The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-05 00:00:00

New Orleans, middling

„ fair
Upland, middling

nvsrmrnoN. VitICES. Week
endinv
Dec. 1

Sea Island
Stained ..
Boweds
Nfohile
New Orleans. lit
Pernams, &c. 6f
Bahia, &c...
Marantrarn ; _
Denterara,&e!
Egyptian.. 5i 103
Com.W.l.&c. 4 5i
Surat
Madras
Bengal —

PRODUCE.—A good business has been done in
Sugar, chiefly for refining, at full prices. For
Coffee, a limited demand. In Rice; little doing, but
no change in prices. Tea, a dull trade. In Palm
Oil, a 'fair amount of business 'doing. Tallow,
steady,-at 675. 6d. to 68s. for P. Y. C. To-DAY,
there has continued a good inquiry for Sugar fpm
the refiners, and the grocers have also bought
more freely, the business since Friday comprising
200 hhds. Barbadoes at 31s. 6d. to 375., 330 hhds.
Antigua, at 30s. 6d. to 345. 6d., no bags dates
at 335. ad. to 345. 6d., and 140 eases, 3,000 bags
Brazil, at 28s. to 295. 6d. per cwt. We have no
transactions to notice in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee.
The sales of Tea are of little moment ; the no-
minal price. of common Congou is unaltered.
Nothing has occurred in East India Riee, but 175
tees. Carolina are reported at 20s. to 26c. 6d. per.
cwt. We have to notice 80 cases Castor Oil, at
43-d. per lb, 250 bales Jute, at 217 'lss. to
219 155., 25 tons Barwood, at 28 10s. to 28 12s.
6d., 10 tons Campeachy Logwood, at 28 10s. a
small lot of Sapan Wood, at 211 per ton, aia 1,000
bags Bombay Linseed, at 70s. per quarter.
A quietness has again prevailed
throughout the -wool market, the transactions are
only to a very Tiniited extent, and prices, generally
speaking, may be considered nominally the same,
although the few •sales reported are a shade in
favour of the buyer. Imports for the week, 3;575
bales, viz., 2,007 West Coast America, (about 1;1.00
,of which being Alpaca,) 907 Mediterranean ports—
.ehiefly Mohair, 70 Buenos Ayres, 99 Iceland, 392
Scotch, 90, Irish, and 10 Coastwise.
-Messrs. W. GREA.IIE; and Co., in their monthl,
_circular, say

'Cince our public sales the Wool market has been very
quiet, and with the exception of some few sales for export,
the transactions have been •to a limited extent. The
worsted districts have now been in a very depressed stats
for some time, and prices of English and Irish Fleeces,
and most descriptions of combing Wools have again given
way materially •, some large Government orders have been
given ont for blankets and clothing for the troops, which
'has caused more activity in these branches of the trade,
and as • the stocks of Wool suitable for these purposes are
notlarge, lrices are pretty well supported. Australifin,
Spanish, and fine Lisbon Wools, are in fair request, but
'the market is very barely supplied with these descriptions ;
good Egyptian is also inquired for, and realizes our full
dquotations ; the same remark applies -to the Better quali-
ties of East 'ilia true-bred Wools, for which an advance
has been paid :en the public sale prices. The medium
qualities of Turkey and Smyrna are stflimeglected, and
our quotations are barely supported. In Mogadore and
Barbary some sales have been made, chiefly for export,
but at very low rates. Peruvian fine washed and unwashed
Fleece is in good -request, and realizes full prices ; the
finer deseriptions of Buenos Ayres and Entre gios are in
demand, but the present stock consists chiefly of inferior
descriptions, which are neglected. Alpaca and Mohair
continue in good reqnest, and the late advanced rates
firmly supported."
Messrs. Jos. ROBINSON and Co., say :

" In all the manufacturing towns there is general com-
plaint, and with the exception of a few manufacturers,
who have army and navy contracts, the trade is almost
prostrate. Combing Wools have suffered the greatest .
proportionate decline, and are relatively lower than ail
foreign descriptions ; several failures occurred at Bradford
last month, which has caused a temporary panic, and
depressed this class still more. Holders in the country
Are not inclined to the reduction, and very little is
brought to market by the growers ; this being the posi-
tion, and many consumers having been working on home-
grown Wools, who chiefly use foreign, it follows that
domestic Wools must advance, should only a moderate
demand spring up. For Alpaca Wool, a good demand
exists, and several large sales are reported at the advanced
quotations. A few transactions are reported in grey
Crimea, Illogadore, Oporto cotts, and Lambs, Peruvian,
Egyptian, &c., but quite of a retail character. Good
Egyptian white would sell well, and keeps scarce. There
is no demand for Douskoi or Iceland, at the prices asked.
Oporto Fleece is heavy of sale, at the highest price
quoted. Lambs and cotts wanted, at late rates. Good
washed Wools, ready for use, are inquired for."
METALS.—The market may be considered to
have slightly improved since our last report, some
descriptions of manufactured Iron having been in
better demand during the past week. Scotch Pig
Iron also has advanced about 4s. per ton. Copper
and Tin without change in price, and continue in
good demand. •