The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Ocr. 26.

There has beets an improved demand fur Sugar, particularly
towards the close of the a eek, and the sales of a►nuunt to
nearly 800 casks, at steady prier s ; 2800 bags Bung,' sold, chiefly
at 61s per cwt. for middling white, and at 69s ror extra tine. Noth►ng
done in Mauritius or in foreign Sugar, nor has any thing Aitken
place in Molasses.—Collee. The traosactions have

again been on a moderate scale, and consist only. of 80 casks Ja-
maica, at steady prices. Nothing dune in Foreign.—No sales in
Cocoa or Ginger.-10J bags Pimento brought 3itl, and 1500 bags
black 41d to -Ltd.—For Rice there has been a fair uemand, and the
salt a consist or tiou bags Bengal. at 12s 6d for very ordinary broken,
up to 16s to 17s for midd.ing quality, in bond, and 220 tees Messed
Carolina at 4is per ewt. duty paid.--'flie only transaction in Ruin
consists of a small lot of Leewards, at 3s 7tl per gAlion, 4 per cent
0. v.

50 seruns of Caraceas Indigo have been sold by private con tract
at 4s 4d to 5s 4d per lb, in bond ; a few chests of East India have
likewise been disposed of.—About 70 chests bhei 1 Lac are reported
at bUs to 62s tid, a small parcel of Manilla Mother-of-Pearl Shells
at 653, and a few chests of East India Uurn Arabic at 535.—T..e
transactions in Saltpetre do not reach 50i bags.
Dyewooda.—The sales of Campeachy Logwuod have been Con-
fined to trilling lots, at £l5 per ton ; nothing reported in Jamaica
or Honduras ; o 0 tons of Cuba Fustic sold without change, and 10
tons of Lima Nicaragua Wood at £l2 5s per ton.—A parcel of
brls Turpentine, being of very good quality, brought toe advanced
,rice of 12s Jd per cwt. but for tOO urls offered to-day 12s 2d was
the highest bid, and they were consequently withdrawn.—No sales
in American Tar.—A good demand fur Montreal Ashcs has pre-
vailed througnout the week, and about 500 harrels have been sod
at 20s lid for Pot, and 34s 3d ;o 3sB tid for Pearl Ashes.—The market
continues bare of guereitrun Bark.—No alteration in Cluverseed
or Flaxseed.—Full prices have been paid for all descriptions of
Hides, and the sales are extensive, consisting of 3.1; u salted, Monte
Video at old to lid for Ox, and Sid to Sid for Cow, at) Demerara at
sid, 570 J dry salted Pernambuco at sid to Old 430 Valparaiso at
tild, 530 dry ditto at lid to bid, 660 Singapore Buffalo at -4d to
500 dry Monte Video Horse at is lid to 128 4d, 3bo salted at 133 id,
and 40‘, dry Russian at 6s lld each.—The sales of Tobacco, at the
advanced quotations, have been about 40t, Llids. of which z. hhds.
were Gar Ireland,,] hhds fur export, and the remainder to the trade,
the sales of the month amount to IsUU hhds.

There has been an improved demand for Brimstone, end several
speculative purchases have been made, amounting in all to about
1200 tons. at prices a shade below the previous quotations.—The
demand fur Sumac has also been good, and several parcels of Sicily
:ind Verona have changed hands during the week.—Argols have
also been in request, and upwards of 12? casks sold at full prices.
—Madders have been dull of sale, and Madder [toots but little in-
quired for.—A parcel of 18 sacks common yellow Berries sold at
ass per cwt.—Nothing Worthy of notice dune in Valonia.—There
continues to be a guild fair demand for Olive uit, and prices are
fully supported.—A small cargo of Seal Oil, mostly coloured, has
been disposed of fro the quay at lower rates; Cod is also °tiering
on easier terms, With a very limited demand.—Li Seed Oils very
little business is doing.—The sales of Palm Oil are about IUo tuns,
at previous rates.—The Distillers are firm in their price for Oil of
Turpentine.—liemp has experienced a further advance, sales of
Pet Isburg clean having been eftected at and ounshot at t:3B lOs
per ton ;90 bales Sun have brought £2O, and 700 bales Jut, £l3
12s tid to £l4 per tou.—Flax remains without alteration—There
has been less demand this week for Tallow, and in one or two in-
stances rather lower rates have been submitted to by holders, but
the stock here is light.