The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-08 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY

Only a moderate demand again to-day ; about 2,000 bales
sold at yesterday's prices. As yet the Indian news has had
no effect upon our market. Holders are willing sellers.
Buyers only purchase for their immediate wants.

COTTON MARKET, JULY 7,

There has not been the slightest change in our Cotton market
this week, it has maintained throughout the same dull and
inanimate appearance. On Tuesday,the transactions barely reached
2,000 bales, yesterday 4,000, and to-day, about the same quantity
all to the trade, with the exception of some little for export. The
overland news seems to have no effect here, though its intelligence
gave a more cheerful aspect to the countenances of commercial
gents in Manchester, on Tuesday last.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, JULY 5.
From the whole of our grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts
fresh up to this morning's market was again very limited, even the
time of year considered; yet at least four-fifths of them were of
superior quality. In particularising those quarters whence the
supplies were received, we have to state those from Norfolk,
Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire amounted to about 1,200 Scots
and homebreds; from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northampton-
shire, &c.. 65 , short-horns, from various parts of England, viz.,
Devonshire, H erefordshirc, S ussex, Kent, &c., 25 Devon s, Herefords,
runts, &c. ; and from Dundeeand Aberdeen, 94 horned and polled
Scots (but chiefly the latter) per steam-vessels. The attendance
of both metropolitan and provincial buyers being numerous, and
the dead markets rather bare of meat, the Beef trade here to-day
was, on the whole, steady, but by no means brisk, and last week's
quotations were in most instances supported. Although a few of
the very primest Scots were disposed of at 4s Bd, the more general
top figure was is 6d per 81b, and a good clearance was effected by
the salesmen. The numbers of Sheep, more than 7,000 of which
are received by the various railways, brought forward, were more
than usually extensive, which circumstance produced a very heavy
demand for Mutton, yet we can notice no material alteration in the
quotations; the best old Downs being held 45 4d per 81bs, or quite
Id per lb lower than at the corresponding market day last year,
and large quantities were turned out unsold at the conclusion of
business. We had a full average supply of Lambs offering with
which the trade was heavy, at barely, stationary prices. Calves were
a mere drug, and with difficulty produced previous currencies. In
Pigs next to nothing was doing at late rates. By the quantities of
Sibs, sinking the offal.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. JULY 5.
In addition to the excessive import of Wheat, stated in
our circular of Tuesday last, upwards of 23,000 qrs. have
arrived here from abroad since that date, with a good quan-
tity of Flour from Canada and the East Indies, and some
further parcels of Egyptian Beans released from quarantine ;
whilst either coastwise or from Ireland the supplies on the
whole are unimportant.
The following are the quantities of Grain, Flour, and Oat-
meal computed to remain in Liverpool, on the 30th June,
1842 :

In Bond.--Wheat, 308,706 qrs. ; Barley, 12,525 qrs. ;
Oats, 9,757 qrs. ; Rye, 200 qrs. ; Beans, 30,626 qrs. ;
Pease, 12,468 qrs. ; Flour, 105,510 barrels.
Free.—Wheat, 15,000 qrs. ; Barley, 2,000 qrs. ; Oats,
10,000 qrs. ; Rye, 400 qrs. ; Beans, 14,000 qrs. ; Pease,
3,000 qrs. ; Flour, 30,000 barrels and 3.000 sacks ; Oatmeal,
45,000 loads ; with a tolerably good attendance of buyers.
We have experienced an improved demand for Wheat at
this day's market, and sales for consumption have been made
to a fair extent, the reduction stated on Friday in secondary
descriptions of Foreign being nearly recovered to-day, and
all best qualities rating quite as high in value as on this day
week. English, Irish, and American Flour moved off slowly
at the above mentioned decline, but several parcels of fresh
Canadian were taken at 335. to 335. 6d. per barrel.
Oats and Oatmeal were dull of sale, the former at an abate-
ment of ld. per bushel ; and the latter of 6d. per sack. Of
other articles the sales were vary trifling in account, and
former prices barely supported.
No further transactions are reported in bonded Wheat and
Flour.

Since the close of the week, the weather has been very
stormy and unsettled, and a great deal of rain has fallen.