The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-12 00:00:00

TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 8.
The Cotton market was slightly depressed during the early
part of the week, but has since exhibited more firmness, and
pricesof American have advanced id. per lu. within the fort-
night other descriptions remain without change. speculators
have taken 7500 American, and exporters 750 American and
700 Surat.'

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON,
For the week eliding Dec. 8, 1848.

Prices paid
in the week.

Imports
IThisWkiThis Yr,

SALES OF THE WEEK

240 Sea Island ....
40 Stained
10000 Bowed Georgia

7d lad
5} - 6
3 4
3i 4
2{
3 54-
- 51

11 29291 424729

1810 f Mobile
I Alabama and Tennessee
13960 New 0r1ean5........ .
90 j Pernambuco & Paraiba
Aracati and Ceara
330 Bahia and Maceio

146081 829558

I} 19%1 42377

120
• .
... Minas
.... Para..
▪ Demerara, Surinam, &c
530 Egyptian. ..„
▪ Barbadoes
... Peruvian—.
... Bahama ......

ginned

• Laguayra
.... Common West India, &c
• Carthagena
.... Smyrna ..
.... Manilla
IMO Surat
.... Madras
'lO Bengal

} ....

46540 bales,

17016' 1617904

LTVEI POOl, CORN EXCHANGE. DEC

The American Mail Steamer arrivedle—steldai e."--vensinV,7irring-
ing advices from New York to the '.22d ultimo, at which date
previous prices of Bread Stuffs generally were firmly supported
and relatively in advance of the rates4on this side ; the•weather
'having moderated, apprehensions of the sudden closing‘of the
canals had for•the moment subsided,and large supplies'having
got forwardovith a considerable, qnantity in transit from the
interior, an accumulation of fair stocks of Wheat and Flour was
calculated upon at the final closing-of the navigation,the esti-
mated stock of the latter at the above date being 350,000 bar-
rels. Flour in active home-demand; 20,000 brls. 'taken for
export at 23/6 'per barrel ; White NVheat 44/ to 45/ ; ,Ited 39/ to
40/6 per 4SOlb ::a fair export demand for Indian Cormat 25/9 to
28/6 per-4801b, according to the description : Indian:Meal 14/3
per barrel : all prices f. o. b.—Freights, Flour 2/ to 2/3 ;
Grain 7id. to Bd. Exchange on England less active at 108 to
,N 9.

The import&cf Wheat and Oatmeal have been increased to a
fair, and of Indianornand Flour to a large, extent since Fri-

day last, but of Oats and other Irish, as well as British pro-
duce, we, are incomparatively light supply on the week.
There was a large attendance of buyers this morning.
Wheat in good consumptive demand, at the prioes of Tues_
last for --Ane qualities, and about id. reduction on se-

day
aondary and inferior descriptions

A fes; parcels of bonded Wheat taken off at the full rates of
this day week.
Best qualities,of barrel flour quite as dear.
inferior kinds of Irish 6d. to Is. cheaper.
Indian Commmn good request, .at about the reduction of Fri-
day.

BRITISH.
Wheat, 39, 701 b. s. d. a. d.
English,red, mew 6 10 @77 1 Extra ..
Ditto, white, do 7 2—l 6 d 0.....
Irish red, do 5 6 —.6 9 do• .• • •
Ditto, white, do 6 2 —.6 10 do. ....
Rye, English? 39, qr Irsh6olb
Barley, Englishrnew 33 0 —,35 0 Chevalr..
Scotch & Irish, qs, 601 b 4 0 4 2 Old ....
Malt, English, 4). qr.
pale 59 0 —63 0 Ido.
Irish
Oats, per 4516.
English and Scotch do..
Welsh — d 0.....
Irish, fine qualities .. 2 8 2 9,1 d 0......

a. d. a. d.
7 3 @ 7 6
7 4 7 9
6 9 7 G
6 10 7 2

3C 0 -38 0

3 2 - 3 4

•3 1 -.3.2
.3 1 -.3 3
3 0 - 3 3
41 0 -43 0
36 0 -37 0

general do. 2 6 2 -8 do,
Beans, English, qr... 39 0 —4l 6 do.
Scotch &Irishm4Botb 32 6 —34 i 6 do,
Pease, English, white .. 40 0 —42 ,9 bh

Do. & Irish .., maple —— grey.
Flour, per 2801 b
English & Irish, 2nds fine .
Ditto. suerfirw,3B 0 —39 extra
712, 15
1134711) of
24°
tt
Iriranmisn
limn, go. 241 b

'as o -37 0
-

136 0 --,38 •
',39 0 -41 0

123 6 —24. 6 old
1--

41 0 —22 ,G
'22 0 —2A :o
.0 10 1 •

g. A. s. d.
7 2 7 4

7 6 -
7 9 - 8 3
7 4 - 7 8
6 6 - 6 9
7 0 - 7 2

7 2 -
5 6 - 5 9
O 0 - 0 0
69-7 3
00-0 0
0 0 - 0 0
04-0 0
O 6 - 0 0
0 0 --- 0 0