The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-31 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARi(ET, JULY 27.

There has been more demand for refining Sugar, and the sales
amount to 1300 hhds B.P. at steady prices. 1400 bags Bengal sold
at 63s to 645. No sales in Mauritius. The sales in Foreign Sugar
consist of 200 chests Brazil, at our quotations.—The demand for
Molasses is still limited, and in order to effect sales the holders have
submitted to lower prices, 200 puns Antigua, of good quality-,
having been taken from the quay at 26s 6d to 26s 9d per cwt.—
Coffee. The demand for Plantation has been extensive, and the
sales comprise 370 casks Jamaica, at extreme prices ; the stock held
by importers is very moderate for the present period of the year;
a few small lots of Demerara were sold at the quotations. Nothing
of moment done in Foreign.-50 bags good black Pepper sold at
41d.—No transactions in Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento. —nice. The
only sale reported in East India is 300 bags Bengal, at 13s ad to
15s 6rl per cwt. Carolina, from the high prices at which it is held
by the cleaners, is now only taken for home-use, for which purpose
30 tees are reported at 36s per cwt. duty paid.—Rum. There is a
good demand for all descriptions of Plantation, but, from the
market being almost without a supply, the sales are limited to 100
puns Antigua and Demerara, at 4s 2d to 4s 7d per gallon, according
to quality and strength.

Small sales for Bengal and Carraccas Indigo have been made a+
very full prices.—The following sales are reported, viz. 67 chests
Lac Dye at 111 d to 13d per lb ; 20 chests Shell Lac at 82s 6d ; 20
hhds Tineal at 66s to 66s 6d per cwt; 212 bagl Bombay Mother-of-
Pearl Shells at £l7 per tun ; 200 bags Pearl Sago as 14s 6d ; and a
few tons Bengal Turmeric at 17s, in bond.—There has been more
inquiry for Saltpetre, and higher prices have been realized, more
particularly for the lower qualities ; the sales are about 2500 bags,
at 23s 6d to 26s 6d.—Nitrate of Soda has been more inquired for,
and about 2000 bags have been sold, principally at 13s 6d.
The holders of Logwood, being firm in their demands, have ob-
tained £l4 to £l5 for about 30 tons of Campeachy, and for the same
quantity of Jamaica £lO lOs; Fustic is advancing, and about 50
tons of various kinds sold ; common Spanish at £6 ss, Tampico at
.£B, and Cuba at £11; 40 tons of solid Nicaragua Wood sold at £ '0
to £l3 ' • 50 tons Barwood, Gaboon at £4, and Angola at £6 10s, and
a few tons of Sapan Wood and Camwood at steady prices.—Turp-
entine lins again declined ; 1300 brls have been sold at 12s 2d to
12s 3d; the parcel sold at 12 3d was of good quality.—Nothing new
in American Tar —Montreal Pot Ashes are rather lower ; several
small parcels of new Ashes have been sold at 27s 6d ; new Pearl
Ashes go off slowly at 33s 6d.—There is no alteration in Quercitron
Bark, and only a few hlids Philadelphia have been disposed of, at
6d.—Nothing done in Cloverseed or Flaxseed.—Hides. Sales
to a fair extent have been effected, at former prices, consisting of
4500 salted Buenos Ayres Ox, at 414 to 41d, 630 dry West India at
52d, 1000 dry salted Brazil at 41d to sd, and 160 wet salted at 4d per
lb ; also a few bales short Horse Hair at 81d per lb.—The sales of
Tobacco amount to about 120 hhds, of which 56 hhds were taken
for Ireland, and the remainder by the home-trade.
- Advices have been received from Naples this week, bringing the
decree of the Neapolitan Goveznment,with respect to the monopoly
of Brimstone granted to a French Company, has caused the market
to be very active, and prices are again lOs to 15s per ton higher ;
the sales are about 900 tons, at £8 lOs to £5 per ton for good quality.
—There has only been a moderate demand for Shumate ; 300 bags
Sicily have been disposed of at 13s to 13 3d, and a few bags Verona
and Tyrolese, the former at 7s 9d, and the latter at 8s 3d per cwt.—
Small sales in Argols and Cream of Tartar at previous prices.—
Scarcely an inquiry for Madders or Madder Roots.—There has been
more business doing in Olive Oil ; the sales are 100 tuns, the chief
part of which is Seville, at £46 to £47 per tun.—A further cargo of
pale Seal Oil has arrived, and about half sold at £34 from the quay ;
in Cod Oil but little business doing.—Seed Oils continue in limited
request, and prices remain steady ; some holders-of pale Rape are,
however, not inclined to sell at present rates.—Of Palm Oil there
is less offering for sale, the principal holders not being disposed to
sell unless at advanced rates ; early in the week a parcel was sold
at £3B, part in irregular packages; sales have since been effected
at £39 to £39 lOs per ton.—Oil of Turpentine continues in limited
request.—llemp meets a ready sale at the prices quoted.—ln Flax
little doing.—Tallow is in better request, and the business, although
limited, is at full rates ; some good Buenos Ayres has brought 43s 3d
to 44s per cwt.