The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, OCT. 15

Sugar. —There has again been an extensive business in all des-
criptions, and rather higher prices have been generally obtained.
The salps are 1400 hhds. 8.P., 9600 bags Bengal, one-half good
Khaur at about 455. and the remaindergood and fine white at 72s
to 73s 6d per cwt , and 100 a bags Mauritius at the quotations. In
Foreign no sales are reported. Bonded Refined.—Several small
parcels of Loaves and Crushed have been taken at the quotations,
and 100 puns. of Treacle at 13s. Molasses have been in good de.
mand, and prices have advanced for the better kinds Is per cwt. ;
the sales amount to 700 casks, Antigua and Barbados at 27s to 28s,
St. Vincent and Grenada at 23s to 24s per cwt. The transactions
in B. P. Coffee consist of 180 tees. Janiaica, at steady prices for all
descriptions, say low black Triage 12s, up to 146 s for fine middling,
and' for 50 bags Mocha 95s was obtained. 380 bags Brazil have
been taken for export at 15s to 425, and 350 bags very ordinary
East India (damaged) at 2-4 s fid to 278. 10 tons Malabar Ginger
brought 13s. Nothing done in Cocoa or Pimento. 1700 bags black
Pepper, chiefly damaged, sold at 2d to 3id per lb. 1800 bags
Bengal Rice at lOs 6d to 12s fid per cwt. The sales of B. P. Rum
amount to 160 casks, chiefly strong Demerara, at the quotations :
also 200 casks East India, 12s per cwt. 0. P. at Is 9d, and 32 per
cent. 0. P. at 2s per gallon.
Tea.—The transactions have been limited, and prices remain
without alteration.

Indigo.—Some small parcels of Bengal sold at 5s Sd to Is lld.
Madras and Pondecherry at 3s ad to 45, and Guatiluala at 4s fid.
Several public sales have been brought forward, and the following
Goods disposed of : viz. 100 chests East India Gum Arabic (all faults)
at 4s to 41s. 5 chests Animi at -t'6 15s to £8 15s. 800 bags Bengal
Turmeric at 27s Id to 288, 50 bags Cutch at 14s, and 150 baskets
Mother-of-Pearl Shells at 50s ; some damaged Sago and Sago
Flour sold at various prices. 700 bags Saltpetre sold. at somewhat
lower rates, viz. 28s 6cl to 30s 6d per cwt., and 400 bags Nitrate of
Soda at the quotations.

Dyewoods.—The sales of Logwood are 140 tons, at 15s for
Laguna. and 5s for indirect, and small parcels of Jamaica and
St. Domingo at previous rates; in other descriptions of Dyewoods
the sales are too trifling to notice. There is a fair demand for
Turpentine, and the Trade have taken 2509 brls. of good quality,
at 12s 4d to 12s 7d, and 200 brls. of choice at 13 2d. No sales re-
ported in Tar. Montreal Pot Ashes are more saleable, and 300 to
400 brls. have been sold on the spot, and to arrive at 2gs 6d to ass.
Pearl Ashes are dull at the quotations. Hides.—About 5000 salted
Buenos Ayres have been sold at 4d to 41d for Ox, and 4g41 for Cow,
90 dry at lid per lb ; 4600 salted Horse at Its to 12s ad each, and
3200 Bombay Kips at Bid to 89d per lb for sound dry salted.
Tobacco.—A good business has been done, and the sales reach 280
hlids., of which about 60 were for export, and a few for Ireland.
Prices firm.

The sales in Brimstone are 310 tons, at former prices. 450 bags
Sicily new Sumac have been sold at los 6d to ils per cwt. 26 casks
red Argols have been disposed of at 31s to 33s for Oporto, and 35s
to 365 6d for Naples. Madders and Roots continue neglected. No
sales reported in Quercitron Bark. There has been a good demand
for Olive Oil, and about-100 tuns have been disposed of during the
week ; for Galipoli £BO has been currently paid, and the Dealers
are now obtaining £5 to £6 advance on this description. Fish
Oils are steady, and pale Seal again rather dearer, although the
demand is confined to small qualities; 15 tuns Cod realized £27,
and 20 to 30 tuns coloured Seal a little advance on former rates.
Linseed Oil has been offered, from the quay, at Is per cwt. reduc-
tion. Pale Rape is without alteration, but in limited demand.
Oil of Turpentine attracts no attention except in retail parcels, at
the quotation annexed. Palm Oil.—ln consequence of the arrival
of four cargoes this week, buyers have kept back in expectation of
lower prices, but holders generally have shown no disposition to
give way, and a cargo of nearly 400 tons, destined for this market,
has been totally lost off Holyhead ; the Soap-trade being dull, the
sales that have transpired are hardly worth reporting. Hemp and
Flax are still dull of sale; about 20 tons Rhine Hemp were sold a
little below the quotation, and Petersburg clean has beer. freely
offered. without finding buyers. In Tallow there is little doing;
some few transactions have taken place in Petersburg yellow
Candle at 48s ad to 480 6d, and in Odessa at 485 per cwt., but there
is no animation in the market.