The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-01 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, AUGUST 28

Sugar.—There has been an improved demand this week, parti-
cularly for brown and' middling descriptions, and an advance of
fully is per cwt. has been realized in prices. The sales consist of
650 lihds. B. P., 600 bags of Bengal and 1400 bags of Mauritius.
Foreign Sugar.—The sales this week are confined to 250 brls. of
brown Pernambuco, at 225 per cwt., and 1300 bags dry brown
Manilla at the same price. Bonded Refined.—Crushed is not much
inquired after, but the demand for Treacle continues very good,
and several parcels have been sold at I4s per cwt. free on board.
The only sale that has been made in Molasses is 70 puns. of Antigua,
in store, at 45s 3d per cwt. Coffee.—There continues a good de-
mand for Jamaica, but the sales are to a moderate extent, (the
quantity offering being limited,) comprising 100 casks Jamaica at
extreme rates, and 60 casks Eerbice and Demerara at the quotations.
Of Foreign, 65 casks and 450 bags fine ordinary La Guayra brought
49s per cwt. Nothing done in Cocoa or Pimento ; but 150 bags
ordinary Malabar Ginger sold at 13s 60, and a small parcel of
Jamaica at £7 per cwt. ; 65 tons of black Pepper are also reported
at 13Id to 4d per lb. The only sale- in Rice consists of 30 tees,
dressed Carolina at 365 per cwt. There has been a better inquiry
for Plantation Rum ; 100 puns. are reported at 3s 10d to 4s lid for
Demerara, 5 to 15 0. P. ; Ss -8d to 6s for 27 to 35, and 7s per gallon
for a small parcel of fine Jamaica.

Tea.—During the week the market has been rather quiet, but a
fair business has been done, a little under last week's rates..
In Indigo there is nothing to notice. At public sale and by
private treaty the following goods have sold, viz. 6 bales Bengal
Safflower, at 46s for ordinary, and .4'5 for middling quality; 13
serons ordinary silver Cochineal (Vera Cruz) at 49 3d to 49 4d; In
chests Lac Dye at 106 ; 140 chests Shell Lac at 50s to 57s 6d; 16
chests East -India Guns Arabic at 495; 10 cases Camphor at
.t'lo 12s 6d; 50 bags Cubebs at 50s 6d, and 71 cases Cocoa Nut Oil
at 459. to 469. There has been a good inquiry for Saltpetre, the
stock of which is reduced within a very narrow compass, and the
sales are about 1200 bags, at 27s to 295. Nitrate of Soda. Tran-
sactions to the extent of 1350 tons are reported, on the spot and
to arrive, at the lowest quotation for quantity, and the highest for
retail lots.

Dyewood.—There has been a fair-demand for all Dyewoods this
week ; the sales are 350 tons Campcachy Logwood at £9 7s 6d to
£9 15s, 150 tons Honduras and Jamaica at .t 7 28 6d to £7 as; 80
tons Savanilla Fustic at £5 105 to £5 15s, 100 tons Carthagena at
£4 10s, a few tons St. Domingo at £9, and 90 tons Cuba at £lO to
£lO los; HO tons solid Nicaragua Wood at £9 lOs to £l2, 30 tons
Limam Wood at £l4 lOs to £l5 12s lid; 10 tons Camwood at 425
per ton. The sales of Turpentine amount to about 900 brls., prin-
cipally at Its 4(1 to Its 5d for fair quality. Tar without alteration,
but in good demand. Montreal Pot Ashes have advanced 3d to 6(1
per cwt., 26s having been paid in some instances for the new im-
ports; 25s has been given for the brand of 1839. Pearl Ashes
are exceedingly dull at 30s, although that price has been obtained
for some parcels. Hides.—Several Parcels of dry Ox and Cow
Hides, suitable for export, were brought to auction last Friday, the
whole of which sold briskly at advanced rates; 4700 Valparasio
brought 7jd to 81(1, for sound dry and brined, lid to 71-d for wormed
and damp, 74d to nd for sound dry salted, and 6;;d to 7,ldfordamp ;
500 dry Bahia fild for sound, and 64d to ;id for wormed, 500 dry
salted, Lid for sound; 261 dry Grenada, lid for Ist class; 640 dry
and brined Savanilla, Bid for sound, and 7d to lid for let wormed
and damaged ; and 500 dry salted Bombay Kips 10Zd per lb. for
sound. Tobacco.—The sales during the month reach 250 Wats., of
which 95 were Virginia leaf and 150 stemmed, SO Kentucky leaf and
205 stemmed of these 50 Wads., Wela taken for Ireland, 120 for
export, and the remainder by Manufacturers. In prices there is
little alteration ; several parcels of recent imports have been sold,
and being of better quality than was remaining of the old, have
realized proportionately higher prices. The import for the month
has been 1500 hhds., but the stock is greatly deficient as compared
with previous years, being now 3100 hhds. against 8000 in 1839.

There continues to be a moderate consumptive demand for Brim.
stone, at steady prices ; the sales of the week' have been about 80
tons Several parcels of Verona and Trieste Sumac have been
offered at the public sales, but all withdrawn, there being no dis
position to bid. Sicily goes oft heavily,, and at barely sustained
prices. Rather more business has been done in Argols and Tartar ;
60 casks of Oporto Argol sole at 325, and parcels of Florence white
at 48s. Of Cream of Tartar the sales have been 10 to 13 casks,
including a parcel from Lisbon, sold at 70s, and fine Venetian at 82,
of brown Tartar about 13 casks, at 52s per cwt. A few casks
of flag Annato brought Is per lb, and about 100 sacks Turkey
Galls 6ls for white, up to 68s to 72s per cwt. for blue. Persian
Berries arc in fair request. There has not been much demand for
Madders or Roots, and the transactions are confined to small
parcels, at previous rates. 20 hhds. of Philadelphia Bark sold at
128 for 2nd, and 14s for Ist quality. There has been rather more
done in Olive Oil than for some weeks past, and prices have been
firmly supported; the principal sales have been in Spanish, of
which about 50 tuns have been taken, besides small parcels of
Trieste, Corfu and Leghorn, &c.; aim tuns Lisbon at £53 per tun.
In Fish Oils about 30 tuns pale Seal at :4'31 10s, 40 tuns Cod at
..t'27 les, and 10 tuns Southern Whale, of good quality, at -€2B, are
the only sales reported by private treaty ; about 95 tans Southern
Oil were offered to-day at public . auction, of which 20 tuns were
sold £27 los for second, and .e i 6 13s for third quality; the re-
mainder withdrawn. Seed Oils may be considered without altera-
tion ; for pale Rape the demand is limited, and Linseed has again
sold at .298 per cwt. Oil of Turpentine is dull of sale, without the
least change in price. About 360 Rape Oil (part for early arrival)
have been sold at £37 los to £37 12s 6(1, but -C3B is generally
demanded. 15 tons Pctersburgh clean Hemp have realized £4O
per ton, and 400 bales Jute .i'l2 10s ; for the latter article a good
inquiry continues. Tallow has remained steady, and in the early
part of the week new Petersburgh yellow Candle realized 545, but
the demand has since a little subsided; a few casks Trieste Tallow
were sold at 485, and some small lots of South American at the
quotations.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUGUST

The same quiet feeling which pervaded the market the past week
has continued throughout the present, and there is no particular
change to notice in the priceFrof American, excepting that the fair
and better qualities of Upland are more difficult of sale at previous
rates ; the common descriptions of Surat are id dearer; in other
kinds there is no alteration. Speculators have taken 1500 American,
and Exporters 000 American.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON.
Front the 21st instant, to this day, inclusive.

Prices paid rs►roxrs
in t/►c week. ThisWk .ithis year

SALES OR TILE WEEK