The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-04 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, APRIL 30

Sugar.—The market remains in the same unsettled state, and no
transactions whatever reported in B. P., but about 1200 bags of
Bengal and 800 bags of Mauritius have been taken by the Grocers,
without change in price. Foreign.—About 40 cases and 70 brls.
Brazil sold at rather lower prices. Bonded Refined.—Some small
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sales of Crushed have been effected at the quotations. Molasses.
—35 puns. Barbadoes are reported at 30s per cwt. Coffee.—The
sales of Plantation consist of ISO casks, at steady prices. A small

lot of good Java brought 64s 6d per cwt.; in other deScripl
sales worthy of notice. Nothing done in Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento ;
but 250 bags of Bombay Pepper have been disposed of at 3-id per lb.
A small parcel of fine Carolina Rice has been sold at 36s per cwt„
and nearly 4000 bags of Bengal from 12s 6d to 13s 3d per cwt.
Rum.—The Business consists of 80 puns. good and fine Demerara,
the price of which has not been allowed to transpire.
Tea.—The market has been quiet throughout the week, and prices
are without change.
In East India Drysaltery articles but trifling sales made beyond
120 chests of Shell Lac at 35s to 48s per cwt. 250 bags of Salt-
petre have been disposed of at 27s to 285 6d, 400 bags Nitrate of
Soda at 23s 6d to 245, with 100 tons to arrive, price not known.
Dyewoods.—The sales are 200 tons Campeachy Logwood at £9
to ..t'6 5, 250 tons Jamaica and St. Domingo at previous rates : a
a small parcel of Cuba Fustic at £lO, 5o tons Savanilla at
and 50 tons Gaboon Barwood at .e 7 per ton. There are no sales
of Turpentine reported, tint prices remain without alteration. A
parcel of 600 brls. Wilmington Tar has been sold at the quototions
Montreal Pot and Pearl Ashes are dull, and the sales are very
limited, though without any reduction of price. Hides.—There
has been more inquiry for salted River Plate, and and 11,000 have
been sold at 4d, with 6 to 71bs tare for Buenos Ayres Ox, 4d to Ofd
for Monte Video Ox, and tad to 43d, wit 41bs. tare, for Cow; about
10,700 East India Kips sold by auction last Friday, at rather better
prices; sound dry salted brouget 10d to 10id, first rubbed lid to
Sad, and 2nd rubbed 51d to 51d ; 3000 Buffalo are reported at 44d to
4id, 750 dry Buenos Ayres at 6jd to 74d per lb ; and 5800 Horse at
95 6d to les each for dry, and les 6d to 11s 5d for salted. Tobacco.
—The demand has not revived, only 170 hhds. having been dis-
posed of throughout the month; and of these 87 were for export.
The business has been so trifling, that prices have not been fairly
tested, but no doubt lower rates would be accepted for quantity.
There is no alteration to notice in the state of the market for
Brimstone. Sumac of all descriptions remains neglected. For.
Argots the demand is steady ; sales reported are 35 casks Portugal
from 30s to 31s 6d, and some parcels of white Bologna, in casess
at previous rates. Cream of Tartar is in fair request. No saler
reported in Berries or Aunato. A small parcel of Turkey Madde.
Roots sold at 53s tid, but no sales have taken place in Madders
50 hhds. Ist Philadelphia Quercitron Bark sold at les 6d per cwt. in
bond. For Olive Oil there has been a limited demand, but without
alteration in prices. The business in Fish Oils comprises a few
small sales of brown Seal and Southern Whale, at steady prices,
and few tuns of Cod at 426 to £26 5s per tun. Pale Rape Oil has
been sold at a decline of is per cwt., and Linseed Oil, in some
instances, at a similar recuction. Oil of Turpentine is inquired for
a little under 54s ; but the Distillers are firm, and few transactions
are reported. The sales of Palm Oil, on the spot, are this week
limited to about 60 tons, and £34 lOs to .e 34 15s ; but 200 tons, to
arrive, have been sold at nearly these rates. No sales to notice in
in Hemp or Flax, except 200 bales Jute at /5s per ton. The
demand for Tallow has within the last fews days rather subsided,
and Candle has been sold a trifle lower ; the highest price to-day is
48s 6d. A few pipes Monte Video, of fair quality, but rather soft,
sold at 41s Gd per cwt.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 30

The demand for Cotton, to-day, has been very limited,
and not more than 2000 bales have been disposed of at yester-
day's prices.
The sales of the week are only 11,300 bales ; of which, are
placed to speculation account, 800 American, with 550
American and 400 Surat; to export ; so that consumers have
taken less than 10,000 bales, a fact which speaks volumes for
the desperate state of trade.