The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-13 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JULY 9

Sugar.—The demand has been general and extensive for all des-
criptions, and the sales of B.P. reach 1500 hhds., at rather higher
prices. 4500 bags Bengal have also been disposed of, chiefly at 68s
to 72s 6d for good to very fine white, and 45s to 46s for Khaur,
together with 4600 bags Mauritius, at 60s to 65s for middling to fine
yellow, and 688 for a small lot fine white. Foreign.—The Refiners
have come forward and bought freely; the sales consist of about
240 cases Bahia, at 17s 6d to las 3d for brown, and 21s to 225 gel for
very ordinary to fair white, 10.200 mats Manila, averaging lgs 6d
for good brown to good yellow, and 1330 boxes Havana, at lgs for
brown, and 20s 6d to 22s 6d for middling to good yellow. Bonded
Refined.—Little doing in Crushed or Loaves; 300 puns. Treacle
sold at 13s 6d per cwt. The sales in Molasses consist of upwards
of 800 puns., at 24s for good new Demerara, from the quay, 25s 6d
for Trinidad, 27s gd for Antigua from the quay, and 280 per cwt. for
Barbadoes in warehouse. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation amount
to 100 casks of Jamaica, chiefly of good to fine descriptions, for
which sorts there continues a steady demand. No sales of Foreign.
Nothing done in Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento; but 250 bags black
Pepper sold at 32d to 4id per lb. Rice.—A small lot of fine
Carolina sold at 365. No sales of Bengal. In Rum, about 100
puns. Demerara, 24 to 32 per cent. 0. P., have been sold at 3s 4d to
3s 10d, 60 puns. Bengal at Is 3d proof, and a few pipes Havana, 12
U. P., at Is Id per gallon.
Tea..—There has been a very good demand, and prices have im-
proved Id to 2d on most descriptions; holders are very firm, and
not inclined to sell at this advance.

The public sales of East India and other Drysaltery Producc
brought forward on the 7th inst. were considerable ; the following
were put up at auction, viz. 8 chests Bengal and 65 serous Caracca
Indigo, 240 chests Shell Lac, 4d do. Lac Dye, 126 do. Gum Arabic,
11 do. Guns Olibanum, 520 bags Terra Japonica, 114 do. Bombay
Cutch, 167 cases Mother-of-Pearl Shells, 307 bags Castor Seed, 353
do. Linseed, 1300 do. Safflower Seed, 340 pockets Seed Lac, 100
boxes Cassia Lignea, 178 bales Senna, 92 bags Pearl Sago, and 340
bags Sago Flour. For the Indigo, and many other articles, there
was scarcely a bidding, and the sales effected were, with the ex-
ception of East India Linseed, at lower prices generally, and consist
of 1 chest Bengal Indigo at 4s 4d, and 10 serons Caracca at 4s 9d
ss, 236 chests Shell Lac at 335 to 555, 2 chests Lac Dye at Sid, 141
chests Gum Arabic, sound at 38s to 455, damaged at Ss to 435, 60
bags Terra Japonica at 17s 61:1 to 185, 28 bales Bengal Safflower at
755, 700 bags Safflower Seed at 365, 325 bags Linseed at 49s 6d,
30 bags Bengal Turmeric at 205, 17 cases Mother-of-Pearl Shells at
12s to 21s 6d, and 110 bags Pearl Sago at 16s to 19s. Tbere has
been a fair demand for Saltpetre, and the sales are about 1600 bags,
at 26s 6d to 29s per cwt.
Dyewoods.—The sales of Logwood are 160 tons Campeachy at
48 12s 6d to £9. and 200 tons St. Domingo and Jamaica at 45 7s tid
to 46 lOs; 100 tons Spanish Fustic have brought 44 5s to 45, 20
tons Cuba 49 los to .elO ; so tons Barwood 45 155, and 150 tons
Sapan Wood 410 15s to 412 per ton. There are no sales of Tur-
pentine reported; but 1000 barrels American Tar have been sold at
the reduced price of 12s 6d to I3s yd. The demand for Montreal
Pot and Pearl Ashes is very limited, at the quotations. Hides.—
East India Kips are dull, and at the public sale of last Friday only
400 sound dry sold at 7d, and 1100 Buffalo at 4id to 4d ; about 3000
salted Monte Video Ox have been sold at 4d, 800 dry Buenos Ayres
at 7d for sound, and 250 dry salted at 5P per lb. Tobacco has
been in more general demand than for some weeks past, and the
sales are nearly 200 lihds., including 70 for export and 40 for
Ireland. The market is now steady at the quotations.
There has been a good inquiry for Brimstone this week, and a
large business would have been done, but as holders are asking an
advance on previous prices, the sales are limited to 200 tons. The
sales in Sumac consist of 200 bags Oporto (all faults) at 6s 6d to 7s,
and 100 bags Verona at Is 9d per cwt. Argols have been more in
demand; 22 casks Portugal are reported at 28S to 335, 10 casks red
Naples at 328 6d, and 12 casks white at 37s 6d to 38s per cwt.
A few bags Turkey Galls have also been disposed of, at 62s per cwt.
Madders and Roots continue dull, and no sales effected. Small
sales of Quercitron Bark are reported at the quotations. Olive
Oil continues in demand ; the sales are 100 tuns, chiefly Malaga,
at 457 lOs per tun. About 80 tuns pale and slightly coloured Seal
Oil have been sold, off the quay, at 430 5s to 431 per tun; in
other Fish Oils no sales have transpired. Some small sales of
pale Rape Oil have beep effected at 465, and of Linseed Oil at 30s 6d
per cwt. Oil of Turpentine is dull of sale, and without alteration
in price. Palm Oil.—The demand has been checked in the last few
days by some little advance in price being required, which, however,
has been obtained in few instances, and for small parcels only;
the sales of the week amount to about 280 tons. at 433 lOs to
434, but 433 lis has been refused for arrival. No business re-
ported in Baltic Hemp or Flax. 87 bales Sunn Hemp sold at 419,
and a few bales of Jute at 414 los per ton. Tallow.—The market
is pretty steady, and Petersburg yellow Candle brings 48s, but the
demand has been confined chiefly to South American, of which 400
pipes and 500 serons have found buyers during the week, at 39s for
and inferior sorts, up to 44s for fine; and about 150 skins and a few
casks of Danube Tallow were sold at 46s 6d per cwt. from the ship.
side.