The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-03 00:00:00

Agaritets.

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, OCT. 30.
Sugar.—There has only been a very moderate demand, and the
sales of B. P. barely reach 350 hhds. ; but in prices there is no
alteration, as holders are very firm. 200 bags low Brown Bengal
hold at 728 per cwt., and 330 bags of Mauritius at former prices.
Foreign.—ln the early part of the week the demand was active, and
the sales amounted to 140 cakes Brazil, on the spot, at 243 6d for
white, and 215 6d per cwt. for brown, and a cargo of white, to arrive,
at 24s 6d per cwt. deliverable here ; within the last day or two the
the market has been quiet. Bonded Refined.—No sales reported.
No sales reported in Molasses. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation
comprise 200 cask of Jamaica; for the ordinary qualities the de-
mand is exceedingly limited. and prices of these sorts suffered a
decline of fully is per cwt. ; the fine descriptions, however, brought
previous rates. 330 bags Java were sold at the quotations, and 120
bags St. Domingo, via Cape, 445. Of Foreign, 120 bags Brazil
brought 428 per cwt. No transactions are reported in Cocoa,
Ginger, Pepper or Pimento. The sales in Rice consist of 26 tees.
Carolina at 30S, duty paid, and 600 bags of Bengal, chiefly at 13s 9d
to 14s per cwt. The business in Rum is limited to 140 puns.,
Leewards at 3s sd, and strong Demerara at 5s 10d to 6s per gallon.
Tea.—The market has been quiet during the week, but no altera-
tion► has taken place in prices ; holders are very firm, and anxiously
waiting for the next accounts from China.
Indigo.—Some public sales were brought forward yesterday. but
the Trade showing no disposition to buy, in the face of considerable
sales advertised for the 19th proximo, the bulk was withdrawn ; a
few chests, however, on which there appeared no limits, sold
moderately ; altogether, 22 chests Bengal sold at 48 4d to 5s 6d, and
20 chests Bombay Fig at 2s per lb. Sales of 20 chests orange Shell
Lac are reported at 70s to 755, 10 bales Bengal Safflowei at .e 6 iss.
550 baskets Terra Japonica at 2086 d, and 211 slabs Straits' Tin at
78s, Not a transaction to report in Saltpetre, but of Nitrate of
Soda nearly 200 tons sold at the quotations.
Dyewoods. The sales are 40 tons Campeachy Logwood at £lO,
40 tons inferior, indirect, at £9 158, 180 tons Jamaica and Honduras
at £7 to £7 10, and 160 tons Savanilla Fustic at £5 2s 6d to ..e5 lOs
per ton. The demand for Turpentine continues very regular, and
1100 brls. have been taken by the Trade at 11s led to 12s 3d. A
cargo of Swedish Tar has been disposed of at about previous prices.
There is a good inquiry for Montreal Pot Ashes, and the market
has rather improved; 300 to 400 brls. have been sold, principally
of old Ashes, but for the new import 27s 6d to 27s 9d has been
obtained, with a few at 28s. Pearl Ashes are so much neglected that
the quotations are almost nominal. Hides.—The market continues
steady, and the only sales to report are 2000 salted Monte Video Ox
at 5d to Sid per lb. Tobacco.—ln the state of our market no altera-
tion can be noticed; a fair business has been during the week, at
steady rates, and the sales, as made up for the month, reach 1500
hhds. ; of which 600 were Virginia leaf and 300 stemmed, 120
Kentucky leaf and 430 stemmed, with a few Marylands ; of these,
330 hhds. were taken for Ireland, 250 for export, 130 for re-sale, and
the remainder by the Trade, leaving our present stock 7350 hhds.
against 8550 same time last year.
This market for Brimstone continues in a languid state, and the
sales made from time to time for consumption, only in small parcels.
In Sumac no transactions worthy of notice have taken place. There
has appeared rather more disposition to sell Cream of Tartar, in
consequence of better supplies than of late ; small lots have brought
82s, and for 11 casks sos has been accepted. Argols dull of sale.
Of flag Annatto the sales of the week are about 25 casks, at Is to
Is id per lb. Nothing has been done this week in Valonia. The
demand for madder, as well as for Roots, is moderate, and only
small sales reported, In previous rates. In Quercitron Bark the sales
reported are about 80 hhds. Baltimore at 12s 6d to 13s. Only a
limited business has been done this week in Olive Oil, without the
least alteration in prices. A little more demand has been ex-
perienced for Cod and Seal Oil; about 50 tuns of the former have
been sold, chiefly at £27 10s, and small lots at £2B ; a few tuns
pale Seal have been sold at £3O los to £3l per tun. Pale Rape
and Linseed Oils continue in very limited demand, at the annexed
quotations. Oil of Turpentine has already maintained the advance
noticed last week; the price is 525. In Palm Oil, the sales this
week ale rather under 100 tons, at £37 to £37 5s per ton ; but all
from second hands ; no sales have been made for arrival. The
,itransactions in Hemp and Flax are very limtted, and for Baltic
Hemp prices have tendency to decline a little. Petersburg yellow
Candle Tallow has been in rather better demand this week, at a
trilling reduction in price, 53s 6d having in some instances been
accepted from the ship-side ; a few sales of Odessa have also been
effected at 53s 6d per cwt.