The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Oarfitts.

LIVERPOOL COyMERCIAL MARKET, JAN. 14

Sugar.—The demand is still principally confined to strong
brown qualities suitable for the refiners, and these descriptions
command very full rates ; good and fine are also in demand,
but holders are not disposed to accept the late low prices. The
sales consist of 800 hhds. B. P., 6000 bags Bengal, and 100 bags
of Madras.—Foreign.—The sales are confined to 40 Mids.
Porto Rico at from 38s. to 435. per cwt., and 76 cases Pernam-
buco, by public sale, saved from the fire on the 6th instant.—
Molasses.-160 casks Antigua have been sold from the quay at
188. per cwt.—Coffee.—The demand is good, but Jama►ca be-
ing freely pressed on the market, does not maintain its former
value, and ICO tces. have been sold at a decline of 2s. to 3s, per
cwt. The qualities of foreign suitable for home consumption
meet a ready sale, and the transactions of the week comprise
750 bags Laguayra, 25 casks and 25 bags Rio, and 500 bags da-
maged Costa Rica, at full prices.-450 bags Black Pepper
sold at 2d. to 2d. per lb., and 500 bags of African Ginger at
28s. per cwt.—Rice.—The sales are limited to 2500 bags Ben-
gal, chiefly at lls. 6d. to lls. 9d. for low middling white, being
rather lower.—Rum.—There is a fair demand, more particu-
larly for common leewards ; the sales are 200 casks, including
proof to 8 per cent. 0.P., at Is. Bd. to Is. 10d., 30 per cent. at
2s. 9d., and a favourite mark at 3s. sd. ; also, 130 hhds. Madras
at Is. 7d. to Is. Bd. proof per gallon.
Tea.—During the week a fair business has been done in com-
mon to good congous, at full previous prices, but the fine and
finest sorts still continue heavy of sale; common to good hyson
and gunpowder are more inquired after, at rather improving
rates ; in other kinds no alteration to notice.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 17.
The supply of Stock at our market to-day has not been so
good as last week. We had a numerous attendance of custo-
mers, and the whole, or nearly so, sold readily at last week's
prices.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 14.
The market opened this month with an increased demand
from the trade, in consequence of a pretty general return to
full work in the mills. The moderate stocks of all sorts of
Cotton on hand at the close of the last year, gave more confi-
dence to holders, and prices of the ordinary to middling quali-
ties of American advanced id. to 4d. per lb.; but as no corre-
sponding improvement took place in the business at Manches-
ter, but, on the contrary, the value of both Yarn and Cloth
declined, holders here have this week shown a more general
desire to realize; notwithstanding a daily very fair demand,
prices of American have given way fully id. per lb. ; Brazil
must also be quoted id. lower ; in Egyptian and Surat, the lat-
ter continuing in good request, there is no change to note. The
public sale of Sea Islands on Friday, 31st ult., was very thinly
attended, and out of 3350 bags white and 400 bags stained of-
fered, 530 of the former and 260 of the latter found buyers; the
good clean useful kinds brought nrices equal to those current
before the previous sale, -whilst the common and stained sold
at prices confirming the reduction then noticed. During the
present week a fair business has been done, at rates establish-
ing the above decline. Speculators have taken 750 American
and 500 Surat, and exporters 50 American and 20 Surat.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON,
For the week ending Jan. 14, 1848.

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