The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JULY 23

Sugar.—There continues a general and extensive demand for all
descriptions, and the sales of B. P. reach 200 hhds., at a further
improvement of fully Is per cwt. 6000 bags Bengal have also been
disposed of, at 56s to 66s for brown to good yellow, and 70s to
75s 6d for good to fine white. and 78s 6d for extra strong grain, and
300 n bags Mauritius at 64s to 67s per cwt. Foreign.-570 boxes
good yellow •lavana have been sold to the Refiners at 21s gd. The
sales in Molasses amount to 600 puns., at 23s 6d for ordinary to 24s
for fair Demerara, and 258 6d per cwt. for new Trinidad. Coffee.—
The transactions in Plantation comprise 100 casks Jamaica and 150
bags Demerara, the former at steady rates ; 200 bags Java were also
sold at 54s to 625. Of Foreign, Ito bags of La Guayra brought
465, and 100 bags coloury Bahaia 41s 6d to 42s per cwt. 140 bags
black Pepper reported at aid per lb. Nothing done in Cocoa,
Ginger or Pimento. Rice.-2000 bags Bengal sold at 10s 6d to
I Is gd for ordinary to middling, and 135 fur good white, and a small
parcel of fine Carolina at 36s per cwt. No sales worthy of notice
in Rum.

Tea.—Throughout the week the market has been firm, and a fair
business done, at the quotations.
There continues but a moderate demand for East India Drysaltery
articles, and the sales are limited to 24 chests of middling Lac Dye
at 61a, and 300 bags Turmeric at 20s to 2os 6d. Of Linseed, 500
quarters of East India sold at full prices. In Saltpetre the sales
a 3500 bags, at 28s to 305 per cwt., which is again a small advance,
and of nitrate of soda 200 bags at 25s 6d per cwt.
Dyewoods.—The sales of Logwoods are 300 tons St. Domingo
and Jamaica at £5 5s to .e 6 10s, 50 tons Campeachy at 49, and a
small parcel of inferior (indirect) at .teB 5s to 36'8 7s 6d ; a few tons
Cuba rustic are reported at £lO, some Lima Wood at .€l2 lOs to
.€l2, and Camwood at £26 per ton. The Turpentine market con-
tinues dull, and sales are effected with dfficnity at the quotations;
1000 barrels have been sold at lOs 7d to 105 8d for fair to good
quality. Of Stockholm Tar two cargoes have been taken at rather
lower rates; and of American Tar 1000 to 1100 brls. of ordinary
quality at 105 9d. Some few parcels of the new Montreal Pot
Ashes have been sold at 285 6d, and of Pearl at 30s per cwt. Hides.
—About 4500 salted Buenos Ayres and Monte Video Ox have been
sold at 4d to 4id per lb, but there is nothing to report in other des-
criptions. Tobacco.—About 100 hhds. have been sold during the
week, of which 30 were for Ireland. No change in prices.
There has been less inquiry for Brimstone this wook, though
prices are well supported ; the sales are '250 tons. The sales re-
ported in Sumac are 100 bags Tyrol at 9s, and 50 bags Verona at
6s 3d per cwt, Argols hav,r been more in demand ; 7 tons white
Bologna have been sold at 46s to 47s per cwt. Small sales in Cream
of Tartar at 76s to 78s per cwt. At a public sale of Boracic Acid,
246 casks were disposed of at 40s to 41s 3d per cwt., in bond, and
31 casks damaged at 32s 9d to 36s 3d per cwt. No sales reported
in Madders or Madder Roots. 100 casks Baltimore Quercitron
Bark have been taken at 95 6d per cwt. The transactions in Olive
Oil amount to about 100 tuns, at prices ranging from .€6l to .£62
for Spanish, and in the latter part of the week £63 was obtained
for some small parcels of Spanish, £64 for Sicily, .efid to .€67 for
Trieste, and .168 to £69 for Galipoli ; the advanced quotations are
now firmly demanded. Nearly 200 tuns pale Seal Oil have been
sold this week, part at .£3O, but small lots have brought 10s,
and .€'3o has been this day refused for a small cargo ; about 10 tuns
Cod Oil were disposed of at .€26 5s per tun. Pale Rape Oil is with-
out alteration, but Linseed Oil is rather firmer; few sellers; under
31s. In Oil of Turpentine no change can be noticed; a limited
demand continues, at former prices. Palm Oil is rather lower, and
the sales of the week confined to small lots, at .£33 105 to .W 33 15s
per ton. No sales of Baltic Hemp. '230 bales of Jute have realised
£l6 to £l7, and a small parcel of Sunn Hemp £l9 per ton. On
Saturday last, about 1100 casks and 803 serons of South American
Tallow were oftered at public auction, and the greater part sold
pretty readily, at a decline of tid to Is per cent. upon previous
prices. In yellow Candle there is little doing, and the quotations
hardly maintained.