The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL MARKET. SEPT. 29.
Sugar.—There has been a better inquiry, at a slight improve-
ment in price, and the sales are 700 hhds. 8.P., 7,000 bags
Bengal, and 200 mats 'Mauritius. Foreign,—There has been
rather more demand for grocery descriptions, and the sales
amount to 530 hhds. 30 brls. Porto Rico, at 355. 3d. to 40s. 6d.
per cwt., and 350 boxes Havana at 355. 6d. to 395. 6d. Mo-
lasses are rather more inquired for, and the sales consist of 300
puns. Antigua at 18s. 6d., (being an advance of 6d. per cwt.,)
and 100 puns. Demerara and Trinidad at 16s. per cwt. Coffee.
—l3O tees. Jamaica have been sold at rather lower prices ; the
value of ordinary is now so low, that it has been bought this
week for export. Of foreign, the sales are 400 bags Laguayra
and 200 brls. Rio, at about former rates. 500 bags Guayaquil
Cocoa brought 28s. Gd. to 295. per cwt., and 300 bags Black
Pepper 2icl. per lb. No sales of Ginger or Pimento. Rice-
-100 tees. Carolina sold at 20s. Gd. to 21s. 9d., and 6,000 bags
Bengal, at 10s. for broken, up to 13s. per cwt. for fine white.
Rum is lower, and the price of what has been sold, about 350
casks, not being reported, the quotations must be considered
nominal.

Tea.—The transactions have again been limited for Black
Tea, but several sales have been made in Green (recent arrivals)
at fully previous rates.
About' a dozen chests of Indigo have been sold at steady
prices, a few chests of line Gum Arabic at 465., at 20 chests of
liver Shell Lac at 38s. per cwt., 1100 bags Sago Flour at 17s. to
195.. and 200 boxes of Pearl Sago at 20s. to 21s. per cwt. Of
8,000 bags Saltpetre offered, only part found buyers, yet the
total sales are fully 5,000 bags, at 225. to 20s. per cwt., being
about previous rates. 350 tons Nitrate of Soda have been dis-
posed of at lls. to lls. 3d. per cwt.
Guano—No change.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEPT. 29.
The demand from the trade and for exportation has continued
much the same as last week, the market still having a heavy
appearance, and in some instances rather lower prices have
been accepted. Sea Island and long-stapled kinds are offered
freely, and have also given way in pribe. SOO American are on
speculation, and 3420 American, 170 Bahia. 700 Surat and 160
Bengal for expert, and 6,600 American have been forwarded
into the country unsold during the month.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON,
For the week ending Sept. 29,1848.

Prices paid Imports
sAmis OF THE WEEK. in the week. ThisWk This Yr.
340 Sea Island 7 d ® 12d
70 Stained
3680 Braved Georgia. 34 44
51An f Mobile. 3 44
"" 1 Alabama and Tennessee 24 34 7076 746642
12930 New Orleans 3 6
200 Pernambuco & Paraiba 5 —64 } ~
14/9 26741
1. Xracati and Ceara
440 Bahia and Maceio
0,„ llarineham 44 --5 }
25159
" 1 Sawsinued 4 44
.... M:nas —
.... Para.
.... Denerara,Surinam, &c — , .„, 316
690 Egyptian Sti —74 • ... i 23420
.... Btrbadoes — .... 326
.... Pearion — 1
.... Bahama
.... Lsgaayra -
20 Common West India, &O 5 64 }. 6 4699
.... Carlhagena ... —— i
.... Smyrna
..... Manilla
'2160 Sarat „ . 24 3.1 79011
120 Madras „ 24 3J 1 ;
170 14engal „ • 24 3 ! .... 5821
26270 bales. i 26479 1293287