The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-17 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MARCH 13.

There is still a good demand for Sugar, with but a limited supply
at market, and the sales are therefore confined to 500 hhds. B.P. at
full prices. 1200 bags Mauritius have been disposed of at 68s 6d,
and 2200 bags Bengal at tips 6d to 70s 6d per cwt. In Foreign Sugar
no transactions of consequence. The demand for Bonded Refined
continues active, and extensive sales of Loaves, Cruseed, Bastards
and Treacle have been made atthc quotations.—The supply of Mo-
lasses continues limited, and the sales are confined to a small par-
cel of Barbadoes, at 37s per cwt.—Coffee. No public sales of B.P .
having been brought forward, little business has been done ; prices
remain without alteration ; and of Foreign, 120 bags of Brazil only
have been sold, ordinary to good, at 43s 6d to 485, according to
quality, for shipment ; also a small lot, via the Cape, at 58s per cwt.
—A small lot of Trinidad Cocoa sold at 63s per cwt ; 50 bags
Pimento at 31d, and 200 bags black Pepper at 4d to 4ad per lb.—
Nothing done in Ginger.—Rice is in fair demand, and 2300 bags
East India have been sold, at 14s 3d to 14s Gd per cwt. for middling
white Bengal.-30 puns of middling Demerara Rum have been sold
at 4s 10d to 5s Bd, a few hhds of good Jamaica at 6s, and 100 hhds
of East India, 12 per cent. O.P at 13s 6d per gallon.
The only transactions that have taken place in Tea have been in
common and good Congous, at 2s 5d to 2s 6d, cash ; the market
to-day is in a very unsettled state, and our quotations may be con.
sidered nominal.
Indigo. About 20 chests Bengal and Bombay Fig have been
taken at former rates. The public sales this week have comprised
874 chests Shell Lac ; 30 chests Lac Dye ; 50 bales Safflower ; 50
bales Senna ; 274 bags Stick Lac ; 8 hhds Tincal, and '260 bags Cutch ;
of which the following found buyers, viz. 715 chests Shell Lac, at
35s 6d to 48s 6d for solid block, and 44s 6d to 86s for ordinary liver,
free, to fine orange ; such extensive sales present a new feature in
this market, particularly, as, although the prices were irregular,
upon the whole, they ranged something above the previous cur-
rency; 8 hhds Tincal realized 545, 50 bales Senna 23d to 2id, 10
chests Lac Dye gad, and 260 bags damaged Cutch 24s to 26s dd.--
The market for Nitrate of Soda has ranged from 17s lid, in the early
part of the week, to 18s, and latterly Ips has been paid, and this
price is now required ; the sales are about 100 tons at these rates.—
About 1200 bags Saltpetre have been taken at 24s to 255 6d.
Dyewoods. For Logwood the demand has been moderate; from
the very reduced stock of Campeachy, holders have obtained au
advance of 103; the sales are 25 tons at 411 10s, 60 tons Jamaica
and Honduras at 48 to 48 5s per ton. The sales of Fustic arc
trifling ; a few tons Cuba at 410, and 30 tons Tampico at 47 ; 10
tons of Red Sanders Wood have been taken at 48 to 48 5s per
ton.—A parcel of 300 brls Turpentine was sold on Monday at 125 6d ;
the market is rather dull, although previous prices are fully sup-
ported.—No sales or alteration in Tar.—At the close of last week
350 brls of Montreal Pot Ashes were sold at 24s to 24s 3d ; some few
small parcels of Pearls have brought 2gs 3d per cwt.—There are no
sales of sowing Flaxseed to report this week, but of East India Lin-
seed, for crushing, some small parcels have been disposed of, at 42s
to 42s 6d per quarter.—Cloverseed is very scarce.—Hides. An ad-
vance of id per lb. has been obtained on the best qualities of salted
Monte Video, and some extensive sales have been made at sid to
to sad for good Ox, 5d for good Cow, and at proportionate rates for
ordinary quality; 200 salted New York are also reported at 4id per
lb.—There has been rather more doing in Tobacco. and the sales
reach 200 hhds; comprising 30 for Ireland, 25 for Scotland, 30 for
Export, 50 Virginia leaf for re-sale, and the remainder, or 65 hhds,
to the Trade. In prices there is no change.
Rather more inquiry has appeared for Brimstone, which has been
met freely by the few holders of the stock here, which (exclusive of
what is held by the Company) is reduced to a moderate compass ;
the sales have been about 200 tons.—The business done in Sumac
has been confined to small lots of Sicily at 133 6d. of Verona at 7s,
and of coarse ground Trieste at 88 3d per cwt.-6 casks of flag An.
natto were sold at Is per lb.—Nothing worthy of notice has been
donedn Argots or Cream of Tartar.—A small parcel of good Smyrna
Valonia, sold by auction, brought .tig, and of fin Camatina
Camatina
424 2s 6d per ton.—For French Madders and Roots theft has been
some little inquiry, and a few sales have taken place. For Dutch
Madders there is at the moment no demand.—Qu ercitron Bark is
dull, and small parcels sold at 13s to 13s pd, according to quality.
—Olive Oil has been in limited request, chiefly owing to the small
stocks remaining on hand ; but very full prices have been obtained
for the few sales which have been effected.—Fish Oils are without
alteration; the demand for all descriptions continues on the most
limited scale.—A moderate inquiry appears for Rape and Linseed
Oils, at the annexed quotations.—Palm Oil. The great increase n
the demand noticed in our last, was followed up in the early part'of
the week by some further extensive transactions, and an advance
of lOs per ton upon last week's prices has been established; the
sales amount to 1400 tons, chiefly at 437, although 438 are said to
have been given for some few trifling lots ; the excitement having
subsided, the market may now be considered steady at 437 to
437 106 per ton.—Oil of Turpentine is still dull at our quotation,
notwithstanding the advance in the raw material.—A little more
inquiry has appeared for Hemp, but no business of importance has
been transacted. 250 bales Jute are reported at 410 105 to 411 lOs
per ton.—Some inquiry has also taken place for Flax, and 50 tons
Archangel sold at the quotation.—For Tallow the demand is rather
more limited, but for small parcels of yellow candle 6d advance
upon last week's prices has in some instances been realized ; to-
day however in consequence of less favourable accounts from Lon-
don, the market may be considered a shade easier.