The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-13 00:00:00

COTTON MARKET.-WEEKLY REPORT.

The excitement of last week has subsided into a regular and
good demand throughout this, prices being steadily supported,
and the market closing rather in favour of sellers. Speculators
have taken 18,400 bales of American, 600 Pernambuco, 100
Bahia, 2' Egyptian, and 5300 Surat, in all 24,600 bales ; ex-
porters have taken 50 American and 150 Su; at , and the trade
50,670 bales of all kinds. A good extent of business has been
done to-day ; upwards of 8000 bales may be estimated as the
day's sales, 3 to 4.,00 bales to speculators.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON,

From the 1 gth to the 25th Jan. inclusive.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 6.

With boisterous winds in the coot se of last week, the
arrivals up to Friday's market were extremely small, and
with every variety of weather since, those of any kind of
grain are very scantily increased for to-day, the supplies
consisting chiefly of a moderate quantity of Irish Flour
and Oatmeal, including 3559 barrels of the former from
the American States.

Several of the leading provincial markets recently ex-
hibiting some indications of amendment, and the explicit
declaration of the Premier to maintain the existing corn-
laws. imparting additional confidence to the present hol-
ders of free grain here ; the advance in London yesterday
serving also to confirm that impression, the trade for most
descriptions of wheat at this day's market assumed a de-
cidedly firmer tone than of late. We have, in conse-
quence, to report ao advance upon the rates of Tuesday
last, of 2d. to 3d. in the value of English and Irish
wheat, and in that of free Foreign Id. to 2d. per 701 b. ;
at which a moderate, but not an extensive business was
transacted.

English and Irish Flour, being in good request, realised
Is. per sack over last week's currency ; but in States and
Canadian there was no improvement.
Barley and alt, upon a fair demand, remained steady
in value. Beans were more saleable at an improvement
of Is. per qr. ; and Pease supported our previous quota-
tions.

Superior qualities of Oats, being scarce, obtained a
slight advance ; but in other kinds we have no change to
note. Oatmeal continued to meet a fair inquiry, and se-
veral parcels were sold at a further amendment of 3d. per
240 lbs.

Monthly Account of Imports, Duties Paid, and Bonded
Stocks in Liverpool, viz.:—lmported into Liverpool from
the Ist to the 31st January, 1844. Foreign.—Wheat, 1926
qrs. ; Beans, 850 qrs. ; Pease, 100 qrs. ; Flour, 2855 brls.
British and Colonial.—Wheat, 30,362 qrs. ; Barley, 5370
qrs. ; Oats, 23,234 qrs. ; Beans. 876 qrs. ; Pease, 1047
qrs. ; Oatmeal, 60,920 scks ; Flour, 26,451 scks 6892 brls.
Duties paid from the 30th Dec., 1813, to the 31st Jan.,
1844. Foreign.—Wheat, 1439 qrs. ; Oats, 5 qrs. ; Beans,
1511 qrs. ; Pease, 330 qrs. ; Flour, 9 brls. Colonial.—
Wheat, 2370 qrs. ; Pease, 684 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 14 sacks ;
Flour, 10,891 brls. Stocks of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal,
in Liverpool, 31st Jan. In Bond.—Wheat, 13,403 qrs.;
Barley, 2158 qrs. ; Oats, 888 qrs.; Beans, 21,601 qrs. ;
Pease, 5521 qrs. ; Flour, 38,465 brls.

CORN EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 9.

The duty on Foreign Wheat has declined to Igs per quarter
on Flour to I Is Sid per barrel, on Barley to Ss per quarter, and
on Colonial Rye to is 6d per quarter.
We have received into this port since Tuesday last a limited
quantity of Wheat Coastwise and from Ireland. with a few tri-
vial arrivals only of other kinds of Grain, as well as of Flour;
whilst of Oatmeal the supply is moderate. Of Foreign produce
the imports c f the past three days consist chiefly of one cargo of
white Wheat, direct from Odessa, 829 qrs Baltic Pease, and 4900
barrels Flour from the United States.

The general tendency of the trade since Tuesday has been to
a slight improvement ; and most of the country market accounts
reporting a greater or less advance in % heat, we have had a
tolerable business in that Grain here at. very full rates for all
descriptions.

Although very few country buyers appeared at this day's
market, holders of Wheat remained firm, and our home millers
purchasing to a moderately fair extent, Engli'h and •rish, the
produce of last harvest. being in limited supply, realised an ad-
vance of ld to 2d; and old, including all descriptions of free
foreign, id per ;01b. upon the current rates of Tuesday.—Flour,
of British and Irish manufacture, was in some request, but ra-
ther higher prices were required, which, having checked the de-
mand, few sales were effected, and it was in partial instances
alone that an improvement of Gd to is per sack was obtained ;
States and Canadian Flour, at the same time was dull at our
last quotations.
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Bailey, Blait, Beans, and Pease, meeting occasional, though
by no means extensive sales fully maintained late prices.
Oats, in the absence of country dealers, were disposed of less
freely than before, but from the short supply at hand, all sorts
remained steady in value.—Oatmeal, continuing in request for
holding over, transactions upon a moderate scale occurred on
the terms last noted.

In the course of the wee'some further sales of Foreign Wheat
afloat aad for spring shipment, hav,s been made at prices rather
exceeding those previously obtainable.

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