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

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MAY U.

• The demand. for Sugar is_at.preseerit almost exclusively confined to
good and line descriptions, and the sales, in consequence, are limited
to 5 0 hhds B.P. without a.teration in price. 1000 bags of Bengal have
been sold at lita per cwt .for low,.and 61s-to Os Eta for fine white. 1400
lye's Mauritius hive been . disposed kf -on rather lower terms. ' The
• salesForei n, ,are 7i) casesrown raid amer rices.-7 There
continnes to b-. a fair inquiry for Molaßsses. hotd for
aboirtp 350 inns have
been ,soli,chiefly„He.m.erara, at 275, and Trinidad at 'as to •as 61 Per
ewt.—,The transactions in Plantation Coffee comprise 201 casks of, a-. 3
miiica: of the neat &en, chiefly •iitiuction,-which• were readily taken
by the trade at extreme rates,; . good , to-fine ordinary bronght 985 to
108. s, middling 'llO4 to 1 14i, and a large nropertion Sold at I ffis to t2Bs.
for pod,tofine middlin,g, tine .134, undone lot extra tine„of a favorite
. mark, 136 s per 'cwt. Nothin. done in Foreigii.—ln Coeua, Ginger,
Pepper, or,Piinentetio 5ide5...22100 ,brigs of. ,East India :11 ice have been•
sold, at full prices, and a small parcel of dressed. Carolina at 34s per
per cwt. duty p:titl. —Kati-1'24 loWer rateS have been accented for 'Ruin,
and about 20') puns have bt.eniiisovdpf at the. quotations.
Tii..ri. haVe been a feW retail buyers of ftiakto in the Market, who
have.tiken about a dozen,chests at full prices.—The sales of Shell Lac'
are 120 chests, at itSi to 1355. and of Lie Dye GO ehests, at lid to IS2Id.
—A:sraalllot of Bengal Safflower, of tine quality, has realized £3 1i3.,
—Some East India Gum Arabic sold at former rates.—There has been
more tieing ln Saltpette.'but lower prices have' been accented V the '
sales amount.tu 16110, bags, at 21s to 265.--About 300, bags of Nitrateof
Soda have been sold at the quOtation. - • • ' ' - ' •.• ' '
The remainder of the two cargoes of .C,ampeachy,Logwonknamed
in the last Circular, ha 4 been disposed of at £8 to ,£8 5s per ton, from
the quay ; 101) tons of Cuba Fustie brought . Of, but -in other kini4
reported ;40 tons of Lima Nicaragua Wood sold at £ll lls to £1.3, and
ii few tons of Camwood at £3B 5s per ton,---There are no sales of
Torpentine to communicate, Lot priees,repain. unaltered. ,-Arelpir,el
Tar is stea •- t 174 6(11„ which price has been gifenflir'22oiiils.=-TheYe
has .been er more .inquiry for pontrealYot and Pearl Ashes; the
sales are a •
at 25t) bris of both kinds, at 27s to 27s 6.1 fur the former,
and 32s•to 33s' per cwt for the litter deSeriptions.,-The Only transac-•
tion in Flaxseed in Flaxseed is 100 hluls New York; brand 1836, at 575.
—NO-Sates in Cloverseeil—QucreitrOn Bark without alteration.
sales of If ides are to.a fair extent. comprising 3 0 llry salted
.Pern,ana-
buco at sd, 1500 salted Buenos Ayres Ox at 4d to 4141, 500 New 'York at
444,560 'Janiaica at 41d, per Ih. and 4300 dry Alonte Video Horse, of
good quality. at 105 6(1 to Ils each.—There has only been a limited
businesS inTohari(o during the week. • • ''' ' . -. ' '
The demand for nearly every descriptjon of Mediterranean Produce,
luisthis week been almost suspended; and the sle's(4lirimdtoneSu-'
mac, Argots, Madders, Madder Boots arid Persian Berries have been.
in very small lots fdt immediate wants.—'there has been a partial in-
quiry for Lisbon and. Portugal Olive OiL-and.a few, parcels have found
buyers at a reduction,ot about 2 per tun; other sorts have been un-
saleable.—ln Fiali Oili,nothing his been diihe thi4 Week ; 'according to
advice' received from the Newfoundland Seal Fishery, yip. Portugal,
• en 'Wednesday last, there is' reason to believethai 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,--In Palm Oil, a few.sm-al/ Sales have been effected
at the quotations.-011 of Turpentine is a trifle.lower, and less inquired
for.-Petersburg clean Wino hasbeeoine'very 'scarce, andireedy sales
are effected at the quotation ; sonic business in low.,Flax has. been
done ; in Jute no sales.—The transactions in Tallow -continue very
limited, but prices remain steady, and the stocklight.