The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-31 00:00:00

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uvratlooL COLONIAL MARKET, AUG. 27

• Sugar.—The sales of B. P. still continue very limited, holders
not being disposed to give way in prices, and only 20J hhds. have
been disposed of at a slight decline upon former rates. Fine white
Bengal is inquired for, a ,d 600 bags sold, chiefly at 72s per cwt.
Nothing done in Mauritius. Foreign.—The demand continues
steady, and 325 cases :arAl 250 brls. Brazil have been sold, at 15s dd
to Iss lid for low brown to middling yellow, and 20s lid to 22s for
middling to fair white, 450 noses Havana, chiefly ordinary brown,
at Iss dd, and lass boxes dampish brown Slain at 15s 6d, with a
few boxes ordinary Manilla at 145 pd per cwt. Bonded Refined.—
Several sales of Crushed have been eil'ected, of rine at 30s 6d to
31s, with one parcel of 20 hhds. at 29s 3d. A good deal of inquiry
for bonded Treacle of first quality. No sales of consequence re-
ported in Molasses. CotTee.—There is a steady demand for Plan
tation, and the sales amount to 2uo casks of Jamaica, with is casks
and do bags Demerara, at steady prices. 10Q,bags Mocha were also
sold, mostly at 95s to 96s per cwt. for common quality. Nothing
done in Foreign. No transactions in Cocoa or Pimento; but 5u
bags Barbadoes Ginger sold at 445 pet cwt., and ass bags of black
Pepper at 3id per lb. The sales in 'Rice consist of s 0 tees. fine
Carolina at 34s to 365, and 200 bags of Bengal at 14s per cwt. in
bond. Rum.—The sales are confined to a le* small parcels of
Jamaica and Demerara at the quotations.

Tea.—ln consequence of letters received via America by the
Great Western, with dates from Canton to the loth of April, giving
accounts of a partial treaty having been concluded, and that a few
ships had commenced loading, this market has been very much
depressed, and prices have given way fully :id per lb, and at this
decline very Jew sales can be effected; our quotations may be eon-
sidered merely nominal.

• Indigo.---Aliout 60 .chests have been sold at toll prices; and for
Shell Lac there has been some inquiry, but little offering on the
market. 30 boxes of Tincal sold at sos, lo chests of tine Gum
Arabic at 50s, 12 serous of Cochneal, silver at 4s sd, and black at
53 5d per lb, 20 cases of Cassia at 95s per cwt., and 150 quarters of
fine East India Linseed at 55s per quarter. The sales in Saltpetre
have been only 100 bags at 30s; 300 bags of Nitrate -of Soda
brought 25s 6d per cwt.
Dyewoods.—The sales are 100 tons Campeachy Logwood at
£8 5s to £"9; 200 tons Savanilla rustic at £5 15s to £'6, 120 tons
Tampico (to-arrive) at £6 les, 30 tons Cuba at £9 to £9 los 1 10
tons Camwootl at £2l, and a few tons Lima Nicaragua Wood at
£l5 per ton. Turpentine fully maintains the late advance, and
for 430 brls. of good new
.12s ad to 125 sd has been given, and
12s 6d per cwt. for 140 brls. of fine new. No sales reported of
American or Stockholm Tar. The demand for Montreal Pot
Ashes has been more general, and sales to some extent have been
made at 27s lid for the new imports; some few small parcels of
new Pearls have been taken at 29s per cwt., but at this price the
demand is very limited. Hides.—Salted River Plate are it, fair
demand, and 4id has been paid for two or three parcels ; at the
public sales of East India Kips on Tuesday, about 48.000 were sold
at fair rates ; good dry salted brought 9-0 to 10d for sound, 7id for
for Ist rubbed. and Std for 2nd rubbed, ordinary dry salted and
brined ;id to sill for sound, lid to 61d for Ist rubbed, and 4.7,1 to
sic( fur second rubbed, dry and brined 7d for sound, 66 to Gad for
Ist rubbed, and 4-;;Llto 5(.1 for end rubbed , also 2000 Buffalo 44d to
sd, 350 salted Lima bid, 160 dry salted 6.1 d, 539 dry Valparaiso 74d,
and 280 salted West India s:}a to bid per lb. Tobacco.—There has
been more doing this week, Manufacturers, who were getting low
in stock, having been purchasers ; the entire sales reach' 50 ',lids.,
at about former prices.

There continues a steady demand for Brimstone, at prices within
the range of the quotations ; the sales this week are 300 tons.
Sumac is only in limited request; the transactions reported are 150
bags Sicily at 10s to 10s pd per cwt. 27 casks Oporto Argols have
been disposed of at 31s, and small sales made in brown and Cream
of Tartar, the former at 50s, the latter at 73s per cwt. Nothing
reported in Madders or Madder Roots. 200 casks Quereitron Burk
have been sold at yd to lod per cwt. The advanced quotations for
Olive Oil have caused business this week. The transactions in
Seal Oil have been confined to a few small sales from the quay, at
433 per tun ; Cod remains steady at the advance obtained last
week. The transactions in Seal Oil have been confined to. a few
small sales from the quay, at £33 per tun ; Cod remains steady at
the advance obtained last week. tons Southern Whale Oil sold
briskly by auction on Wednesday at Lao to £3l for first. .t:2B for
second, and £26 as tid for third quality. In Seed Oils there has
been little done ; the prices remain steady as quoted. Palm Oil
may be stated to have declined per ton; the sales of the week
being about 300 tons at £33 to £33 10s. on the spot, with about
450 tons, to arrive, the price not transpired. Oil of Turpentine
in fair request. Little or nothing has been done in Hemp or Flax,
with the exception of 200 bales Suzin at £2O, and 73 bales Manilla
at £25 per tun. The tallow market has been quiet throughout the
week, without any change In prices; so pipes good fair South
American sold at 42s pd per cwt.