The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

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PRODUCE.-For Sugar the demand has been
only limited, but prices are fully maintained ; the
sales consisted of 500 hhds. 8.P., 1,600 bags Ben-
gal and 500 bags Madras, at 31s. 3d. to 31s. 6d.
per cwt. In Foreign the transactions in the early
part of the week continued extensive ; since then,
partly owing to the reduction of stocks in first
hands, less was doing ; the sales were 14,500 bags
brown Brazil at 18s. 3d. to 19s. ; 110 boxes Ha-
vana at 225. 6d., and a small lot of Porto Rico at
385., duty paid ; a cargo of brown Bahia was like-
wise sold at 20s. per cwt. afloat, deliverable at an
outport. Molasses in fair request, at previous
prices ; Antigua, 16s. 9d. to 17s. 3d. ; Porto
Rico, to arrive, at 16s. 9d. per cwt. Of Coffee the
sales were confined chiefly to foreign descriptions ;
they comprised 1,300 bags Rio at 395. 6d. to
435. 6d., and a small lot of Laguayra. Of Rice
100 tierces Carolina sold at 235., and 2,000 bags
Bengal at 10s. 6d. to 12s. 3d. per cwt. for broken
to good white, being rather dearer ; and 7,000
bags Arracan at 9s. 6d. to 10s. 3d., being an ad-
vance of 6d. In Rum the sales have been small,
at prices rather in favour of the seller. In Tea
some considerable parcels of good blackish leaf to
fine Pekoe Congous were taken by the trade, at
full prices, whilst the common sorts were quite
neglected ; at a sale of 3,500 packages, a large
proportion found buyers at fair rates. Salt-
petre in steady demand, and about 1,000 bags sold
at former rates. Turpentine in brisk demand, at
advanced prices ; 2,000 barrels sold, to arrive, at
12s. 6d. to 13s. per cwt. Tar in good demand ;
19s. per barrel has been given for 1,500 barrels
Stockholm, to arrive. American Rosin still ad-
vancing, and very saleable ; no sales of moment in
Hides. For Olive Oil the previous week's rates
were readily obtainable ; 150 tuns Seal Oil sold
without change in price ; Cod Oil in moderate de-
mand at £32 to £32 10s. per tun ; pale Rape. Oil
395. to 395. 6d., and brown 375. to 38s. ; only a
moderate business in Linseed Oil, at 295. 6d. to
30s. per cwt. American Spirits of Turpentine 475.
to 555. per cwt. For Palm Oil there has been a
good demand ; the sales amounted to 780 tons on
the spot, from £37 10s. down to £36 7s. 6d., but
there are now no sellers at the latter rate ; 1,250
tons have been taken for arrival at £36 10s. to
£37 ss. per ton. For Peterburg Y.C. Tallow the
demand was limited, at 525. 6d. to 535. ; South
American 525. per cwt. Baltic Hemp without
alteration ; full previous prices obtainable for
Jute, but only 500 bales changed hands, at
£2O 10s. to £23 2s. 6d. per ton. To-DAY,
the demand for Sugar has again been active,
and full prices realised, the business, in-
cluding Saturday's sales, consisting of 50 hhds.
Demerara, at 335. 6d. to 355. 9d. ; 2,500 bags
white Benares, at 38s. to 40s. ; 1,000 bags Bengal,
at 345. 6d. to 41s. 3d. ; 8,000 mats Mauritius, at
355. 3d. ; 3,000 bags brown Pernams, at 18s. 6d.
to 19s. ; 3,500 bags Paraiba, duty paid, at 325, 6d. ;
and 20 hhds. Cuba Muscovado, at 335. 9d. p'tkr cwt.
No change in the Tea market. An extensive busi-
ness in Rice, 3,000 bags Bengal having realised
12s, 3d. to 13s. 6d. ; 19,0001:sgs Arracan, 10s. 6d.;
and 300 tierces Carolina, 245, per cwt, 100 bags

Saltpetre sold at 255. 6d. (91 per cent.) ; 120 bags
Sago Flour, at 21s. per cwt, with 30 tons to ar-
rive at the same price, and 35 tons St. Domingo
Logwood, at £5 7s. 6d. to £5 10s. per ton.
WooL.—A fair amount of business doing at
about previous rates ; a parcel of 500 ballots
washed Peruvian Sheep's, medium quality, found
a market at 13d. to 131 d. The present stock con-
sists of better sorts, which does not command so
much attention ; a sale of clean Scopia is reported
at 110. There is now very little of the better
description of Turkey offering, while inferior and
long coarse Bosnia is neglected for the moment.
There is still a good demand for Fleece Wools,
and for most kinds prices are slightly in favour of
the seller. D oskey Wool is in fair request at
101 d. per lb., and good White Egyptian sells freely
at 1211 to 13d. per lb. Goats' Wool has been
operated in to a fair extent at 26d. to 27d. per lb.
Stocks on hand of nearly all•descriptions are now
pretty large, and principally held for next public
sales, which are expected to come off the second
week in September.
_lmports, 2,041 bales, viz.

320 Mediterranean Ports, 620 Portugal, 158 Pe-
ruvian, 298 Iceland, 12 Buenos Ayres, 553 Scotch,
47 Irish, 24 Coastwise, and 9 Sundries.
METALS.—The Iron trade has experienced un-
wonted activity, owing to the orders which had
been withheld pouring in faster than the manufac-
turers could supply them. A similar improvement
has not, however, taken place in pigs. Tin has
been scarce, and has, consequently, advanced in
value. In Copper there has been no change.

LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.

THE half-yedrly meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce was held yesterday, in the Exchange-buildings.
The chair was occupied by F. Shand, Esq., president.
Among those present at the meeting, which was not a
numeous one, we observed W. Brown, Esq., M.P.; T. B.
Horsfall, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Bouch, Esq. ; Francis
Bonk, Esq. • Charles Holland, Esq. ; Edward Heath, Esq. ;
T. B. Forwood, Esq., &c.
The CHAIRMAN commenced by expressing his regret
at the smallness of the meeting, more especially so, as it
had been the fortune of his predecessors in office to
communicate an account of the difficulties encountered
by the chamber, and the efforts made to alleviate
them. In the report which the council had now
to present, would be seen the benefits which had
resulted from those labours which had been so often com-
mented on there. The merit of having effected these
improvements, however, was not due to him, but to Mr.
Bouch, the vice-president, and the council ; and also to
the exertions of Mr. Brown, M.P. for South Lancashire,
and of Mr. Horsfall, M.P. for the borough. The latter
gentleman, he might be permitted to remark, was a very
early member of the chamber, and its first president, and
from his valuable aid the body had derived the greatest
possible assistance. The report, it would be found, alluded
in detail to certain reductions of duties, some of which,
constituting a portion of the budget of the present Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, it was reasonable to believe that
representations from this chamber had been instrumental
in causing the adoption of. He would not, he said, longer
take up the time of the meeting, but concluded by calling
on the secretary to read the following report :
REPORT.

The following is a concise enumeration of the principal
subjects upon which your Council have taken action during
the past half-year :

CUSTOM-HOUSE SYSTEM

The Council have now the pleasure of reporting that the
bills, founded on the recommendation of the select committee
of the House of Commons, for the consolidation of all the
Customs' acts, have at length been introduced by the govern-
ment and been passed. They were examined in detail by the
special committee of this chamber ; and it is gratifying to
your directors to say that, with but two or three exceptions,
all the requirements named in the resolutions, passed two
years ago, have been provided for. As a special report has
been presented to the Council, giving the particulars of the
changes at length, it is thought unnecessary to recapitulate
them here, as that report is open to the members for reference.