The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-29 00:00:00

ffiarkets.

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, SEPT. 25

Sugar.—There has been a limited demand, but holders having
submitted to a decline of Is per cwt., the sales amount to 450 /aids.
B. P., at this reduction. In East India or Mauritius no sales re-
ported. Foreign.—There has been a fair inquiry this week, both
for refining and export ; the sales are 240 cases and 260 brls. of
Brazil, at 213 to 22s for hrown, and 235 to 26s for ordinary to good
white ; a. cargo of white Maceio has also been sold, afloat, at :25s 6d
per cwt. deliverable in ,the :Mediterranean. Bonded Refined.—
Some sales of Crushed have been made at 33s 64, which is the
London pi ice ; Treacle is in less request. Nothing done in Molasses.
Coffee.—Of Plantation no sales are reported; 450 bags Rio (via
Cape) were taken for export at 41s 6d to 41s yd per cwt. Nothing
done in Cocoa or Ginger. 150 bags ordinary Pimento sold at 3d,
and a small parcel of black Pepper at 4d to 44d per lb. The busi-
ness in Rum amounts to 110 puils.,chieflyiDenierara,. 10 to 38 per
cent. 0. P., at Is 8d to 6s 4d, and Jamaica, of good fine quality, at
6s 3d to 7s per gallon.
Tea.—There has been a good demand for Congous and Twankays,
and a fair business has been done at last week's quotations.
The public sales of East India articles, held en the 23rd inst., con-
sisting of 600 chests Shell .Lac, 200 of Lac Dye, 300 bags Cinch,
and bOO of Turmeric, went off with fair spirit. Of the Shell Lac
only 400 chests sold, at 33s Mid to 48s for liver and 67s lid to 75s for
fair to good orange. No bidders for the Lac D 5 e nor Cntch, but a
small parcel of the latter sold at 20s, and the Turmeric at 21s to 301
per cwt. About 35 chests Bengal Indigo have been disposed of at
the quotations; 40 bags of East India Galls at 665, and 12 chests of
Gum Arabic at 42s to 42s 6d. There is still a fair inquiry for
Saltpetre, and 530 bags sold, chiefly at 28s per cwt., and 85 tons of
Nitrate of Soda, the price not transpired.
Dyewoods.—The sales of Logwood arc 300 tons Campeachy at
£8 15s to •"9 tos' a parcel of interior at £B, a few tons St. Domingo
and Honduras at £7 Iffs ; 50 tons Cuba Fustic at £9 17s 64, 150
tons Savanilla at X 5 5s to .W 5 10; and a small parcel of Lima
Nicaragua Wood at £l4 to ie.4 iOs per ton. The demand for
Turpentine is regular, and the different parcels are taken by the
Trade as soon as landed ; 900 to 1000 brls. have been sold, at lls 5d
for old, and at 12s per cwt. for new. A cargo of 2330 brls. of
Stockholm Tar has been sold at advanced rates. The sales of
Ashes are confined to a few small parcels of new Montreal Pot,
at 27s to 275 6(1, and of l'earl at 295 lid to 30s per cwt. Hides.—
About 30,000 East India Kips were brought to auction last Friday,
and sold at full rates for the quality ; the sound dry salted r4izeil
13d to 13)d, Ist rubbed 1C id to 111 d, and '2nd rubbed 71d tts Sd,
sound dry and brined tticl to 10(1, Ist rubbed 7,7,(1 to 81d, and 2nd
rubbed &id to 7,1 d per lb; goo dry salted Paraiba also brought 64d
-to 61d, and y-iii salted Monte Video 5d to 54d per lb. Tobacco has
been in good and general demand, and the sales of the week 720
of which about 820 were for Ireland, 70 for exportation, 30
for re-sale, and remainder to the Trade, chiefly new Kentucky
stemmed, at 84 to tild ; the new Virginia leaf rule generally from
6d to 74d ; little new Virginia stemmed yet sold.
No change has occurred in the state of the market for Brimstone,
the demand continues altogether confined to orders for immediate
consumption, and the holders maintain th.eir asking prices firmly.
Small sales have been made in Sicily Sumac a shade lower : 200 bags
of Verona are reported at 6s yd per cwt: Only a limited business
has been done in Argols and Cream of Tartar. About 50 bales of
Persian Berries have been disposed of at full prices. Some public
sales of Valonia have been attempted, but the demand remaining
limited, the whole was withdrawn. There still continues a good
demand for Madders and Madder Roots; the sales reported in the
former are 15 casks French and 25 casks Dutch, at previous prices :
100 bales French Roots at 44s per cwt., and 100 bales Turkey at
extreme rates. In Quereitron Bark no sales are reported. Olive
Oil has been in good request, owing to the extensive sales of some
previous weeks having supplied the Trade so.fully : prices are very
buoyant, and even a little higher, and the sales of the week have
exceeded 50 tuns. The transactions in Fish Oils have been con-
fined to a few very trifling sales of Seal, at some little reduction in.
prices. In Seed Oils the only business reported consists of a few
lots of Linseed at 2ys per cwt. Oil of Turpentine Las been sold
for immediate delivery at 52s 6d, but the price is now declined;; for
spring deliveries there has been numerous inquiries, but the Dis-
tillers decline selling forward, except at a considerable advance.
In Palm Oil the sales have been very limited, and .t"3B lOs has been
accepted, although the principle holders refuse to accept less than
.e 39; 100 tons have also been sold for arrival, but the exact price
is not reported. A further advance has been realized for clean
Hemp, and upwards of 100 tons have been sold during the week ;
holders are now firm at .4443. 100 bales of Jute at rater inferior quality,
were disposed of at £l4 Its, and a few bales of Sunn Hemp at
.elB per ton. The Tallow market has been dull throughout the
week, and very few transactions appear to have taken place, but
• prices of yellow Candle continue pretty steady ; to-morrow about
300 casks South American Tallow will be offered by auction.