The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-17 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, APRIL 13. '
The demand fur B.P. Sugar still continues to be confined to the bet-
ter descriptions, of which 600 hhds have been taken, without change
in price. 350 u bags Bengal sold, at 53s for very low brown; 62s 6d to
65s lid for low to'fine white, and 67s for extra fine. 1100 bags Mauritius
sold at the quotations. The only sale we have to notice in Foreign
Sugar is 50 cases and 100 brls of fine white Brazil at 358 per cwt.—No
transactions in Molasses.—Coffee. The market is almost bare of Plan-
tation, and there are no sales of any moa.ent to report. Nothing done
in Foreign.-600 bags Bengal Ginger have been sold at 255, and a small
lot of Pimento at 3ad per lb.—Nothing done in Cocoa or Pepper.-40
tcs of dressed Carolina Rice have have been sold at 31s per cwt. duty
paid, and 500 bags of fine Bengal at 14s tid per cwt. in bond.—The
sales of Ruin are limited to 50 puns of Demerara, at Os 3d fur low
strengths, and 4s 4d to 4s 9d per gallon for favourite marks.
INDroo. On Wednesday, 40 chests of Bengal sold at very full prices,
but for 50 chests Oude holders took rather lower rates.—Of 1100 chests
of Shell Lac offered, about 700 sold, at 62s for.hard block up to £6 5s
for good orange.-60 chests of Lac Dye sold, diamond I at 3s 3d to 3s
4d, down as low as 10d per lb for ordinary kinds.-60 chests of Gum
Arabic, 9 of Animi, 360 bags of Stick Lac and 20 of Seed Lac were
sold at steady prices.—A small. parcel of East India Bees' Wax went
up to X,S per cwt.—The sales in Saltpetre and Nitrate of Soda have
bean trifling.

About 300 tons of Campeachy Logwood sold at £8 Ins for ordinary,
up to £9 for good ; the transactions in other kinds of Dyewoods have
been very limited, but without change.—The demand for Turpentine
continues regular, and.l3s to 13s 6d has been given for 780 brls of fair,
but not good quality.—Nothing new in American Tar.—Montreal Pot
Ashes are dull and lower ; 28s has been accepted in several instances,
bnt the'principal holders require 29s ; some small parcels of Montreal
Pearl Ashes have been sold at 32s 6d per cwt.—The only sale reported
in Flaxseed is 100 hhds New York, branded 1826 at 54s per hhd ; Lin-
seed is held rather more firmly.—Qmereitron Bark continues in limited
request.—Hides. No sales of moment have taken place this week,
but the market continues steady.—The business in Tobacco this week
has been very limited.
The demand for Brimstone continues as limited as for some time
past, but prices remain without alteration.—Sicily Sumac continues to
find buyers at the previous rates; for other sorts the demand is con-
fined to small parcels.—A fair business continues to be done in Argols,
but most descriptions remain scarce.—Cream of Tartar is much in-
quired for, and there is no stock here.—Madders and Madder Roots
are neglected.—Olive Oil remains dull of sale, without any change in
value worthy of notice.—ln Fish Oils, we are not aware of any sales
this week ; holders of Newfoundland Cod ask higher rates, in conse-
quence of a further advance in the London market.—Seed Oils re-
main dull of sale.—The arrival of a vessel wills about 400 tons Palm
Oil has caused a reduction in the price of lOs to 15s per ton, and but
little business is doing.—The'distillers have obtained a further advance
of 2s to 3s per owl on Oil of Turpentine.—Hemp continues in good
demand, and the stock of Baltic on the market being very trifling, our
highest quotations are readily obtained; Bombay is dull of sale; 120
bales Jute brought £l2 lOs per ton.—ln Tallow little or nothing has
been done this week, and our reduced quotations are quite nominal.