The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-15 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Max U.

The demand for Sugar is at preseent almost exclusively confined to
good and line descriptions, and the sales, in consequence, are limited
to st:o lihds B.P. without alteration in price. 1000 bags of Bengal have
been sold at 625 per cwt for low, and 64s to 64s 63 for fine white. 1400
bags Mauritius 'cave been disposed of on rather lower terms. The
sales in Foreign are 70 cases brown Brazil at former prices.—There
continues to be a fair inquiry for Molasses, and about 350 puns have
been sold, chiefly Demerara, at 275, and Trinidad at 27s to 27s 6d per
cwt.—The transactions in Plantation Coffee comprise 260 casks of Ja-
maica, of the new crop, chiefly at auction, which were readily taken
by the trade at extreme rates ; good to fine ordinary brought 98s to
108 s, middling 110 s to 114 s, and a large proportion sold at 118 s to 128 s
for good to fine middling, fine 131 s, and one lot extra fine, of a favorite
mark, 136 s per cwt. Nothing done in Foreign.—ln Cocoa, Ginger,
Pepper, or Pimento no sales.-2100 bags of East India It ice have been
soli( at full prices, and a small parcel of dressed Carolina :it 34s per
per cwt. duty paid.—Rather lower rates have been accepted for Rum,
and about 200 puns have been disposed of at the quotations.
There have been a few retail buyers of Indigo in the market, who
have taken about a dozen chests at full prices.—The sales of Shell Lae
are 120 chests, at 85s to 1355, and of Lac Dye 60 chests, at lld to Is 21d.
—A small,lot of Bengal Safflower, of fine quality, has realized £5 10s.
—Sortie East India Gum Arabic sold at former rates.—There has been
more doing in Saltpetre,-but lower prices have been accepted ; the
sales amount to 161)0 bags, at 21s to 26s.—About 300 bags of Nitrate of
Soda have been sold at the quotation.
The remainder of the two cargoes of Campeachy Logwood, named
in the last Circular, has been disposed of at £8 to £8 Os per ton, from
the quay; 100 tons of Cuba Fustic brought £O, but in other kinds
reported ; 40 tons of Lima Nicaragua Wood soil at £ll its to £l3, and
a few tons of Camwood at £lO 5s per ton.—There are no sales of
Turpentine to communicate, but prices remain unaltered.—Archangel
Tar is steady at 17s 6d, which price has been given for 220 brls.—There
has been rather more inquiry for Montreal Pot and Fearl Ashes ; the
sales are about 250 brls of both kinds, at 27s to 27s 6d for the former,
and 32s to 33s per cwt for the latter descriptions.—The only transac-
tion in Flaxseed in Flaxseed is 100 hhds New York, brand 1836, at 575.
—No sales in Cloverseed—QuErcitron Bark without alteration.—The
sales of Hides are to a fair extent, comprising 3 ;0 dry salted Pernam-
buco at 53, 1500 salted Buenos Ayres Ox at 4d to 40, 500 New York at
30, 580 Jamaica at 40 per lb, and 4300 dry Monte Video Horse, of
good quality, at lOs 6d to Ils earn.—There has only been a limited
business in Tobacco during the week.
The demand for nearly every description of Mediterranean Produce
has this week been almost suspended, and the sales of Brimstone. Su-
mac, Argots, Madders, Madder Roots and Persian Berries have been
in very small lots for immediate wantFL—There has been a partial in-
quiry for Lisbon and Portugal Olive Oil, and a few parcels have found
buyers at a reduction of about £2 per tun; other sorts have been un-
saleable.—ln Fish Oils nothing has been done this week ; according to
advices received from the Newfoundland Seal Fishery, via Portugal,
on Wednesday last, there is reason to believe that the result of the
Fishery will not prove very favourable ; the news, however, has had
no effect on the market —Seed Oils are without alteration, and very
little business doing.—ln Palm Oil, a few small sales have been effected
at the quotations.—Oil of Turpentine is a trifle lower, and less inquired
for.—Petersburg clean Hemp has become very scarce, and ready sales
are effected at the quotation ; some business in low Flax has been
done ; in Jute no sales.—The transactions in Tallow continue very
limited, but prices remain steady, and the stoek.light.