The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-24 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, SEPT. 20.

Sugar.—ln consequence of the dull accounts of the London mar-
ket, the demand continues very limited, and the sales of B. P..
which are under gOO hhds., have been made in some instances at
rather lower prices. There is only a small supply of Bengal, and
1000 bags have been taken' at 67s 6d for low, up to 708 6d for fine
white. There has been a fair inquiry for Foreign Sugar, and 63
cases,low and middling white Brazil have been sold at 23s to 26s
per cwt.—There is a good inquiry for Molasses, and about 200 puns.
have been sold, chiefly Demerara and Antigua, at 34s for the for.
mer, and 36s for the latter, from the quay.—Coffee. There is a steay
demand for Plantation, and the sales comprise 130 casks of Jamaica,
which brought full prices. Nothing done in Foreign.—There are
no transactions in Cocoa.-500 bags Bengal Ginger sold at 18s per
cwt., a small lot of Pimento at 3id, and 300 bags black Pepper at
4d to 4fd per lb.-20 tces. of dressed Carolina Rice are reported at
40s per cwt., duty paid, and 230 bags of good Bengal, chiefly at
15s 3d per cwt. in bond.—Rum continues in good request, and
200 puns. have been disposed of; common Leewards, 2 per cent.
0. P., at 3s 9d, Demerara, 28 to 38 per cent. 0. P., at as I Id to 6s 6d,
and Jamaica at fis 6d per gallon.
The public sales of Indigo brought forward last week consisted
of 363 chests East India and 387 serons of Spanish; of the former
only about 90 chests sold, and at very irregular prices ; subse-
quently, however, several parcels were taken at rates not obtain-
able by auction ; altogether, 206 chests sold, at 3s lid to 7s for Ben-
gal and Oude, 4s 6d to 4s 9d for Madras, 4s 6d to is 5d for Manilla,
and 2s 6d to 2s gd per lb for Fig Indigo, from Bombay; the Spanish
nearly all sold at very full rates ; viz., Guatimala at Is to 6s 6d, and
Caracca at 3s 6d to 5s 9d per lb, in bond.—By private treaty the
following goods have been disposed of:—viz., 20 chests Lac Dye
at sad to lOid ; a similar quantity of Shell Lac at previous rates ;
40 bales Munjeet at 14s; 6 serons silver Cochineal at 5s sd; 45 bales
Bengal Safflower at 11.6 lOs; 10 tons Kutch at 30s; and 80 bags
Terra Japonica at 25s per cwt.—Nitrate of Soda has realized 15s 9d.
—The sales of Saltpetre are confined to a few hundred bags.
Dyewoods.—The demand for Logwood has been steady, and prices
have advanced a trifle ; 200 tons of Campeachy sold at .elO lOs to
.elO Its 6d, and 130 of Jamaica at ~tv 5s to 12s 6d; of Fustic,
15 tons of Cuba brought .elO lOs to .411, and 250 of Spanish £6 5s
to .t 6 6s 96; some small parcels of Gaboon and Angola Barwood
sold at the quotations; nothing repotted in other kinds.—The de-
mand for Turpentine continues regular and extensive, and the sales
amount to 7000 or 8000 brls., at Ils 3d to lls Bd.—Nothing new In
American Tar.—The market for Pot and Pearl Ashes has been de-
pressed by the peremptory sale by auction of 100 brls.' which were
sold at 24s 3d for the former, and 28s 6d for the latter, but the mar-
ket has since recovered itself, and 25s and 29s have been realized
for small parcels.—Quercitron Bark continues in fair demand, at
former prices; 60 casks coarse ground New York sold at 14s 6d per
cwt.—Hides. The market continues steady, but there are no sales
of moment to report.—Tobacco. The sales, so far this month,
amount to 56g hhds., of which 54 were taken for Ireland, 169 for
home use, and 346 for exportation.
There continues to be a good demand for Brimstone, the sales of
the week having amounted to about 500 tons, at full prices.—For
the recent arrivals of new Sumac there has been a fair demand, at
previous rates.—Argols and Cream of Tartar have been in fair re-
quest.—Madders have found sale more readily than for some time
past, and at some improvement in value.—Madder Roots are also
more inquired for.—The principal part of the blue Galls remaining
in this market have been disposed of at 74s to 78s per cwt.—The
business done in Olive Oil his again been considerable, and with a
further tendency to improvement in prices ; the sales of the week
have amounted to about 150 tuns, chiefly in Portugal descriptions,
at .e5O to .e 52 per tun, and Galipoli at £57 per tun. —Seal Oil con-
tinues steady ; about 30 tuns pale have been sold at e 29, and some
parcels of straw and brown in proportion.—Cod Oil is more in-
quired for, but there is little in the hands of reporters.—No altera-
tion in Seed Oils ; but Linseed is in good demand.—Holders of Palm
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Oil have submitted to rather lower prices, and some large transac-
tions for forward delivery have taken place, at about our quotations
for early arrival, and 208 to 30s per ton lower for later periods; some
inquiry has appeared for export.—ln Oil of Turpentine no alters-
tion.—The market for Hemp continues steady, and about 80 tons
Petersburgh clean have been sold at .t3B ss; some small sales of
Manilla have been made at -t`29, and 50 bales Sunn at £l5 lOs per
ton.—Petersburgh yellow candle Tallow has been in fair demand
during the week at 50s to 50s 6d, and small parcels have brought
51s ; about lao pipes Monte Video Tallow sole at 44s 6d to 45s gd
per cwt.