The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-01 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, SEPT. 27.

The demand for Sugar continues extremely limited, and the sales
of B.P. are only 300 hhds; but as holders do not press on the mar-
ket, there is not any material change in prices. No transactions in
Bengal or Mauritius. In Foreign Sugar the only transaction to
notice is a parcel of 120 brls brown Bahia, (in cakes,) which have
been sold at 14s per cwt.—ln Molasses the sales arc 100 puns. good
Barbadoes at 36s.—The transactions in Plantation have been rather
extensive, comprising 300 casks of Jamaica, which brought full
prices; clean ordinary and middling qualities continue in more
general request than the finer descriptions. Nothing done in Fo-
reign.—No sales in Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento.-450 bags black
Pepper sold at 4d to 4441 per lb.—For Rice there has been a fair de-
mand, at previous rates; 40 tcs. dressed Carolina, first quality, sold
at 40s, second at 38s, and 3700 bags of Bengal at 12s 6d for very
ordinary, 14s 6d for middling, up to 15s 3d for good.—There has
been a good inquiry for Rum, and about 180 puns disposed of, with-
out any material alteration in price; say 20 puns. common Leeward
at 3s 7d and 3s gd for 4 underproof and 3 overproof, and the rest
Jamaica, of various strengths and quality, at 5s 6d to 6s 7d per
jailor'.

Indigo. 25 chests of Bengal have been taken at prices ranging
"rom Is. gd. to 7s. sd.—The public sale of COCHINEAL was well
;_ttended, and of 121 serons brought forward, 106 sold, at ss. Id. to
5,.. 7d. for Honduras silvers, and Is. gd. to fis. 4d. for blacks and
ss. to Is. sd. for Mexican silver, and ss. sd. to Is. 9d. for black
grains, establishing a decline of 2d to 3d per lb.—For LAC DYE
there has been more inquiry, and 122 chests sold at,lod to Is 3d,
but principally at the former price • 90 chests SHELL LAC also sold
at 50s to 70s, and 200 bags TERRA JAPONICA at 23s to 245.—Nearly
20'0 bags SALTPETRE have been taken at 25s 6d to 28s 6d, and 700
bags of NITRATE of SODA at 16s 5d to 16d gd.
Dyewoods. The demand for Campeachy Logwood has been
steady, and 100 tons sold at the quotations; 100 tons of Honduras
at 49 5s to ..€9 10s, and 80 of Jamaica at £9 2s 6d to £9 ss. Of
Fustic, the sales are a few tons only of Cuby at 411, Jamaica at
.46 10, and 11r0 of SavanWa at £6 5s per ton ; 15 tons of solid
Nicaragua Wood at £lo 17s 6d to ell, and 24 tons at £23 per ton.
—The demarui for Turpentine continues to be rather general and
extensive, and for fine new soft parcels an advance of is to Is 6d
per cwt. has bee.i obtained, 13s 7d to 13s gd having been given for
this description; about 3000 brls. have been sold at various prices,
ranging from ils id to 13s 9d.—A small parcel of American Tar
sold at 16s 4d.—Al -ntreal Pot Ashes are dull, and the sales are very
limited, at the qu tations ; Montreal Pearl Ashes go off slowly, in
small parcels, at 26, d per cwt.—Quercitron Bark goes off in small
lots, at former price —Hides —2500 salted Monte Video Ox have
been sold at 4id foi sound, and 4id per lb for heated.—Tobacco.—
The sales this week re• -h 220 hhds., of which 50 leaf and 30 stemmed
were for Ireland. 9 Ken ucky leaf for exportation, and the remainder,
100 of which were Ke, Lucky stemmed, to the trade. We do not
notice any change in prices.

For Brimstone the demand has been more limited than for some
time past, the large sales of the previous week having put the con-
sumers into stock for the present; for the sales made, amounting to
about 150 tons, full prices have been obtained.—ln new Sicily
Sumac sales have been made at 13$ 6d per cwt. from the ship side,
and a fair extent of business has been done.—Argols and Cream of
Tartar have gone off slowly.—Madders and Madder Roots continue
in fair request, at full prices.—Valonia continues dull of sale, and
prices tending to some decline.—The recent advance in Olive Oil
has been maintained during the week, and a steady business done
amounting in all to about 100 tuns.—Some further transactions
have taken place in sale Seal Oil at .€29, and .k 29 10s. Is now re-
quired. '