The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-13 00:00:00

A ark eto.

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Nor. 9.
There continues to be a steady demand for Sugar, particularly for
the better descriptions, and the sales of B. P. reach 100 hhds, with-
out alteration in price ; low brown are, however, unsaleable, ex-
cept at lower rates. 600 bags fine Bengal sold at 76s 6d ; no sales
in Mauritius. The demand for Foreign Sugar continues very
limited.—The only transaction in Molasses consists of 100 puns of
Antigua at 29s per cwt —The holders of Plantation Coffee have
evinced more disposition to realize, the sales consequently are to a
fair extent, comprising fully 200 casks Jamaica and 30 bags Deme-
rara, at a slight decline on former prices. Nothing done io Foreign.
—Nothing done in Cocoa or Pimento.-170 bags Barbados Ginger
sold at 30s •and 1,301 bags East India at 18s to 18s Gd per cwt, and
650 bags black Pepper at 4d to 4id per lb.—Notnitig done in Rice.
—ln Runt the sales are 120 puns good Jamaica at Os 2d to 5s 3d per
gallon, and a few Demerara, 29 to 30 per cent. 0.P., at 4s 10d to
4s 11d. _

There was a good attendance at the public sales of Indigo. and,
of 604 chests East India brought forward, 412 were disposed of;
the biddings were spirited, and Bengal descriptions realized 3d to
6d, and even, in some instances, upon the ordinary consuming
qualities. 9d per lb upon the currency of the late London sales ;
Oudes went 2d to 4d dearer : a corresponding advance was ob-
tained on 20 serons of Guatimala and 18 scrolls Caracca.—The
transactions in Shell Lac are more limited.-304 baskets Gambier
have been sold at 21s.—In Saltpetre only 300 bags are reported at
26s to 28s 6d, and a similar quantity of Nitrate of Soda has been
taken at 145., . .

A cargo of Campeachv Logwood was offered yesterday, hut with-
drawn at £l5, beim, the price demanded ; 20 tons St. Domingo
brought £l2 10s, and a like quantity of Jamaica £l2yer ton ; 30
-tons of Lima Nicaragua Wood £l3; 25 tons fine Cuba Fustic
brought £l2 per ton, and 40 of Barwood sold : Gaboon at £4, and
Angola at £G 15s to £8 ; 20 tons of African Ebony at £6, in bond,
and a small parcel of Red Sanders Wood at £l2 7s 6,1 per ton.—
There is no variation in the price of Turpentine; 1,300 barrels of
fair quality were offered, at public sale, on Monday, of which 2uo
barrels were sOld at 12s. and the remainder, subsequently, by pri-
vate contract, at the same price.—No American Tar being now in
first hands, the sales are confined to retail parcels by the dealers.—
In Montreal Pot Ashes there has been a slignt decline, 29s having
been accepted for 50 barrels : whilst in other instances, 29s 3d to
29s 6d have been obtained, and, for one small parcel, 29s 9d ; at
these rates 2(0 to 300 barrels have found buyers ; several lots of
Pearls have been sold at 34s Cd, and a few at 35s per cwt,—Quer-
citron Bark is in limited demand.—A small parcel of East India
Linseed brought 47s per quarter in bond.—The only sales of Hides
to report are 1.800 dry salted Brazil at 6cl to Cid, 664 wet salted at
5d to 51d, and IVO Barbados at 51d per lb.—The Tobacco market
continues very steady, and the sales amount to 270 h,nla ; of these
120 hhds were taken for Ireland, and the remainder by the home
trade.