The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

111 E LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

there has been a considerable business done in
Sugar, chiefly for refining, the sales comprising
600 hhds. Demerara, at 325. 6d. to 355. ; 90 hhds.
Jamaica, at 325. to 365. 6d. ; 50 brls. Antigua, at
355. ' - and 500 mats Mauritius, at 335. 3d. to
375. 6d. per cwt. There has also been a much
better demand for Molasses at the recent reduc-
tion, the trauctions comprising4oopuns. Barbadoes,
at 165.; 265 puns. Antigua, chiefly at 15s. 9d.;
and 30 puns. St. Vincent, at 15s. per cwt. Fifty
bags Porto Rico Coffee have realised 555. per cwt.
We have to notice the sale of several small breaks
of fair Country Green Teas, at somewhat easier
rates ; in Congou there is not any change to re-
port. At the public sale, 3,150 bags Bengal Rice,
of the new crop, brought 12s. 6d. to 14s. per cwt.
for middling to fine white. We have also to re-
port 70 tons St. Domingo Logwood, chiefly at
£5 15s. to £5 17s. 6d.; a few tons Bombay Hemp,
at £25 to £3O per ton ; 400 bags Bombay Linseed,
at 665. per quarter ; a few chests of Cassia Lignea,
at 1275. 6d. for pile No. 1; and 120 bales Munjeet,
at 325. 6d. per cwt.
WooL.—The disturbed state of political matters
and the advance on the rate of discount by the
Bank' of England, has given a check to the little
animation which had become manifest in this
market ; and this week the business is so meagre
and scant, that there is little or nothing to report
in this branch of trade, manufacturers making
nothing but " forced purchases" for very pressing
and immediate requirements : prices remain nomi-
nally without alteration. Public sales in London
commenced on Thursday last, and are progressino-
steadily at a decline of ld. to 11d. per lb. on the
February series. This decline is not to so great
an extent as the trade expected, and in this dull
state of business a further decline may be looked
for towards the close ; about 50,000 bales altoge-
ther, foreign and colonial, will be brought forward.
The little doing in English and Irish Wools has
been at very low rates, and for immediate wants.
In Skin nothing to report.—lmports for the week,
1,053 bales : say 431 Buenos Ayres ; 60 Portugal ;
431 East India ; 53 Mediterranean Ports ; and
78 Irish.

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

Jane Turner, charged with stealing several articles
from the house of Mr. Williamson, in Vermont-street,
was remanded for seven days.

METALS.—The Iron ttaele is still in full activity,
owing to the large demand for exportation, and
though no alteration in prices has yet taken place,
it is expected that such an announcement will very
shortly be made. In Brass, Copper, and Tin-
plate there is also a large amount of business
doing, stimulated, in some degree, by the demands
for the war, as well as the continued increase of
exportation.

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

COLOGYE CnonAm UNlON.—Among the musical treats
promised at the commencement of the ensuing month,
two performances, by the Cologne Choral Union, offer
unusual attractions. They are the last these distin-
guished artists will give in this country, and the character
of the music is admittedly excellent. They deserve pa-
tronage; and we doubt not the Philharmonic-hall will be
filled on both occasions.

THE AZTECS.—These singularly curious little creatures
continue to draw crowds of visitors, who evince great in-
terest in their tiny appearance and lively demeanour.
Not the least singular portion of the exhibition will be
found in the unique and interesting account given of them
by Mr. Morris, who enters with enthusiasm into the
history of their race and probable lineage. It will be
seen that this is the last week of their exhibition.