The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-27 00:00:00

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

Nov. HOUR
28. Edmund Taylor, (fur. div.) Clarendon Rooms, 1
28. Joseph aeutre, (final div.) Ditto 1
30. J. and 11. Holt Ditto 1

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Nov. 23.

The demand for Sugar has only been moderate, and is still co n-
fined to the better descriptions • the sales are 600 hhds B.P. , to-
gether with 500 bags low brown East India, at 475, a few parcels of
fine white at 68s to 695, and 200 bags Mauritius at 56s per cwt. For
Foreign there has been a fair inquiry, particularly for the brown
descriptions of Brazils, and 350 cases of this quality have been dis-
posed of at 20s to 22s per cwt.—There has been an animated de-
mand for Molasses, and an advance of fully is per cwt. has been
readily obtained, 800 puns having been taken at 29s for Demerara,
and 30s to 31s 60 per cwt. for Barbadoes in store.—Coffee. The
demand for Plantation continues limited, the sales not exceeding
100 casks Jamaica ; no alteration in prices. Nothing done in Fo-
reign.-50 bags Trinidad Cocoa sold at 41d, and 600 bags black Pep-
per at 40 peril). Nothing done in Pimento or Ginger.—Rice has
been inquired for, both by exporters and the home-trade, but
generally at lower rates, and in order to effect sales holders have
submitted to a slight decline, 1120 bags Bengal having been dis-
posed of at 17s 6tl to 18s 6d per cwt for middling to fine quality.—
Rum. The only sale to notice is 50 puss of fine Demerara at 5s
per gallon.
Several small lots of East India Indigo have been disposed of at
prices a shade above those obtainable at the late public sales.-leo
chests Shell Lac are reported at 65s to 755, 60 chests Lac Dye at
104 d to 11d, and about 50 bales Bengal Safflower at 'As to 925.
There has been some inquiry fur Saltpetre and Nitrate of Sods ;
the business in the former is not, however, iniportant, of the latter
upwards of 600 bags have been taken.-750 qnarters of East India
Linseed have sold at 48s.

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Dyewoods. The importers still demand £l5 for Campeachy,
which buyers are very unwilling to give, and only a small lot sold
at this rate ; and 20 tons of small wood (not direct) at £l3 15s to
£l4 ; 30 tons Jamaica brought £l2. and 30 of Honduras, all faults,
£ll 12s 6d ; in Fustic, 35 tons of Tampico sold at £lO a few tons
of Cuba at £l2, and souse common Spanish at £9 12s 6d per ton ;
10 tons of Lima Nicaragua Wood brought £l4 per ton •, nothing rc-
ported in other sorts.—Although several public sales of Turpentine
have been brought forward this week, the only parcel absolutely
sold was a small parcel of 270 hrls of fair Wilmington, in store, at
12s 9d.—No sales of American Tar, but 303 brig of Stockholm have
brought 16s 6(.1 per bd.—The business in Montreal Pot Ashes has
been to a considerable extent, at 29s 3d to 29s 94 ; some few par-
cels of Montreal Pearl Ashes have been sold at 35s per cwt.—Quer,
citron Bark is in considerable request, and much wanted ; 62 !slts
Philadelphia, brought to auction, went off with great spirit at 36s
64 to 30s 6d per cwt.—No alteration in Flaxseed or Cloverseed.—
Hides. There are no sales to report this week, which is owing to
the very reduced stocks of all descriptions.—There continues ti,
be a good demand for Tobacco, and the sales amount to about 300
hhds ; of which 20 hhds were for export, 60 hhds for re-sale, and
the remainder were taken by the home-trade, at full prices.
There continues to be a good demand for Brimstone, and as all
the parcels recently offering at and under £9 have been bought by
the trade and speculators, the last sales made have been at an ad-
vance of 3s to lOs per ton ; the sales of the week have reached
about 700 tons, from £9 to £9 10s per ton.—No sales reported in
Sumac.—Of Argols, only small lots have been taken, as well as of
Cream of Tartar and brown Tartar, at full prices.—About 200 bales
of Turkey and French Madder Roots have found buyers at 45s per
cwt, and the demand for good Madders has continued steady., with
a small stock offering.—For a small parcel of Turkey yellow Ber-
ries 101 s to 105 s was obtained, and for good Persian tel per cwt.-
263 bags Turkey Galls sold by auction at 789 to 79s for blue, and
70s per cwt. for sorts.—The demand for Olive Oil has taken off
about 60 to 70 tuna. without any change in prices worthy of notice.
—ln Fish Oils there is no alteration ; the demand continues limited.
—in pale Rape Oil sonic business has been doing, at £42 lOs to
£43105; holders now ask £44 per ton ; Linseed remains steady at
the prices quoted —The transactions in Palm Oil extend to about
450 tons, principally, to arrive. at £43 to £43 10s, and on the spot,
at £45 to £45 2s 6d, in small parcels.—Oil of Turpentine continues
in good reqnest.—A further advance has been realised on Peters-
burg clean Hemp, holders now ask £46 per ton ; 220 bales Jute
have been sold at £l4, and 101 bales Sunn at £2l per ton, with a
parcel of Bombay, of prime quality, at £2B 15a per ton.—ln Flax,
but little is doing.—The business in Tallow has not been extensive,
but a further advance has been realized ; sales of Petersburgh yel-
low candle are now effected at 60s to 60s 6d; some business early
in the week was done at 58s 64 to 595, and Odessa, to arrive, at
57s 6d.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 23.
The same activity which pervaded the market during the past
week still continues, the demand both from the trade and from
speculators having been upon a very extensive scale. All descrip-
tions have partaken of the general briskness, and an advance of id
to id per lb has been obtained upon the common qualities of Ame-
rican and Surat, id per lb. upon the fair and good fair, whilst Bra-
zil and all other descriptions remain at last week's prices. Specu-
lators have taken 10,000 American, 750 Pernambuco, 250 Bahia
and 2000 Surat.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND
From the IGth mat, to t,

IMPORTS OF COTTON,
!his day inclusive.
Current
Prices.

SALES Or THE WEEK.

IMPORTS.
ThisWk,thisYear