The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-09 00:00:00

TILE LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

(From the Liverpool Albion of Saturday.)
The sales of cotton for the week, as made up on Thursday
evening, amount to 72,323 bales, of which speculators have
taken 14,290, exporters 12,060, and spinners 45,970 bales.
These large transactions, in which it will be perceived the
trade have very actively participated, have resulted in an
advance of id per lb in American descriptions, 4d in Surat,
and id to ad in Egyptian and Brazil. The sales of Surat
cotton alone are 47,780 bales, the business in which has not
been confined to the stock in Liverpool, but has extended to
that at sea, a considerable quantity having been purchased
to arrive.

As the season wears on, opinion strengthens as to tho
improbability of obtaining any weight of supply from Ame-
rica for some time, even should the issuo of the impending
conflicts at Corinth and Richmond be of the most favour-
able character to the arms of the North, for it is felt that
the strife will not end there, and that it will require the
forces of the South to be utterly crushed before cotton 15
released by the successes of the Federals ; and, in the event
of such a contingency, there is little doubt that the greater
part of the crop of last year will be given to the flames.
While, on the other hand, should the South be successful in
the coming battles, they will not open a road for her com
merce, as the blockade of her ports will, in all probability,
be closer than ever, the North having entire command of
the sea. India, as we pointed out a week or two since, se
far from assisting us to meet this American deficiency, falls
far short of last year's exports, and the accounts to-day give
no hope of this want being made up later in the season.
Nor:is this to be wondered at, for last year we not only had
the crop of that season, but the accumulations of those
preceding it; from this latter cause it is that our exports
from Bombay show such a decrease as compared with 1861.
The letters from Bombay of the 12th of May, received
this morning, give the export of cotton to Liverpool since
the departure of the previous mail (27th of April) as 53,000
bales against 56,000 bales in the corresponding period of
last year. The total at sea therefore this evening front
Bombay is 225,000 bales against 286,000 bales in 1861. The
Beechworth was wrecked on leaving Bombay harbour, but
1,000 bales of cotton and wool had been landed from her up
to the 24th of May, and they continued working at her day
and night with a view to saving as much of the remainder
as possible.
In regard to the Bombay market, both for imports and
exports, we have now the full particulars of which we had
last week a synopsis by telegram. In regard to goods, imp
proved prices, say 1 to 2 annas per piece, had Leen obtained
in the face of only a moderate demand. Yarns were in
more request, especially water twist, at an advance of a of
an anna per lb :
Nos. Price—Mule Yarns. Price—Water Twist.
20's per lb 8d .. 9d to 9:td
30'5...., 104 d .. 111 d lltd
40's .. 11id lltd —12 d
The improved accounts from this side, and the settlement
of the differences in America between the North and South
being again considered remote, prices of cotton had further
advanced. A day or two before the mail left, the cotton
which had been detained above by the southerly winds com-
menced to 'arrive, and by the 12th of May 800 craft had left
Bombay with about 20,000 candies on board, equal to about
35,000 bales, which would be exceedingly opportune for
completing orders. The delay in the arrival of these boats
and the early change in the monsoon would not allow them,
to complete another voyage to the north and back, and
Bombay would thus be deprived of 80,000 to 100,000 bales
till the change of the monsoon to the northward in Sept.
The advance in prices had brought them in Bombay pretty
much on a par with those now ruling in Liverpool, as here
shown :

Description of Price per candy Price per lii,
Cotton. in rupees. including freight,
Broach 245 to 250 .... 9d.
Dhollua
Oonuawuttu > 215 235 .... Bid
Compta 222 .... 8d
Saugiuned Darwhar 290 .... lop
The succeeding mail from Bombay, of the 26th of May;
reached Jubal yesterday, and telegrams of that date wero
received here this forenoon, which report that freights had
receded to 45s and cotton had advanced, our report says, 8r
since the 12th May; but another, giving prices of Broach
and Dhollua, shows that the former had declined 2r and.
the latter had advanced 3r. The decline in freight, how•
ever, would place shippers in a better position. A further
improvement had taken place in imports. Goods had ad-
vanced in price from la to Ea per piece, with large sales,
and twist had improved la per pound. Exchange 2s Oid
per rupee.

Yesterday 7,000 bales were soli in Liverpool, and to-day
6,000, speculators and exporters doing half the business.
The market continues very strong, and large operations, in.
addition to the above, are going on for cotton to arrive.
The following are the comparative prices of the three
descriptions of American fair and middling cotton, as
quoted yesterday, and at the corresponding period of last
year, with the imports and estimated stocks of all descrip-
tions : 1862 1861.
Fair. Middling. Fair. Middling.
New Orleans l44d 120 Bad 7 15-16 d per lb
Mobile
Uplands .. l34d 12id 84d 7 11-16 d ~
Stocks at commencement,
of oaoh year 622,600
Imported since Jan. 1 .. 466,079
Stocks, June 6 :
American .. 97 7no

Surat

Brazil
Egyptian 53,130
West Indian, &c .... 2,570
Other descriptions .... 1,540

Totals 324,690 1,148,560 bales
At sea from America -
From India 172,000

Total

COUN2AI M.A.RAL'A

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LEICESTER-SATURDAY.

Ihe supply of wheat to-day at market was scarcely an
average for the season, but some good samples came to
hand. Farmers obtained the prices of last week. Wheat
sold as follows :—White, 56s to 60s ; red, 50s to 565;
old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley was in limited de-
mand—grinding, 30s to 32s ; malting, 38s to 41s per qr.;
oats, 26s to L'Os per 24 stone. Beans were a quiet sale—e
new, 40s to 43s ; old, 43s to 45s per 38 stone.
Fine flour, 42s I Seconds, 39s Thirds, 37s per sack.