The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL MARKET, DEC. 22,

Sugar : There continues 'a very good demand, both from
grocers and refiners, and th, sales, which amount to 850 hhds
B.P. and 6.51:0 bags of Bengal, are generally at an advance of
6d. to ls. per cwt. Foreign.—Exporters have shown more dis-
position to operate this week, and the late purchases show an
advance of Is. per cwt. from the lowest point of the market;
the sales amount to 420 cases and 500 bags and brls. Brazil, at
from 335. to 365. 6d, per cwt. for low to fine brown, and 365. 6d.
to 395. for ordinary to middling white; 170 boxes brown and
yellow Havana were likewise sold at 355. 6d. to 38s. 3d. Mo-
lasses are in fair demand; 140 casks St. Kitt's have been sold
from the quay at 17s. 6d. per cwt. Coffee : There is very little
Jamaica offering, and the sales do, not exceed 20 casks, at
rather higher rates. Of Foreign, the sales are 180 bags La-
guayra, at 36A. to 545., and 130 bags Rio at 28s. to 345. 9d. per
cwt. 550 bags black Pepper sold at 20. for Singapore, and 244.
to 3d. per lb. for Malabar; also 150 bags Para Cocoa, of good
quality, at 275. 3d. to 28s. 34. per cwt. Rice : 5,003 bags Ben-
gal sold from 8s Gd. for low broken, to I Is. for good quality.
Rum continues to improve, and for 200 casks Demerara stiffer
prices have been paid.

Tea: There haire been but few transactions during the past
week, and no alteration in prices to notice.
A few chests Indigo have been disposed of at steady prices;
about 10:1 chests Shell Lac at 365. to 40s. per cwt. for fine livery
orange ; 24 chests ordinary Lac Dye at 6d. per lb.; nothing re-
ported in Gambier; 20 tons Catch, all faults, brought 13s. 9d.
to 14s. 3d., and 250 boxes of Pearl Sago 17s. 3d. to 18s. for
brown, and 225. per cwt. tor white. For Saltpetre a little better
inquiry exists, and 1,600 bags at 248. 30. to 255. 6d. per cwt.
About 600 tons of Nitrate of Soda, chiefly to arrive, have-been
taken at 10s. 9d. per cwt. •
Guano: This article remains steady, yet tl
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sales are confined

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEc. 22.
The Trade have continued to buy freely this week, and consi-
derable purchases have again been made on speculation. Up
to Wednesday last prices of American had advanced id. per
lb., but since that day there has been less animation, and, with
the exception of middling qualities, this advance is realized
with difficulty. The reduction in price of Brazil has attracted
tne attention of customers, and a considerable business has
again been donein this descrip ion, at an advance nearly equi-
valent to the decline submitted to last week ; an extensive bu-
siness has also been done in Egyptian, but without change in
price. Surat in steadyclemand. Speculators have taken 11,200
American, 1,20',i Pernambuco and t,300 Surat, and Exporters
730 American, 52'4 Surat and Surat and 240 Bengal. 800 Sea
d Sea Island are announced for public
instant.

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MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE. DECEMBER 23,

The approach of Christmas increases the disinclination for
business which previously existed; and the transactions which
have taken place during the week have been quite of a retail
character. Liverpool and Wakefield both very quiet yesterday,
and the latter somewhat lower for all articles. We have a thinly
attended market to-day, and nothing of asy consequence doing.
Quotations of Wheat must be reduced Id. to 2d. per bushel;
Flour, Is. per Sack; Indian Corn and Beans, Is. per Quarter.
Oats and Oatmeal somewhat firmer. In other articles no mate-
rial alteration.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. DEC. 22.
This week the arrivals are moderate. We have a steady re-
tail demand for Wheat at a decline of Is. per qr. Not much
doing in Barley, and only choice samples saleable at rather
lower prices. Oats are id. per st., and Shelling is. per load
cheaper. Beans and other articles without change.