The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-03 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN MARKETS.

The spring trade is capital, and promises to be larger than
for the last seven years. The western and southern mer-
chants have brought on plenty of money to pay off old scores.
Money is abundant at 4 per cent., but stocks are a little on
the decline, except Pennsylvania, which, for the reasons
before stated, keep up. The last sales in the city on
Saturday were-Pennsylvania Fives,. 70 ; .Sixes, 724. We re-
gret to state that a large cotton house has failed in New
York, for nearly 300,000 dolls. - the principal- sufferers are at
Georgia and a few .New yoik' batiks- The staple still de-
clines, say 4 to 1 cent; since tlie, arrival. of the last steamer.
The sales are dull and small, buyers holding off as much as
they can, until further advices arrive from England. The
present crop is estimated by able men at 1,850,000 bales.
Exported since -the Ist of September last, 445,552 bales;
same time last year, 1,016,442. The present prices, Liver-
pool classification, are-
NEW ORLEANS. • • Cents.
Cents. Fair r.. 9 to 94
Ordinary 7* to 8 Good fair to fine 91 to 11
Middling 8 to 81 Florida ... 7/ to 10
Fair 9 to 9, UPLAND.
Good fair to fine I 0 to 11 Ordinary 74 to 8
ALARABA. Middling 8 to 14
Ordinary 74 to 8 Fair B4 to 94
Middling ,. 8 to £0- Good fair
94 to 94
Flour is dull, and has fallen 64c. within the last four days.
Genessee, 4 dolls. 87c. to 4 dolls. 93c. ; Ohio, ditto ; Western,
4 dolls. 93c. ; Southern, 5 dolls. Illinois Wheat, 1 doll. 6c.
Ashes are rather quiet ; Pots no change ; Pearls, 5 dolls. 6c.
Liverpool coal,
.7 dolls.; Orrel, 8 dolls. 25c. Provisions
active, and the market steady. Prime Mess
.Beef, 13 dolls. ;
country, 4 dolls. to 6 dolls. ; city, 6 dolls. 25c. ; -Mess Pork,
7 dolls. 62c. ; prime, 9 dolls. 62c. Tobacco is brisk, and a
great demand fur Kentucky, at good prices. The same may
be said of Rice. Sugars active, with an advance of a of a
cent. New Orleans, 64c. to 7c.; Porte Rico, 71c. to 84c. ;
Cuba Muscovado, 6ac. • brown Havanna,' 6„c. to 7/c ;
white, 8/c. to Sc. Brandy active, " Seignette," 1 doll. 90c.
to 2 dolls. Freights rather dull ; cotton to Liverpool, Id.
to id. ; flour, 3s. to 3s. 3d. ; flour to London, 3s. ; seamen's
wages, 15 dolls. a month to Europe, with small stores;
13 dolls. to the Mediterranean. In Exchanges; foreign is
rather-slack ; 84 to 84 premium on London, and sf. 30c. on
Paris. Sovereigns, 4 dolls. 83c to 4 dolls. 85c. Spanish
doubloons, 16 dolls. 90c. to 17 dolls. ; Patriot, 15 dolls. 90c.
to 16 dolls. United States Treasury Notes outstanding,
March 1, 3,392,849 dolls. United States cotton has suddenly
become a little more active, but no advance in price. On
Friday 3,006 bales were sold in New York, and two vessels
were taken up for Liverpool at 4d.
The stocks of cotton now on hand, at -the four ports of
New York, Charleston, Mobile, and .New,Oirean.s;-amount to"
608,685 bales. The stocks held g thes'e-„four ports at the
same time last year were only 383,258'bales,,being an increase
on hand in March this year, as compared With March 1843,
of 225,387 bales ! This is a very importantfeature. The news
from England by the sailing packet is expected to produce a
further slight decline in cotton.