The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-14 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JULY 10.
Sugar.—There has been a steady demand, but the quaptity on
show being limited, the sales•of B. P. are confined to 350 hhds. at
full prices. 3300 bags Mauritius haye peen sold at 84s 84s ticl, a 55
a small parcel of damaged Bengal, by
,auction, 1 raught 80s te, E. Is
per cwt.—Foreign Sugar. There has been a gocd deal of inqu ry
apparently for Spec '

ators, but holders seem unwilling to sel., at
former rates.-43onded Refined. 30 hhds. Crushed are reporte, at
34s 6d, and several parcels of Treacle at the quotations.-220 pr ns.
of Demerara Molasses, of good quality, have been sold at 4'. s yer
cwt.—Coffee. There is a decided improvement in the demand for
Plantation, but more particularly for the good and fine sc its of
Jamaica, of which the transactions have mostly consisted, at d
comprise 130 casks, at a further advance of 2s per cwt. ; 20 cask.
unclean Demerara were also sold at the quotations. Nothing done
in Foreign.—Cocoa. Some small lots of Trinidad and Guayaquil
have been sold, the former at 545, and the latter at 37s per cwt. ;
1000 bags Ginger at a price not named, and 60 pockets black Pepper
at 4d per lb.—Nothing done in Pimento.—Rice. There has been
rather more inquiry, and 4700 bags Bengal have been sold, at I3s 6d
to 13s gd per cwt. tor middling to good white.—The transactions in
Rum are limited to 40 puns. of fine Jamaica, of high strength, at
6s 8d per gallon, and 40 hhds. of East India, 2G per cent. 0. P. at
4s Id per gallon. _

Tea:—There has been a good demand during the week for com-
mon Congous and Twankays, at last week's quotations.
The transactions in Indigo are confined to retail lots.—Small
sales are reported in Shell Lac; 13 serons silver Cochineal at 4s 5d
to 4s 7d ; 300 bags Catch at 21s, and a few bags Java Turmeric at
17s.—There has been more inquiry for Saltpetre, and 1000 bags
have been sold at advanced rates, prices ranging from 25i to 28s.—
Speculative purchases have been made in Nitrate of Soda, on the
spot and to arrive ; 1200 tons sold at 16s to 16s lid, which is an im-
provement of Is per cwt. . _

Dyewoods.—The sales of Campeachy Logwood are s2O tons, at
.eg per ton for Tobasco, and .t'9 los to 15s for Laguna; 250
tons Jamaica have brought £7 is 6d to ..e7 10s; and 60 tons Lima
Nicaragua Wood heve been taken at the quotations; the sales of
Quercitron Bark consist of small parcels at 135.-250 tierces Canada.
Linseed have been sold at 455 per tierce.—ln Turpentine no trans-
tions.—Of Tar, a small import of very choice quality of American
brought 17s 6d per barl, and 2200 brls Stockholm are also reported
at au extreme price —The sales of Ashes this week are 200 brls ;
Pots of the brand 1838 at 235, and those of 1839 at 355; Pearls of
the same year at 31s fld per cwt.—Hides. There are no sales to
report in salted Monte Video; 300 dry Russian Kips have been sold
by auction at 120 for sound, and gd to lud for damaged.—Tobacco.
A fair demand has prevailed, and the sales reach 200 Ithds, of which
SO Virginia stemmed have again been taken on speculation. and
about 50 (including a few leaf) for Ireland, No change in prices.
Brimstone continues in the same state as to demand as for a long
time past, the consumers buying only from necessity, and holders
continue to obtain £2 lOs per ton, with occasionally rather higher
rates, as in quality.—ln Sumac the sales have again been small, at
13s for Sicily, and 7s per cwt for Verona.—For Cream of Tartar
and brown Tartar there has been more inquiry, and about 20 to 30
casks have been disposed of, at 31s for brown, and 78s to 80s per
cut for Cream of Tartar.—A few casks flag Annatto were sold at
lld per lb.-50 bags East India blue Galls brought 725, and a par-
cel of Turkey white Galls 60s per cwt.—There has been some in-
quiry for Madder Roots ; the salt s reported arc 80 bales Turkey,
and a small parcel of French at the quotations.—ln Madders no
sales are reported.—There is no change in the state of the market
for Olive Oil, which has,continued in limited demand all the week ;
the quotations are not really obtainable. except for small lots.—
Fish Oils. 100 tuns Southern Whale Oil have been taken at ..e24 105
for first, and -'24 for second quality; pale Seal contiaues to sell
steadily, in parcels, from the quay, at £25 10s, at which upwards
100 tuns have found buyers this week, and small sales from the
warehouse have realized £26; a few tuns Cod Oil, just arrived,
have also been disposed of. at about .4'26 per tun.—Seed Oils con-
tinue without alteration, but with only a moderate demand.—Oil
of Turpentine is dull of sale, and 56s has been accepted, although
for small lots 57s is generally obtained.—A steady advance has
taken place in Palm Oil, and about 180 tons have been sold at
£36 10s to -e37 ; 100 tons have also been taken to arrive.—ln Flax
and Hemp a limited business only has been done ; but the stock of
Baltic Hemp being now in few hands, rather higher prices are de-
manded; a parcel of Riga Rhine brought £36 105, and 83 bales
Manilla t 27 per ton.—Tallow. In the early part of the week,
small sales of yellow candle were effected at 53s 9d to 545, but the
market has since become rather flat, and the annexed quotation
is barely maintained.