The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

LIVERIOOL COLONIAL MARKET, SEPT. 18

Sugar.—There is only a limited demand, and the sales during the
week are confined to 200 hhds. B. P., at rather lower prices, par-
ticularly for the good and fine descriptions. Bengal are also rather
dull, and have partaken of the same same decline, at which about
1100 bags have been taken by the Grocers. Nothing done in
Mauritius. Foreign Sugar.—The sale are confined to 80 cases and
100 barrels of Brazil, and a Small lot of Siam at former prices.
Bonded Refined.—No sales of Crushed or Loaves ; 70 puns Treacle
taken at las 3d to 14s 6d. The inquiry for Molasses is extremely
limited, and the only sales to notice are 70 puns of Demerara and
Tortola, at the quotations, and for 80 puns of Cuba and Porto Rico,
upon which the high duty has been paid, the extreme rate of 48s
per cwt. has been obtained, and the quality being very fine.
Coffee.—There has been a very good demand for Plantation, and
the sales comprise 250 casks of Jamaica ; ordinary qualities brought
fully former rates, whilst middling sorts and the finer descriptions
sold with much briskness, and realii.ed an advance, in most
instances, of 4s per cwt. 240 bags of Mocha. of very common
quality, sold at y2s to 94s per cwt. No sales of Foreign. 180 bags
of cocoa have been disposed of at 50s 6d to 52s for Trinidad, and
43s to 54s per cwt. for Grenada ; 120 bags good Bengal Ginger at
20s, and 230 bags Malabar at 16s per cwt. ; 120 bags Pimento at 3d
and 150 bags black Pepper at 4d per lb. 30 tces. of fine Carolina
Rice are reported at 225, in bond, and 20 tees. at 36s per cwt., duty
paid. The business in Rum is limited to a small parcel of middling
Demerara, 32 per cent. 0. P.; 5s 9d per gallon.

Tea.—There has been a good demand, and a fair business has
been done at last week's prices, the market closes quiet, but firm.

A few chests East India Indigo have been taken, at steady prices•
596 slabs Banca Tin, at auction, brought 75s 6d. 130 bags Java
Turmeric sold at 16s, and 12 bales ordinary Bengal Safflower at 70s.
The demand for Saltpetre is good, but it is firmly held; the sales
are about 700 bags, at 25s for low, and 28s 6d to 29s for good quality.
About 300 bags of Nitrate of Soda has been taken at the quotations.

Dyewoods.—The sales are 250 tons Campeachy Logwood at
9 10s, 100 tons St. Domingo and Jamaica at .e 7 5s to les ; 75
tons Cuba Fvstic at £9 5s to .elO ;40 tons St. Domingo at 8 los ;
and 70 tons Lima Nicaragua Wood at 158 to .el 4 10s per ton.
The sales of Turpentine have been rather more extensive than
usual, amounting to 3000 barrels, at 12s to 12s 4d per cwt. For
American Tar there is a brisk demand, and at a public sale of 1000
barrels, although 17s was accepted for 100 barrels, the remaining
900 barrels brought 17s ed to 18s. There has been less disposition
to buy Pot Ashes, and the market has consequently become duller,
but 278 has been given for a few small parcels of the new imports,
and there are no sellers under that price. Pearl Ashes are in very
limited demand, at 29s to 29S 3d per cwt. Hides.—The public sales
of Friday went off briskly, and the whole sold at full prices, as
follows :-1350 dry salted Ceara at fifid to 61d, 300 Pernumbuco
heated at 51d to 6d, 430 Lima at 71d, 3350 dry Valparaiso 84c1 to
84d, 410 Lima at na, 1680 salted New South Wales at 4d, 157
Mobile at 41d; 16,000 East India Kips, at 124 d for sound dry salted,
lad to inkifor Ist rubbed, and 81c1 to Bid for second rubbed, gd to
10d for sound brined and dry, 84d to 81d for is rubbed, and 7 to 74d
for second rubbed, and 270 dry salted Buffalo at 6d to 64d per lb for
sound ; some considerable sales of salted Monte Video have also
been made at 5d to 51-d per lb. About 40 bales Horse Hair are re-
ported, sid to 94d for short, and 114 d to 114c1 per lb for fair mixed.
Tobacco. The sales this week amount to 130 hhds.. and would have
been considerably more han our market afforded a proper selection ;
none of the recent imports from Virginia are yet on sale, bat are
now in course of sampling, and are expected to open at prices con-
siderably above our quotations ; the quality is by no means so fine
as was expected.