The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-22 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, OCT. 11.

There has been a good demand this week for B.P. Sugar, parti-
ticularly for good grocery descriptions, and the sales, which con-
sist chiefly of these qualities, amount to 1000 hhds. for which steady
prices were realized; low brown Sugars are very dull at present,
at improved prices, and 1100 bags of good to fine white have been
taken by the Grocers at 68s 6d to 71s, and 1300 bags (second hands)
at similar rates. Nothing done in Mauritius. The only transac-
tion to notice in Foreign Sugar is a small parcel of Manilla, at 20s
to 21s per cwt.—No transaction in Molasses.—Coffee. The sales of
Plantation Coffee are to a fair extent, and comprise 200 casks of
Jamaica; clean ordinary to middling qualities brought farmer rates,
fine descriptions are in limited request, without change in prices.
Of Foreign, a lot of Brazil brought 465 6d per cwt.-30 bags good
red Grenada Cocoa sold at 45s 6d to 50s per cwt. and 300 bags black
Pepper at aid to 44d per lb ; also a Small lot of Pimento at the
quotations.—Nothing done in Ginger.—For Bengal Rice we con-
tinue to have a fair inquiry, and the sales amount to 1200 ings,at pre-
vious rates.—The demand for Ruin is moderate, and the sales are
73 puns Jamaica, 30 to 34 per cent. O.P. at 6s Id to 6s 4d per gallon,
The London sales of Indigohave just terminated, and established
a considerable advance on previous rates ; about 20 chests have
been disposed of in this market at 4s 3d to 7s 3d per lb.—Small sales
of Munjeet and Safflower have been made at 26s to 275, but not to
any extent.--Nitrate of Soda realizes 16s 6d.

Dyewoods. The business done in Log'vi,ood has been on a limited
scale, but full prices are obtainable, in consequence of the very
small stock on hand; for Campeachy .€l2 has been paid, in small
lots, and for Jamaica, which is very scarce, a considerable advance
is now demanded. The common descriptions of Fustic have gone
off more freely, at improving rates; about 200 tons of Carthagena
and Savanilla sold readily, at XS is 6d for the former, and to
£6 2s 6d per ton for the latter; 36 tons of Cuba brought £ll per
ton ; nothing worthy of notice has been done in Barwood, Cam-
wood or Nicaragua Wood.—The sales of Turpentine this week are
confined to 400 to 509 brls. of middling quality, sold on the quay at
12s 6d.-500 brls of American Tar were sold at the same time, at 14s
pd. The cargo of Stockholm Tar, reported to have been sold last
week at the quotations was au error, it being sot(' rather below.—
Montreal Pot Ashes continue dull, at 24s 3d to 24s 6d ; for Pearl
Ashes there is more demand, and there are now few if any sellers
at 28s 6d.—Quercitron Bark goes off slowly, at 17s per cwt. for fine,
.and 15s for coarse ground.—Hides. The market remains very firm,
but owing to the light stocks, the sales are confined to a few dry
West India, at Sid to 61d per lb.—Tobacco. The demand for 'this
article is still very limited; the sampling of the new crop is now,
however, nearly completed, and the trade may be expected to come
forward more freely ; the transactions so far this month amount to
310 hhds. of which the Irish dealers have taken 110 Virginia leaf ,
15 hhds have also been taken for export; leaving for own manufac-
turers 185 hhds of which 72 were Kentucky and 88 Virginia stemmed.
For all descriptions the quotations are obtained.
There has been a better demand this week for Brimstone, and the
sales have reached about 400 tons, at full prices, including about 70
tons of a cargo imported from Iceland, which brought £lO per ton
from the ship-side.—Sicily Sumac, of the new crop, is inquired for,
but is at present scarce ; the demand for other sorts is moderate.—
Madders and Madder Roots continue steady, with a moderate de-
mand.—Nothing worthy of noticd has been done in Argots, Cream
of Tartar or brown Tartar.—There has been a fair inquiry for Olive
Oil, and a further advance has been established in Galipoli of £1 to
£2 per tun; about 50 to 60 tuns of all descriptions have been dis-
posed of.—ln the early part of the week some business was done in
Seal Oil, at £3O for pale, and proportionate prices for coloured, and
a few trifling sales of Cod Oil were made at .6'28 to £2B 10s. The
extremely unfavourable accounts from the Davis's Straits Whale
Fishery, received on Wednesday, have, however, caused a consider-
able advance, and for a few small lots of pale Seal .€35 has been
realized, but a public sale, advertised for to-day, will be looked to as
more correctly establishing the market prices, which may at present
may be considered nominal.—A little improvement has also taken
in Seed Oils, and for pale Rape 40s has been paid.—Of Palm Oils,
about 100 have been sold at £37, and much inquiry has appeared
for arrivals, but no business transpired.—Oil of Turpentine is flat,
and hardly supports the late advance.—The Hemp market continues
steady, and about 40 tons Petersburg clean sold, for export, at £39.
In East India no sales reported.—No alteration in Flax.—The
transactions in Tallow extend to about 500 casks Petersburg yellow
candle, at 51s to 51s 6d, at which the market remains steady.