The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, OCT. 16

Sugar.—There has been a more general inquiry this week, am
the sales amount to 1000 hhds. B. P„ chiefly to the Grocers, at
former prices. 100 bags Bengal have also been disposed of at
875 6d for fine white, and 7600 bags Mauritius, principally of low
quality, at an average of about Bis per cwt. In Foreign no sales
reported. Bonded Refined.—This market is very quiet; 50 puns.
Treacle have been sold at 14s to 14s 6d per cwt. The only sales
that has been made in Molasses is a small parcel of inferior Antigua
at 445 per cwt. on the quay. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation have
been rather extensive, consisting of 230 casks of Jamaica. of
which a large proportion brought 150 s to 157 s 3d for fine middling
and extra fine qualities of favourite marks, being extreme rates.
fratils of good Mocha brought I2os, and 1230 bags Java were also
sold, at previous rates. Of Foreign, 350 bags brought 438 to 44s
for St. Domingo, and 40s to 43s for Brazil. 600 bags ordinary
Bengal Ginger sold at 14s per cwt., 100 bags Pimento at 3d, and
500 bags black Pepper at 4d to 4id per lb. No sales of Cocoa.
Rice —lOOO bags very fine Bengal have been sold at 15s 6d, 1600
bags at 13s 6d to 14s, and a parcel of dressed Carolina at 36s per
cwt. The inquiry for Rum is exceedingly limited; 50 puns.
Demerara are reported, 7 per cent. 0. P. at 3s 8d to 3s 10d. 31 to
34 0. F. at 5s 9d to 5s I Id, and a small parcel of underproof
Leewards at 3s 3d per gallon.
Tea.—The market has been firm throughout the week, but not

much. business done ; holders generally are looking for higher

rates.
For Indigo there has been a trifling inituiry, and a few chests
sold. Nothing reported in Shell Lac; and of Lac Dye, 10 chests
brought 10d per lb; 30 chests of East India Gum Arabic sold at 42s
to 525; 5 tons Turmeric at 31s, and some silver Cochineal at 41 4d,
and black at as tid per lb. In Saltpetre the sales arc confined to 300
bags, at 28s to 2gs, with small parcels of Nitrate of Soda at Igs 6d
per cwt.
Dyewoods.—The sales in Logwood have only been 80 tons
Campeachy, at .0 17s 6d to £lO, and 75 tons St. Domingo and
Jamaica at .47 5s to £7 15s; 40 tons Cuba Fustic have brought .0
to .4'lo, 80 tons Spanish .44 15s to .t.'s 12s 6d; 10 tons Lima
Nicaragua Wood £l4 lOs per ton ; 80 tons solid have also been
sold, but the price is not reported. The Turpentine market is
without alteration in price, but no sales have been effected. Of

Swedish Tar, 1000 ba'rrels have been sold within the range of the
quotations. The sales of Montreal Ashes continue to be very
limited, at 27s 6d for new Pot, and at 298 6d for new Pearls.
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Hides.—Some considerable sale; of salted Monte Video Ox and
Cow have been made at 5d for inferior, to Sid and Sid for good,
2660 dry and salted Ceara brought bid to 6d, 1060 wet salted Sid,
140 West India bid to did, and 400 dry Petersburgh Kips at llid
per lb. Tobacco.—The demand continues, the sales this week
reaching 500 hhds., the Trade, Irish Deals and Exporters having
purchased freely, a few Mids. have also been taken on speculation.
For Brimstone the demand continues in the same unsatisfactory
state as for some time past; the sales are for immediate consumption,
and amount to about 100 tons only. All descriptions of Sumac
have been in limited request. Nothing worthy of notice has been
done in Argols, Cream of Tartar or brown Tartar. Small parcels
of flag Mulatto continue to be saleable at is to is Id per lb, at
which rates about 20 casks have been disposed of. The market for
Valonia has been excedingly dull and depressed ; at a public sale of
150 tons, only 60 of superior Smyrna were disposed of, at 418 les
to £l2 17s (id, and 35 tons fine Camatina at £l9 los to per
ton. There are no sales to notice in Madder or Madder Roots, or
in Quercitron Bark. 2000 pockets East India Linseed are reported
Lis per quarter. There continues to be a steady demand for Olive
Oil; the chief sales of the week have been about 150 tuns of
Galipoli, with various small parcels, amounting to about 30 or 40 tuns
more, of Spanish, Corfu and Trieste, all at full prices. For Fish
Oils the market generally has been very dull; last week's advance
in pale Seal Oil has been maintained, but, except a sale of 50 tuns
old Oil, the price of which is not reported, the transactions have
been confined entirely to retail lots; a few tons of Cod Oil brought
428 5s per ton. Pale Rape and Linseed Oils continue in the
most limited demand, at former prices. In Oil of Turpentine
there is not the least alteration to notice ; 52s is with difficulty
obtained, except for limited quantities. Palm Oil.—Notwithstand-
ing the principal holders continue firm, and are still looking for
higher prices, the market has again rather given way ; the sales this
week comprise about 150 tons in small lots, chiefly at .t": 151 per ton.
Hemp and Flax continue steady, and for some retail parcels
Petersburgh Hemp a further advance of 105 per ton has been
realized ; in East India sorts the only sales reported are
50 bales Manilla at £29 Is, and 50 bales Suun at £2O per ton.
Tallow continues in the same dull state as for some weeks past,
but holders appear disposed to await the demand with firmness,
and hardly any alteration can be remarked in prices since our last.
To-morrow, 147 pipes South American Tallow will be offered by
auction.