The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-21 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL

Sugars.—There has been only a very limited demand, and as
holders are not disposed to accept any lower prices, there are no sale,
of B. P. to report. 1000 bags Bengal have been taken at the quota-
tions. Nothing done in Mauritius, Foreign, Bonded Refined, or
Molasses. Coffee.—There is a good demand for Plantation, and
the sales are extensive, comprising 320 casks of Jamaica, at rather
higher rates ; 30 cask and 100 baks Demerara were sold at the
quotations ; also 400 bags Pedang and 70 Lags Rio, subject to 0d
duty, prices net reported. Nothing of moment done in Foreign.'
No sales reported iu Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento. A small lot of black'
Pepper sold 3fd per lb. Rice is in good request, and the stock in'
Importers' hands being small. 350 bags Bengal have been taken at
13s 6d for ordinary to 15s for good white. Rum is in fair request,
and about 120 puns. have been sold, chiefly fine Demerara, 28 to
38 per cent. 0. P., at 5s I 1 d to tis sd, with a parcel of common
Leewards at 3s 10d per gallon.

There has been more inquiry for Tea, and a good business has
been done in common Congous, Twankays, Imperial and Gun-
powder, at a shade higher than last week's prices.
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Several public sales of East India Drysaliery articles we held on
Wedneday last, but the chief part withdrawn. A few cheats of
Bengal Indigo found buyers at 4s Id to -58 sd, as also 17 serons of
Caracca at ad led to 4s ad an chests of Shell Lac sold at 44s to 475,
10 bales of Bengal Safflower at 70s to 80s, 20 chests of Olihanum
at 32S to 355, and 33 of Gum Arabic at steady prices. In con-
sequence of the large purchase of Nitrate last week, the holders
have again realised a further advance of Is tid to as, and the sales
al c about 200 tons. Of Saltpetre, 2600 bags sold at 25s to 285
per cwt: . _

Dyewoods.—The sales of the week ar 50 tons Campeachy Log-
wood, at .t 9 to d 9. 15s, 170 tons St. Domingo, Jamaica and
Honduras, at .e 7 10 to £8; 50 tons Cuba Fustieht £9 los to
.ClO as, 20 tons Savahilla at £5 15; 30 tons Lima Nicaragua Wood
,at £l4 to £l4 10s, 20 tons solid at 2, and a few tons of Camwood
at .W 24 lOs per toll. The sales of Turpentine have been rather ex-
tensive, amounting to 4700 brls., at I Is 6d to 12s, according to
quality. In Tar there are no sales reported. Montreal Pot Ashes,
branded 1829, have been sold in several instances at 24s 9d to 255;

but the price of the new import is not yet established. Small parcels
of Pearl Ashes have brought 3ls 6d per cwt. hides.—The only
sale by auction is one 600 salted New Yorks at 3Zd, but about 5000
salted Monte Video have been sold by private at 4/(1 to 4-id per lb.
Tobacco.—The sales have been about 170 hhds., of which 50 were
for Ireland, 50 on speculation, and the remainder to the Trade.
The market is now steady, and prices firm.
There is no change to notice in the Brimstone market, the
demand continues very limited ; the sales this week do not exceed
00 tons, at the quotations. Sicily Sumac moves off slowly ; 150

bags Verona have been disposed of at 6s 9d per cwt. Small sales
are reported in Cream cf Tartar at 80s, and Bologna white Argots
at 50 per cwt. There has been some little inquiry for Berries, and
a few bales Persian, middling quality, have been at .414 ss, and
Turkeys at Pus per cwt. A sale is reported in flag Annato at lld
per lb ; and 26 bales Galls, good sorts, were sold at 67s per cwt.
Nothing done in Madders or Roots. A few casks Quercitron Bark
reported at 13s. The business in Olive Oil is confined to a few tuns,
chiefly Trieste, at £55 to .e 56 per tun. In Fish Oils there are no
transactions of moment to report this week ; two more cargoes of
Seal Oil have arrived, the greater part of which had been sold pre-
viously, and the remainder will be warehoused, buyers appearing
not disposed to give an advance on former rates; for a few retail
lots £26 has been given. Rape and Linseed Oils are again rather
dull of sale, and the little improvement lately realized is hardly
maintained. Oil -of Turpentine has been inquired for at lower
prices, but nothing has been done. For Palm Oil a fair demand
has been experienced at last week's advance, and nearly 300 tons
have been sold at .W 36 15s to -t-37 per ton. In Baltic Hemp the
only transactions reported are few small sales of Peas at £32. In
East India, 90 bales of Sunn were sold at x'l6; 400 bales of Jute
at xBl2 to £l2 10s, and 50 bales at £l3 per ton. The Tallow market
has been flat, and small sales only have been effected, at 53s 6d to
53s 9d for yellow Candle; for a few lots of South American, sold by
private treaty, a reduction of about Is per per cwt. was accepted

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY

Cotton.—There has been good demand throughout the week, not
only from the Trade, but also from Speculators ' • the market, how-
ever, having been fairly supplied, no change has occurred in the
prices of any description, although rather more firmness has been
evinced since the receipt of the accounts by the Great Western.
Speculators have taken 7550 American, and Exporters 940 American.

ACCOUNT OF SALES ANDSIMPORTS OF COTTON,
From the 11th instant, to this dark, inclusive.

SALES OP THE WEEK