The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-03-25 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, MARCH 21

Sugar : The demand on the part of the refiners still conti-
nues good, and steady prices have been obtained for these de-
scriptions; the sales comprise 500 hhds. B.R. of which part is
new Barbadoes, from 375. Gd. to 425. 6d., 6500 bags Bengal
(including 2500 of Khaur) at 295., 6500 bags Mauritius at 38s.
6d., delivered into store, with a small parcel of Madras at 30s.
per cwt. The sales of Foreign continue extensive, amounting
on the spot to 5203 mats clayed Manilla at 375. 3d. duty paid,
32 cases 1100 bags brown and yellow Pernambuco at 19s. to
19s. 9d., 22 cases Rio at 19s. to 205., and 60 boxes Havana at
225. per cwt. in bond ; two cargoes have been sold afloat, deli-
verable at an outport, one of 3500 bags b:ovvn Paraiba, the
other 7000 bags brown Pernambuco, both at 195. 6d. per cwt.-
Molasses : The sales consist of 380 casks clayed Havana at
13s. 9d., and 150 casks liemerara at 145. per cwt.-Coffee : The
demand is still moderate, and the sales are limited to 30 tees.
Jamaica, and a few casks Plantation Ceylon, at shady rates.
Of Foreign 60 bags Rio are reported at 465., and 900 bags St.
Domingo at 435. 6d. per cwt.-In Pepper or Pimento nothing
has been done. but a small lot of Guayaquil Cocoa has realised
335. per cwt.-Rice: 250 tees. Carolina have been disposed of
at 185. 6d. from the quay, and 2500 bags East India, at Ss. 9d.
for Arracan, and Ss. 6d. for good broken Ben lal.-Rum : The
business has been to a fair extent. but without any improve-
ment in price; the sales are about 220 casks, entirely Deme-
rara, chiefly of high strengths, at 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d. per gallon.
-Tea: Sales to a fair extent have been made in commoner
kinds of Congous from ls. to ls. 2d. per lb., part being on spe-
culation ; several small parcels of fine Greens have realised
full prices.-No sales reported in Indigo or Shell Lac.-A few
chests of Lac Dye sold at ls. 11d. per lb., 100 bags of Bengal
Turmeric at 148., 200 bales and baskets Gambier at 16s. 6d.,
small parcels of Pearl Sago at 18s., and Sago Flour at 15s. Gd.
per cwt. ' • about 200 cases Castor Oil have likewise been sold,
at 3d. to3ld. for very common, up to 40. per lb. for good,
In Saltpetre about 2500 bags are reported; very ordinary Cal-
cutta at 205., and 235. to 255. 6d. for middling to fair rough,
at 28s. for 34 per cent. ref •acti9n, and Madras at 255. 6d. per
cwt.-Of Nitrate of Soda 405 tons have been taken at 13s. 6d.
to 14s. per cwt.-Guano : Considerable sales are making of
various sorts, and full prices obtained.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. MAncll 21.

The market opened with a good demand both from the trade
and speculators, wh►ch has since continued, enabling holders
of the better qualities of American to obtain id., and of the
lower id. to 4d. per lb. advance on the quotations of Friday
last. Maceio, and the inferior qualities of Egyptian, are
slightly dearer; but Brazil generally, and Surat, are without
change. Speculators have taken 8640 American, 70 Egyptian,
40 Brazil, and 1350 Surat; and exporters, 1520 American, 30
Egyptian, 80 Brazil, and 550 Surat.