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

Alaritets.

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, OCT. 30.
Sugar.—There has only been a very moderate demand, and the
sales of B. P. barely reach 350 Mids.; but in prices there is no
alteration, as holders are very firm. 200 bags low Brown Bengal
hold at 72s 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 cases Brazil, on the spot, at 241 6d for
white, and 21s 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 3s per cwt. ; the tine 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 305, 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 55 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sales advertised for the 19th proximo, the bulk was withdrawn ; a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 cheats, however, on which there appeared no limits, sold
nioderately ; altogether, 22 chests Bengal sold at 4s 4d to 6s 6d, and
20 chests Bombay Fig at 2s per lb. Sales of 20 chests orange Shell
Lac are reported at 705 to 755, 10 bales Bengal Safliowe► at £6 13s.
550 baskets Terra Japonica at 2os 6d, and 211 slabs Straits' Tin at
785, 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 Log-wood at 110,
40 tons inferior, indirect, at 15s, 180 tous Jamaica arid Honduras
at .17 to .17 10, and 160 tons Savantlla Fustic at /5 2s 6d to ..e5 105
per ton. The demand for Turpentine continues very regular, and
1100 brls. have been taken by the Trade at lls 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 278 6d to 27s gd 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 sd 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
820, and for i i casks 80s has been accepted. Argots dull of sale.
Of slag Annatto the sales of the week arc about 25 casks, at Is to
is J d 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. I nQuercitron Bark the sales
reported are about 80 Mids. 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 127 10s, and small lots at 128 ; a few tuns
pale Seal have been sold at 130 les to 131 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 137 to 137 Is per ton ; but all
from second hands; no sales have been made for arrival. The
transactions in Hemp and Flax are very 'hatted, 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
trifling reduction in price, 533 6(1 having in some instances been
accepted from the ship-side ; a few sales of Odessa have also been
effected at 53s tid per cwt.