The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-10 00:00:00

Alan rtz.

LIVER?OOL COLONIAL MARKET, APRIL 6.
The demand Tor B.P. Sugar, at present, is confined principally to
the better descriptions, of which the supply is limited, and the sales
are only 600 hhds, without change in price 1200 bags Mauritius Sold,
chiefly at 60s 6d, and 2100 bags Bengal, at 62s 3d to his 6d 'for slightly
damaged, and 64s to 65s for middling to good white. No transactions
of moment have occurred in Foreign Sugar,or in Molasses.—,Coffee.
Nothing done in British Plantation, but. in East India 220 robins of
Mocha, ungarbled. were sold at 76s Per cwtr-1000 bags Guayaquil'
Cocoa have been disposed of, but the price had not transpired, and
90a bags East India Ginger at 25s to 27s fid per cwt.—Nothing done in
Pepper or Pimento.—ln Rice, 1(1,0 bags of East India have been sold
at the quotations, and 50 tees. dressed Carolina at 23s per ewt. in bond
for export, and 31s duty paid for home-use,—The sales in Rum are 150
puns of De Herara, at 3s 3d fOr Leewards, 3s 1 ldfd for 25 0.1),, up to 4s
ad per gallon, for chice marks of high strength.
There is nothing to report in 1104;9.-21 chests Lac Dye have been
sold at 111dto 12d, and a similar-quantity of Shell LAC, at 83s —lineal
has been sold, at 555, and for 30 bales Bombay Safflower 12s 6clto 203,
has been accepted.—A small lot of East India Seuna has reaiized,3d.
—in Saltpetre, 500 bags have been sold at 22s to •27s per cwt.
' The sales in Dyewoods have been confined io small parcels : of Log-
wood(3o tons of Campeaehy sold at £9 and 40 of Jamaica at £7 I.s ;
about :30 tons of Cuba Fustic brought £7 to £B. according to quality.
and 40 Of Savanilla £5 54 ; a small parcel of Lima Nicaragua Wood
£ll, and 13 tons of good Camwood £lB 10s• per ton.—The price of
Turpentine continues to improve, and 13s 8d has been obtained for 998
brls of good quality, offered by auction yesterday; his was given pre-
viously for a small parcel of 80 brls; the stock is light, and the mar-
ket firm: at our quotations.—No American Tar on sale.—The sales of
Montreal Pot and Pear) Ashes are confined to a few small lots, at pre-
vious prices.—ln.the,early part of the week. there was a good demand
for American Flaxseed, for sowing, and higher prices obtained • some
amain lots realized 72s 6,1 per WM, and although there is now less in-
quiry. the advance is supported ; 1 CO quartets East India Linseed
sold at lOs to 44s per qd .rter, and a small parcel of Sicilian do. at 41s ;
a parcel of new American Cloverseed was offered at auction, but no
sale effected, as the holders are asking far above the present quota-
tions, in consequence of which buyers will not make a Ind.—No altera-
tion in Quercitron The only sales to report are 1200
salted Rio Grande Ox and Cow at 4d, 200 New Ofleana at 30, ant 200*
Barbadoes„ all faults, at 31d per lb.—The sales of Tobacco have been
about 160 hhds, of which 110 hhds were for Ireland, and the remainder
for the home-trade. -
There continues a very moderate demand for Brimstone, yet the
chief holders are not inclined to sell at any reduction from the quota-
tions ; 50 tons of fair quality sold at £6 5s per ton.--,The late arrivals
of Sicily Sumac of 12 ,0 bags, have bcennearly.all disposed or at rather
lower prices ; in Verona and TrieSte no sales to notice.—Cream of Tar-.
tar is still very scarce ; a few casks have been sold, to arrive, at 62s per
cwt.—Madders and Madder Roots remain neglected.—The sales in
Olive are very trifling, but no alteration can be noticed in the prices.
—A further advance has beon realized upon Cod Oil, sales having been
effected' at £37, at which there is hut little offering.—ln Seed Oils
nothing doing; pale Rape Oil is dull of sale, and rather lowf4; Lin-
seed Oil remains steady at the quotations.—ln Palm Oil, only one sale.
of 20 tons reported, at £46 !Os ; nothing done for arrival.—Oil orTur-
penttne is more inquired for, and the distillers have now advanced
their price to 65s.—Hemp is steady at the prices quoted ; 303 bales
Jute have been disposed of at the annexed rates.—The demand for
Tallow has been almost suspended during the week ; some trifling
sales of Petersburg yellow candle have been effected at 575, and since
at 56s 6d, with a parcel of Siberia yellow candle at 565. .