 brls of
middling quality at 13s.—A small parcel of 100 brls of American
Tar has been sold at the advanced rate of 18s 6d per barrel.—Mon-
treal Pot and Pearl Ashes remain dull and in limited request, at
previous quotations.—Quercitron Bark is in fair request at the
quotations.—Hides. There has been very little doing, except in
Last India, which-brought high prices ; 7200 Kips having been sold
at 91d to 101 d for sound brined and dry salted, and rubbed in pro-
portion ; 1600 Calcutta Buffaloes also brought 4d to 41d, and 380
dry salted Lima 51d per lb.—Tobacco has been in moderate demand
during the month, and the sales consist of 260 hhds Virginia leaf,
and 262 hhds stemmed ; of these 170 Virginia, and 58 laws Ken-
tucky leaf, with 47 hhds Virginia arid Kentucky stemmed were for
exportation ; 50 hhds Virginia leaf and 40 hhds stemmed for Ire-
land ; 100 hhds Kentucky stemmed for re-sale, and the remainder
to the home-trade, at steady prices.

There has been a moderate demand for Brimstone, and the sales
have amounted to about 500 tons, chiefly in parcels to the trade,
who have bought more freely than for some time past, The business
done in Sumac limited, at prices rather below the previous Cur-
rency.—Several parcels of Oporto and Lisbon Argots have been
offered at public sale, but all withdrawn, the business done in these
as well as other descriptions has been small.—Cream of Tartar and
brown Tartar continue scarce and wanted.—Madders and Madder
Roots are still neglected.—The demand for Olive Oil has been in
limited request without change in prices worthy of notice.—About
30 tuns of the new import of pale Seal Oil have been disposed of at
£32 15s per tun from the quay, part is warehousing for higher rates;
some small sales of Cod have also been effected at about the prices
quoted.—ln Seed Oil little has been done, and prices remain steady.
—Six vessels having arrived here this week from Africa with Pal in
Oil, the price has receded about 40s per ton, and at the decline littl
business done.—Oil of Turpentine is in steady demand-4n Hemp
no sales to report ; there has appeared more inquiry for Jute, and
about 700 hales have been sold at £ll to £ll los per ton, a consi-
derable part at the latter price.—We continue to experience a steady
demand for Tallow at rather improving prices.