The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-20 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE COTTON TRADE.

TUESDAY, FEB. 13.—The animated demand experi-
enced yesterday has not been kept up to-day ; never-
theless a fair extent of business has been done, amount-
ing to 5,000 bales, chiefly in American descriptions.
Speculators have 1500 bales appropriated to them.
WEDNESDAY.—The market has appeared tame and
quiet to-day, notwithstanding which a fair extent of
business has been done, at the full prices current yes-
terday. The sales reach 6,000 bales, 2,000 of which
are placed to speculation account.

THURSDAY.—The non-arrival of the Boston steamer
of the Ist instant has induced a temporary lull in our
cotton market : neither buyers nor sellers seem anxious
to operate to any extent previous to the receipt of her
advices, so that only 2,000 bales have been sold to-day,
at full prices, entirely to the trade.
FRIDAY.— Several speculators have been in the mar-
ket to-day, availing themselves of the quieter tone to
invest previous to the arrival of the steamer, whose
protracted non-appearance begins to cause a little anxi-
ety. The sales of the day reach 6,000 bales, 4,000 to
the trade and 2,000 to speculators. The sales of the
week amount to 40,510, bales, and we close our price-
current without the slightest change in prices, except
in some descriptions of long- stapled cotton, particularly
Egyptian, which are / to -a lower than the highest point.
The total amount of speculation for the week is IS,IOO
bales.

SATURDAY.—Throughout the day the market has
appeared unusually tame and quiet : consumers have
been the only purchasers, and their operations are to
the extent of 3,000 bales, without any change in prices.
MONDAY (YESTERDAY).—The Boston steamer ar-
rived last night : she brings conflicting accounts : ne-
vertheless, it would appear that the sum-total of them
is not favourable to speculation, for throughout the day
the market has had a sluggish, sleepy tendency, with
more civility than of late from the sellers, some of whom
" play the civil," or otherwise, according to the tone of
the market. Prices have had a downward tendency,
and the 5,000 bales sold to-day have been bought on
better terms than they could have been last week : 12
to 1500 bales of these are placed to speCulation account.
It is a fact worthy of notice, that the stock of cotton
now in the shipping ports is 200,000 bales more than it
was this time last year, so that, though tardy in its
arrival, we presume it must come at last, and we see
no legitimate reason why cotton should advance beyond
present rates. For further detail we refer to our careful
selection of American commercial intelligence.

PRESENTATION.—We understand that the Earl of
Moray, in the most handsome manner, with the harmo-
nious concurrence of the beritors, elders, and people, as
expressed at the moderation of the call, last Thursday,
has presented the Rev. Dr. Ralph, late of Liverpool, to
the parish of Dalgety, just adjoining his present one.
This parish, while affording a most important sphere of
labour, contains the beautiful properties of the Earl of
Moray, Sir Philip Durham, and Sir Robert Moubray.
The church, recently erected by the Earl of Moray, is a
perfect gem of Gothic architecture, and the manse and
offices are the finest in the country.

ANOTHER SEIZURE OF TOBACCO.—At Chester, on
Wednesday last, Messrs. Nicholls and Googh, tobacco
manufacturers, appeared before the major and magistrates
to answer an information, at the instance of Mr. James
Williamson, Collector of Excise, Liverpool, charging them
with having, on the 13th January, used molasses in the
manufacture of tobacco. There was also a count for the
forfeiture of upwards of four cwt. of tobacco, which had
been seized. After some slight discussion, in which the
defendants said they had used molasses, they pleaded
guilty generally ; and judgment was entered for the crown
for one penalty of £3OO, and the forfeiture of the material
seized.