Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-18 00:00:00

time have been—to Havre, 968 bales ; Riga, 679 ; Antwerp,
206. Total, 1,853 bales.
COTTON IN TRANKTU : Nothing of moment has been
done in floating cotton, holders asking prices much in
advance of the ideas of buyers for Liverpool. Several
lots have been sent forward by this mail on owner's account.
I consider the business for the season as closed, and shall
omit quoting " transit cotton" until receipt of the new
crop.
SOUTHERN MARKETS have all advanced during the week
under review, as will be found by reference to the reports
from each, given elsewhere. By telegraph for a week later
a further advance is reported, the business being principally
for France and the Continent. On the 27th June, at
New Orleans, the stock of cotton was 65,000 bales. The
following is the distribution of the bulk of it as far as
known
Purchased and Loadlngjor Great Britain, .
do „ France, .... 19,( 00
do „ Continent Europe, 1,090
do Spa,
do „ U. S. Coastwise, 2,300 41,400

Leaving unsold in New Orleans on 27th Jun-, ..
The bulk of which consists either of the higher or the
very inferior qualities, and chiefly the latter. The quan-
tity of Middling is very small.
NEW CamasNs, July lst.—Receipts to-day 230 bales,
sales 1,200; market firm at 14 to 141 e. for middling;.
Freights dull; Sterling 1101- per cent. 2nd July—Sales
to day 2,500 bales, prices have advancei ec. ; middling,
141 to 14p. Freight to Havre, ie. Sterling, 1098 to
1101 per cent. 3rd July—Receipts for the week, 1,400
bales; same week last year, 2,011. Sales for the week,
12,500 bales ; to-day, 600; market firm at unchanged
prices. Exports to Liverpool for the week, 5,000 bales ;
Havre, 8,000. Decreased receipts at this port compared
with last year, 245,500 bales. Decrease in receipts at all
the southern ports, 583,000. Stock on hand, 55,500.
Freight to Liverpool, 7,d. 6th July—Market very firm at
Mac. for middling. 7th July—Cotton buoyant, good
demand. Middling, 140. Stock un.old reduced to.
15,000 bales. The bulk of the business last week, and so
far this week, has been done for France. The weather
is unfavourable for the growing crop.
MOBILE, July 4th —Receipts for the week, 80 bales ; same
week last year, 494 bales; market firm at 14c. per lb. for
Middling. Weather cool and unseasonable.
GROWING CROP.—The accounts of the growing crops
received during the past week from the various sections of
the cotton region, aro somewhat chequered in their
character; from some points they are favorahle, from
others the reverse; they all agree, however, in the one
imp,rtant fact. that thi crop is fully three weeks later than
an average. Blooming will be general during the present
week, whereas in an ordinary season it ought to be uni-
versal by 10th to 15th June. The stand for the new crop
is good, and with genial weather to the end of the season,
and a late frost, we may yet make an average crop. Before
this can be done, we have to encounter the chances of
disasters; the whole question is in the future, and upon the
state of the weather, and the date of frost will depend
the extent of the next crop.
RECE+PTS, EXPOUTS, &c,—The receipts for the week are

7,000 bales, and next week will be still- more moderate, as
by telegraph we learn that at New Orleans and Mobile
together they were only 1,500 bales. The total receipts at
the ports amount to 2,880,000 bales, and the evidences are
daily increased that the country is almost entirely cleared
of cotton, and that the receipts up to first Sept must be on
the smallest scale. The export to Great Britain for the
week is 8 000 bales, and to France and other foreign ports
11,000 bales So much of our remaining stock is already
bought for France, Spain, and the Continent of Europe,
that only a very moderate portion will go to Great Britain,
and her total supply for the year will probably fall short
of my estimate of 1,450,000 bales.
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the Ist Septe.uber last, as compared with the pre-
vious three years :

Receipts at the P0rt5........
Exports toG Britain
Fra -tce
" other F. Ports • ......
Total Exports
stock on hand
Of which daring the past
Receipts at the Ports
Exports to G. Britain
" France. .... •••• • •
" other For. Pts.
Total Exports.

1857. 1856.
2,880,000 3,443,000
1,364 000 1,558,0
381,000 478,000
399,000 496,000
2,;44,009]2,832,000

1855. 1854.
2,669,000 2,801,000
1,389,000 1,451,000
405,000 306,000
252,4100 308,000
2,016,00012 065 000
2,)0,000! 316,000
in the above :-
1 49,000 11,000
10,000 26,000
2,0001 11,000
2,000 26,000
14,000 41,00

170,000 'l6 ),000'
week, included i
7,000, 16,0001
B,ooo' 2G 000,
1,000 6,000
10,000 9,000
19,0001 41,000

SUMNlARY.—Receipts—Decrease at the ports, compared
with last year, 563,000 bales ; compared with 1853,
298,000. Exports—decrease to Great Britain, 494,000;
compared with 183. 277,000 bales, Decrease to France,
97,000; compared with 1853, 32,000; decrease to other
foreign ports, 97,000 bales. W. P. Wltimur.