The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-30 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JuNe 12.
There continues a very gool demand for all descriptions, of Sugar,
and a further advance has been, established of fully 2s per cwt. The
sales of B.P. are 1700 hhds.neariy all to the Grocers; and 4800 bags
Bengal have also been taken, at 76s to 77s 6d for ordinary to good
white.—Foreign Sugar. 100 brls of white Pernambuco were taken
for export at 25s to 25s lid.—Bonded Refined. No sales reported.—
Molasses have participated in the advance quoted in Sugar, and 190
puns. A ntiguas have been sold from the quay at 42s per cwt.—Cof-
fee. The sales of Plantation comprise 140 casks of Jamaica, mostly
at irregular prices, and in some instances at a decline of 2s to 3s per
cwt. ; the Trade, however, at present evince more disposition to
purchase, but Importers generally are not much inclined to realize,
in consequence of recent advices from Jamaica, fully confirming the
reports of a very short crop. Of Foreign, a small lot of ordinary
Brazil brought 46s ed per cwt.—No sales of Cocoa or Ginger.-500
bags Pimento have been taken for export at 2id to 21d, and 200 bags
black Pepper at 4d per lb.—Rice. The sales are limited to Dm bags,
at 13s 3d per cwt.—Rum. The business consists of 130 puns. De-
merara, at full prices, and a few hhds. Bengal, 32 per cent. O.P. at
45 4d per gallon.

Tea. A fair business has been done by private contract, in com-
mon Congous and Twankays, at a further reduction of Id per lb;
the market closed quiet at our quotations.
In Indigo there are no transactions of moment to report.-22
casks Tincal sold at 48s; 6 serons Cochineal, at 5s 9d for black, and
4s 4d for siver grains.—There has been more doing in Saltpetre, the
sales of which are 1800 bags, at 24s to 27s 6d.—Sales of Nitrate of
Soda are making at 15s 6d to 16s.

The sales-rep-orted in Dyewoods this week are 190 tons Cam-
peachy-logwood, at £9 75.6 d to £9l6s, and a small lot or Tobasco
r—Wbod at £9 ss, 30 tons Honduras at £7 5s to £7 10s, 12 tons Ja-
maica at .e 7 10s; 15 tons Cuba Fustic at .elO, 35 tons Tampico at
..e6 lOs ; 20 tons Barwood at £6 ; some small parcels of Rokelle
Camwood at £24 to £25, and of Rio de la Hache Wood at £8 for
small, and £lO per ton for solid.-,There have been no sales of Tur-
pentine, and of Stockholm Tar only a small parcel sold at 19s.—
For Montreal Pot Ashes there has been an improved inquiry, and a
small advance has been obtained.—Hides. The market is rather
dull, but without alteration In prices ; the following lots have been
sold by auction at fair rates :-300 salted New Orleans at 4d, 225
New South Wales at 40, 80 dry salted Monte Video at 50 per lb ;
and 600 brined Horse at lOs 3d to !Is each.-35 tons Dividivi, loose,
are reported at .elB to £lB 2s 6d, and 100 bags at £lB 12s 6d per
ton.—Tobacco. The sales during the month reach 695 hhds. viz.
116 Virginia leaf and 395 stemmed, 35 Kentucky leaf and 185
stemmed; of these, 270 hhds have been taken for Ireland, 77 for
export, and the remainder, or 318 hhds. by Manufacturers. The
'market has been flat throughout the month, and prices are again
lower, although our present stock is only 2850 hhds. against 1700
same time last year.
Only a moderate demand exists for Brimstone, but the stock in
private hands much reduced, prices are fully supported for the few
small parcels which arc taken weekly by the consumers —Nothing
worthy cf notice has been done in Sumae.—Some few sales have
been made in Argols, chiefly Oporto descriptions, which have sold
rather lower.—Cream of Tartar and brown Tartar steady ; a few
sales of white and discoloured Tartar were made at full prices.-130
bales Turkey, 30 bales French Roots, and casks Dutch Madder are
reported as sold, but no prices transpired.—Some business has been
done in Lemon Juice, but no price named.—No sales of Quercitron
Bark.—The market for Olive Oil remains in a dormant state, the
little business done this week having barely supported the previous
prices.—The new arrivals of pale Seal Oil continue to find ready
buyers for export at £25 lOs per tun, and at this price some business
has again taken place in cargoes to arrive; for other kinds of Fish
Oils the market is dull; the sale of dark Whale Oil reported last
week at £22 10s, should have been -e23 lOs per tun ; another liar-
eel has been sold below this price.—For pale Rape as well as Lin.
seed Oil, a little more demand has appeared, and in some instances
a small advance has been realized.—ln Oil of Turpentine, if any
change can be noticed, the price may be called a shade lower, but
there is little doing.—The sales of Palm Oil amount to 160 tons, at
the quotations, and 100 tons, for late arrival, at .e3s.—Petersburg
clean Hemp is in fair demand at .4,36 per ton; Jute continues in
good request at rather higher rates ; 600 bales Bombay Hemp were
offered by auction yesterday, but no part sold, the quality ordinary
to good, for the latter description .e2l per ton asked.—ln Tallow
there is no change to notice; the demand is less brisk, but the mar-
ket continues steady at last week's prices, small sales of yellow
Candle being effected at 53s 6d per cwt.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 26.
Extensive purchases have been made, both by the trade and spe-
culators, without, however, producing any alteration in prices.
Speculators have taken 8500 American, and exporters 800 American
and 300 Surat. Accounts have been received to-day to the 3rd
instant, from Savannah, confirmed by advices from Charleston and
New York, of serious inundations in Georgia and South Carolina.
It has been ascertained that during the last six months about 2000
bags of Sea Island has been forwarded into the country unsold,
which have been reported under the head of American.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON,
From the Igth instant to this duo, inclusive.

Prices paid
in the week.,

I IMPORTS

12d Gl 28
51 11
44
41
41 5
Oat 9
82 —10 i
82 9
84 94
Bat

23722 11 3

33542
44,
11,

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