The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JULY 30

4lt ugar.—The Trade having supplied themselves freely during the
'fast fortnight, there has been rather less demand this week, and
sales of B. 4. are only 300 hhds. at steady prices. 3600 bags
Mauritius have been sold at 60s 6d to 665, and 3000 bags Bengal
at the quotations. Foreign.—About 3000 bags of low dark Manilla
were sold by auction at 13s 9d to I4s 3d, and a few small lots of
Brazil by private at the quotations. There has been a good inquiry
for Molasses, and about 700 puns, have been sold, consisting of
old Berbice and Demerara at 22s to 23s Gd, and new Demerara at
245, Trinidad at 25s 6d, old Antigua at 275, and new Barbadoes at
2gs per cwt. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation consist of 220 casks
Jamaica; clean ordinary and the middling descriptions brought
steady prices ; for the finer sorts, with which the Trade are well
supplied, the demand has been limited, and prices in some instances
have given way fully 3s per cwt. No sales of Cocoa, Ginger or
Pepper. A small lot of Pimento sold at lid per lb, Rice.-1300
Bags Bengal brought 11s 6d for middling white, The demand for
Rum has revived, and nearly 400 puns. have been sold, chiefly
Demerara, 27 to 37 per cent. 0. P., at 3s 4d to 4s 3d, and ordinary
Jamaica, 24 to 22 per cent. 0. P., at 3s 8d to 4s 3d per gallon.
In indigo, there is nothing to report, but the following sales may
noticed, viz. 235 baskets Gambier at 16s 6d to 16s 9d, 195 packages
Sago at 16s to 17s 9d, 'lOO bags Sago Flour at 12s, 15 chests Lac
Dye at 10d, 4 chests Gum Myrrh at 50s to 1105, 30 bags Bengal
Turmeric at 20s, ,7 serons Cochineal, at 4s 8d to 4s 10d for black,
and 4s for silver, Vera Cruz grains, 250 bags Mother-of-Pearl Shells
(Bombay) at 20s, and 700 bundles of Rattans at 2s 3d. Saltpetre
is in few hands, and 1000 bags have sbid at 29s to 30s.
Dyewoods.—The sales of Logwood are 650 tons Campeachy at
lOs to £9, and £3O tons ilonduras at R 6 ; 150 tons Cuba Fustic
have brought £9 to .WlO, 80 tons Maracaibo £4 103 ' • 60 tons Lima
Nicaragua Wood £l2 lOs to £l3, and a few took Sapan Wood
-el 1 5s to £l3 yer ton. There has been rather more disposition
on the part of the Trade to purchase Turpentine, and upwards of
300 brls. have been sold, at 108 5d for ordinary, to lls and lls 3d
for very choice quality; the principal sale was 11s for one lot of
1993 brls.. in store, of very good quality. In Tar no alteration.
Some trifling sales of new Montreal Pot Ashes were made early in
the week, at the rate of 28s 6d for seconds and thirds, but yesterday
28s was accepted for new firsts, which is a slight decline from
previous prices. Pearl Ashes, though nominally unaltered in price,
are without demand. Bees' Wax goes off slowly, at former prices ;
some "small lots of American have been disposed of at -e8 55 to
e 8 12s Gd per cwt., duty paid, and a few casks of African at
£6 25 6d. Hides.—The sales on Tuesday were brisk, and full prices
were paid for all discriptions ; 840 dry Buenos Ayres have been sold
at nd to 8d for sound, 300 dry salted Pernambuco at 51d, 580 West
India at 5d to 6id, 100 dry Valparaiso at 70, about 9000 salted
Buenos Ayres and Monte Video at 4d to 40 for Ox, and 4iicl for
Cow, and 120 Horse at 115 2d each. Tobacco.—The market has
been quiet, and the sales only about 50 hhds., at the quotations.
There continues a steady demand for Brimstone, at former
prices ; the sales are about 300 tons. In Sumac, only small sales
reported in Sicily at 115 Gd per cwt. A few boxes Florence Argols
have been sold at 475. No sales to notice in Cream of Tartar,
Madders or Roots. The business in Olive Oil has been moderate
this week, but prices are fully maintained the sales arc limited to
20 tuns, Malaga at £63, Sicily at -€66, and Trieste at .e 67 per tun.
Annother Cargo of pale Seal Oil has this week arrived, and been
taken by the Trade at an advance of about 155 per tun ; in Cod Oil
there•is very little doing, and the prices rathce lower. Linseed
Oil is in better request, and holders asking an advance, which
buyers, however, are disinclined to give ; the quantity in the market
offering for sale is now very inconsiderably, and the advance likely
to be realized. Rape Oil is in limited request, and the prices steady-
The transactions in Palm Oil have this week exceeded 1000 tons,
principally for arrival, at and about £33 per ton. Oil of Turpen-
continues in very limited request, at the quotations. There are
no sales to report in Baltic Hemp. Some business has been done
in Jute at £l6 7s 6d, ih Sunn Hemp at ..€l9, and Manilla at £26
per ton. In Flax very little is doing, and prices almost nominal.
On Saturday, at public sale, 293 serons South American Tallow
brought 405 to 42s 66 for brown to fair colour, and 43s Gd to 458 6d
for good to fine; the better quality of this discription of Tallow
is in good request, and now held in high estimation by the con-
sumers. Petersburg Yellow Candle remains steady, but the demand
limited, at the prices quoted.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 31