The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-03 00:00:00

Iflaritds.

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, AUGUST 30

The Sugar market has been rather dull this week, and the sales
are confined to 500 hhds B.P. without alteration in prices, holders
beigg very firm. There has been a good inquiry for Mauritius, and
730 bags have been taken by the Grocers, chiefly from 66s to 70s
for very fine ; 530 bags Bengal sold at the quotations.—The only
sale in Foreign Sugar is a parcel of 220 bags Manjlla, (all faults,)
which sold at steady prices.—Molasses continue in very good de-
mand, and the late arrivals, consisting of 560 puns. have been sold,
at 34s for Grenada, 34s 6d Trinidad, and 36s 6d for Barbados.—The
demand for Plantation Coffee has been rather extensive, and the
sales amount to 250 casks of Jamaica; clean ordinary and low mid-
dling qualities have sold at an advance of 2s. the finer sorts brought
full prices. 100 bags Java sold at sos 9d to 83s 6d, 50 tees. Brazil
61s to 61s 6d, and 60 bales of Mocha at 995, all admissible at 9d
duty. No sale of Foreign.—Nothing done in Cocoa or Ginger, but
100 bags black Pepper sold at aid to 44d per lb, and a small parcel
of Pimento at afd per lb.—The sales of Carolina Rice are limited,
at 40s for first quality, duty paid; East India commands full prices
nearly 3000 bags at auction having brought 13s 6d for low middling
to 15s and 15s 9d for fine Bengal, in bond.—There has been a better
inquiry for' Rum, and sales to the extent of 300 puns. have been
made, at 3s 9d to 4s for common Leewards, 5s for Demerara, 18 O.P.
up to 5s 10d for 29 O.P. and fine Jamaica 6s 2d to 6s 3d.
Small sales of Indigo continue to be made.—At public sale the
fallowing Goods were disposed of, viz. 182 packages Cowries at 52s ;
10 chests Guth Olibanum at 36; 8 chests Gum Animi at £6 Ss, 60
chests Gum Arabic at 51s 6d to 585 6d; 634 bags Turmeric at 28s to
36s 6d ; 13 chests Lac Dye at gad to 2s 3d, and a quantity of Rattans
at 2s 6d.—The sales of Saltpetre are confined to a few hundred bags.
There has been an increased demand for Logwood, and the sales
in Campeachy have been fully 600 tons, at £9 17s lid to £lO 10s,
and 50 of Jamaica at g 8 12s 6d to £8 17s 6d per ton; small sales
made in Cuba and Savanilla Fustic, without change; of Lima Nica-
ragua Wood, about 80 tons sold up to gl6 per ton for good, and 50
tons of Gaboon Barwood at £5 lOs; nothing reported in other sorts,
excepting 16 tons Sapan Wood, at £lO 2s 6d per ton.—The sales of
Turpentine have been confined to 500 to 600 brls. at 105 9d for or-
dinary old, to 12s 6d for good new.—Of Stockholm Tar 3500 brls.
have been sold from the quay, at about the quotations.—There has
been a good demand for Montreal Pot Ashes, and sales to some
extent have been effected at 24s 9d to 251; for Montreal Pearl Ashes
there is less inquiry, and 29s is not readily obtained.—There has
been rather more inquiry for Quercitron Bark, and about 60 hhds.
have been disposed of chiefly first quality of Philadelphia, at 16s.—
About 60 bales Cuba Bees' Wax have been sold at £8 per cwt. for
unbleached, and £9 lOs per cwt. for bleached, duty paid.—Nothing
done in Cloverseed or Flaxseed.—The Hide market continues steady
and prices firm, but the sales are confined to a few good salted
Monte Video Ox at 42d, and 1300 inferior East India Kips at 4d to
50 per lb.—The sales of Tobacco this month are 317 hhds. of which
Manufacturers have taken 179 ; 6o hhds have been taken for Ireland
and 78 for exportation ; in prices there is but little alteration. The
import of new Tobacco has this week been considerable.
At the close of last week, an animated demand took place fcr
Brimstone, in consequence of one of the largest consumers coming
into the market; a large business was done on Saturday last from
gll to gl 1 lOs per ton, and prices since have ruled from £ll 15s
to £l2. The total sales of the week, (including 400 tons to arrive
at £12,) have been 2400 tons, reducing the disposable stock to about
4000 tons.—No sales worthy of notice have been made in SUMAC,
Argols, or Cream of Tartar.—Madder RootS continue in fair request,
at full prices.—Madders are also in fair demand.—Some small par-
cels of Valonia, sold by auction, brought extreme prices.—Olive Oil
eontinnes in good demand, at prices tending to further improve-
ment; the sales of the week are estimated at upwards of 100 tuns
of all descriptions.—Some small sales of pale Seal Oil, to the ex-
tent of about 30 tuns, have been made at g 29; and a few trilling
sales of Cod, at a decline of 10s to 20s per tun.—Pale Rape Oil is
more inquired for, but no material advance can be noticed in the
price; Linseed Oil finds a ready sale at 26s 3d to 26s 6d.—A small
cargo of Palm Oil has arrived this week, which is to be warehoused
in expectation of better prices; the business doing is unimportant,
the Soap-trade being for the present pretty well supplied.—For Oil
of Turpentine the demand is limited, and some transactions are un-
derstood to have taken place' a shade under our quotations.—A lit-
tle more inquiry has appeared for Baltic Hemp, and some parcels
have been withdrawn from the market for an advance ; 56 bales
Manila sold at £25 2s 6d, and about 100 bales Jute at gll lOs per
ton.—ln Tallow we have to notice a decline of 2s per cwt. but an
extensive business has been done, particularly to arrive ; nearly
1000 casks have been sold, for September and October delivery, at
50s 6d down to 491 6d per cwt.