The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-30 00:00:00

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I LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JULY 26.
Sugar. In the early part of the week the market was dull, but
there has latterly been more inquiry, particularly from the grocers,
and 1300 hhds B.P. have been taken at prices recovering the'decline
noticed last week. Nothing done in Mauritius, but 3000 bags Ben-
gal have been sold, at 66s for damp up to 698 for fine white. In
Foreign Sugar there are no sales to notice; 200 cases Bahias offered
by auction were withdrawn, there being no disposition shown to
purchase at the present quotations.—The only transaction in Mo-
lasses consists of 100 puns. Demerara, at 32s 6d from the quay.—
Coffee. No public sales of Plantation have been attempted this
week, and the transactions by private treaty are exceedingly limited,
without change in prices.-150 bags Jamaica Ginger sold at gOs for
ordinary £6 os to £7 for middling, and £9 for fine quality.-250
bags black Lepper sold at 4id to 44d per lb.—No sales of Cocoa or
Pimento.—East India Rice has been in very good demand, and up-
wards of 5000 bags have been sold, at 14s to 15s for middling, to
15s lid to 16s for fine quality. In Carolina small sales are made at
40$ for first quality.—ln Rum very little business has been done, in
consequence of the dealers having supplied their immediate wants
from the London market; a small parcel of very common Leewards
sold at 3s 7d. and Jamaica, of fair quality, 25 U.P. at 6s per gallon.
Nothing of moment has occurred in Indigo.—A few chests of
Shell Lac are reported at 65s to 67s per cwt. and some silver
Cochineal at Is 6d per lb.—There has been more doing in Nitrate of
Soda and Saltpetre; the sales reach 2000 bags of the former and
1500 of the latter, at the quotations.

In consequence of the holders of Campeachy Logwood requiring
an advance of 5s to 108 per ton, the sales have been more limited
than they otherwise would have been; of all descriptions they
amount to about 150 tons, and for direct Campeachy the last price
paid was -,tp lOs per ton ; Fustic has been pressed on the market at
public sales, without finding buyers beyond small lots, with a ten-
dency to lower prices ; of Nicaragua Wood the sales have been about
50 tons solid, at Lll to .'ll 10s per ton ; Camwood, Barwood, Red
Sanders and Sapan Wood are in limited request.—There is an im
prevement in the price of Turpentine; about 2200 brls have been
sold at 10s lid to 11s, with 400 brls of very fine soft at 12s 2d.—The
sales of Stockholm Tar has been very large, amounting to 6600 Ws
at about the quotations; 350 to 400 brls American Tar sold at 145 2d
to 15s 14 per barrel,—Montreal Pot Mama are dull at 24a 1 la Pearl

Ashes are dull at 24s ; in. Pearl Ashes no sales are reported.—A large
quantity of Bees' Wax has been offered at auction, of which 300
bales and 14 brls of yellow or unbleached Cuba sold at 5s for in-
ferior to per cwt. and 20 bales bleached at .4'9 lOs per cwt. duty.
paid.—Quercitron Bark continues in very limited request.—Hides.
Some considerable sales of, salted Monte Video have been made by
private at fair rates, and East India Kips sold briskly by auction at
full prices ; the sales comprise 1070 dry Carthagena at 74d for sound,
100 New Orleans at 6*d, 11,000 salted Monte Video Ox at 40 to 4ad,
370 Cow at 4fd, 370 West Indla at 41d to 51d, 30,000 East India
Kips at 104 d to 12*d for good dry salted. 84d to 10d for Ist rubbed,
did to 7d for 2nd rubbed, Sad to gad for ordinary dry salted and
brined, 7d to 84d for Ist rubbed, 50 to 7d for 2nd rubbed, lad for
sound dry, and sfd to aid for rubbed, 300 Calcutta Buffalo at 41c1 to
sd, and 957 Manilla, 2nd class, at3acl to 31d per ib ; also 18,000 New-
foundland Seal Skins at 4s 2d to 4s 3d for blue backs, and is 6d to
Is 9d each for small skins.—The Tobacco market continues very
dull ; the sales this week are about 50 hhds.
For Brimstone there has been an improved demand, which has
been met freely by the holders, and consumers have purchased to
the extent of 400 tons, at the full prices annexed.—No sales worthy
of notice are reported in Sumac, Argols, or Cream of Tartar.—
There has been rather more inquiry for Madders and Madder Roots,
and some small parcels of each have found buyers.—Olive Oil kas
found more ready sale than for some weeks past, but the general
run of prices has been rather below those of last week; the total
sales have reached about 100 tons. about one-half of which has been
of Portugal descriptibns, at .'46 for good, and proportionately lower
rates for inferior qualities.—A small cargo of about 60 tuns Pale
Seal Oil has been disposed of this week at .e 26 to .e 26 5s from the
quay; Cod Oil is in limited request at the quotations.—ln Linseed
Oil but little-has been done; Pale Rape continues very dull of sale,
and offered rather lower.—The extensive arrivals of Palm Oil this
week have depressed the market, and some business has been done
at rather lower prices, but which have in few instances transpired,
and the annexed quotations are for the present almost nominal.—
Some extensive contracts have been made for Oil of Turpentine
at rather under the quotations.—Hemp is taken only in small par-
cels by the Ropers, as they are now looking for fresh imports.—ln
Flax no sales reported.—There is a good demand for Tallow, at im-
proving prices.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 26.
There has been a good demand throughout the week, both from
the Trade and Exporters, and, although for the last day or two
it has been rather more freely met by holders, prices have gradually
advanced, and American are id to td, and Brazil and Surat id per
lb higher than on Friday last, at which advance the market has
closed firm. Exporters have taken 3500 American, 130 Pernambuco,
170 Maranham, 200 Surat, and Speculators 5500 American.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON
From the lgth instant, to this day, inclusive.

Prices paid
in the week.

IMPI
This Wk.

IRTS
this year