The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-27 00:00:00

COTTON MARKET.-WEEKLY REPORT.

The trade have bought rather freely this week, and the daily
purchases by speculators, who have almost exclusively confined
their operations to the better qualities of the new crop of American,
have given holders more confidence, and the full prices of last
week have bee❑ currently obtained. Brazil is still offered freely,
particularly Pernambuco, for which lower prices have been sub-
mitted to. Egyptian is without change, but East India barely
maintains last week's quotations. Speculators have taken 6500
American, and exporters 150 American.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON,
From the 16th to the 24th instant, inclusive,

Prices paid IMPORTS
in the week. ThisWk.ithis year

SALES OF THE WEEK

Si 4) 15i
xl - 8 11 5727 13.37
4i 3443 582429
74 90 24085
3918
6

130 , Sea Island
80 Stained
10400 ) Bowed Georgia
2060 i { Mobile
Alabama and Tennessee 4
14800 New Orleans
320
{ Pernambuco & Paraiba 6,4 -
Aricati and Ceara -
60 Bahia and Maceio
4SO Maranham -
Sawginned -
Minas - -
Para - -
Demerara, Surinavu, &c... - -
140 Egyptian
Barbadoes
Peruvian
Bahama
1420 i Laguayra 6
60 Common West India, &c 6
Carthagena
Smyrna
.. Manilla
2400 Surat 3l -
20 Madras -
! Bengal I - - -

,} 41159
} 10

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17332
225
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6i } 929 } 16270
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32450 bales

1211072

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 23.
The ithport duties for the ensuing week continue unvaried
from the rates previously chargeable on foreign Grain and
Flour.

A moderate quantity of Wheat, with a liberal supply of
Oats, Oatmeal, and Flour, have been received here from
Ireland within the last three days. We have also to report,
during that time, a few hundred quarters of Wheat and
Pease, with 5,455 barrels of Flour from Canada, forming the
whole arrivals from abroad ; but, coastwise, we have scarcely
any fresh arrivals.

From the close of Tuesday's market, and up to this date,
a tolerably steady feeling prevailed on the part of holders,
with limited sales of the leading articles to consumers, on
terms varying little, if in any degree, from our previous cur-
rency, which appeared to constitute the only features in the
corn trade here claiming any remark during that period.
At our Corn Exchange this morning, foreign free Wheats
continued to be held with increasing firmness, and some
parties required rather higher prices ; but having very few
millers in attendance, and little inclination to purchase, any
decided advance, if obtained, was partial, and the transac-
tions altogether extremely unimportant in amount. Of
English Wheat the supply to-day was trivial, and Irish
moved off slowly, each description remaining unaltered in
value.

Home-made and Irish, as well as States and Canadian
Flour, met a limited demand at late prices.
A serious fire occurred here yesterday morning, in which,
amongst other produce, about 2000 quarters of bonded, and
5000 quarters of duty-paid Wheat were destroyed.
Barley and Malt, upon a slow gradual scale, maintained
our last quotations. Beans and Pease, with scarcely any
inquiry, were the turn cheaper.
Excepting a few retail sales, the Oat trade appeared to
excite no marked attention, and Tuesday's rates were barely
supported. The general price of Oatmeal to-day, was re-
duced to 21s. per 240 lbs. for good marks of Irish, at which
from 1500 to 2000 sacks were disposed cf to country buyers