The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-13 00:00:00

COTTON MARKET.-WEEKLY REPORT.

The market opened on Saturday with an animated demand, both
from the trade and speculators, when full prices were paid; during
the present week, however, the speculative inquiry has materially
diminished, and the trade has also purchased less freely. The
import of American of the new crop is considerable, and, being
plentifully !offered, has produced a decline of Id to id 14 lb upon
the better qualities, whilst in other descriptions no material change
can be noticed, although the present quotations are with difficulty
maintained. Speculators have taken 5000 American and 1500
Surat, and Exporters 200 American and JO9 Surat.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON,
From the 2nd to the Bth instant, inclusive.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, DECEMBF.R. 12.
We have had a much smaller market to-day ; prime Beef scarce.
and sold at a consideraNe advance, 6d to bid being paid for the
best description ; middling 5d to Sid ; inferior 4d to 4icl ; Prime
Wethers 6cl to 63d; Ewes stl to 51d 7,,,> lb, sinking the offal
Beasts 1497 ; Sheep 4472.

LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,
DECEMBER 12, 1842.

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Potatoes 9 ,I 1). s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Short Tops 1 li 1 21 Old Hay .... 0 s(po loi :p 20lb
Cups 1 3 1 4 New flay.... 0 6 0 10 ----
Pink-eyes and) 1 6 1 7 Clover Hay.. 0 6 0 9
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emps Clover & GrassO 0 0 0 ---,,
Cattle
Purnips, a ton
Carrots 27 0 33 0 Straw, Barley 0 2 0 2i -----

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, DEC. 9.
Sugar.—The demand is extremely limited, and the sale of B. r•
barely reach 100 hhds., without .change in prices. 3500 bag:
Bengal have been disposed of, strong bright yellow at 65s 6d! aa
low whites at 62s to 042 6d per cwt. Nothing done in Mauritius.
Foreign.—The sales are 50 cases and 160 brls. Pernambuco, at froni
16s 6d to 17s 6cl for ordinary to middling brown, and Os 6cl to 233
for low to good white, and 1400 mats brown Manilla at 16s per cwt.
No sales reported in AI °lasses. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation
amount to 100 casks Jamaica, at steady prices ; Igo bags CeylOd
were also taken, by the trade at 65s for good ordinary, auht
damaged in proportion. Of Foreign, 560 bags Maracaibo broug.
35s to 3ps, and 200 bags, all faults, at proportionate rates. ?e:
pockets Bengal ginger have been taken at the quotations. Nothinl
done in Cocoa, Pepper or Pimento. 1100 bags Bengal Rice sold:
llstol Is 6d per cwt. B. P. Rum.—The demand is limited, and t"e
sales barely reach 100 puns., chiefly strong Demerara, at former
rates.
Tea.—The market remains in the same inactive state as noticed
in our last, no transaction of any moment having taken place.
Very little business was done at the public sales on Wednesday
340 bags Sago Flour sold at 150 gd to 16s, 136 bags Turmeric, a,;
23s for China, and 18s to lgs 6d for Malabar. 14 chests Rg 1,5.;
Dye brought 7d per lb. Nearly 1500 bags Saltpttre have been take.:
at 27s to 30s per cwt. Small sales of Nitrate of Soda at the quo'
tations.
The demand for Dyewoods remains limited to small parcels
immediate consumption ; about 80 tons of Carnpeachy Log
sold sold at £8 is to 78 6d, CO tons of Jamaica at £4 125 6d Li::
£4l ss ; a few tons of Cuba and Spanish Fustic at the quotations,anu
50 tons of Nicaragua Wood at £lO 105 to per ton, as in quality:
Montreal Pot Ashes were sold early in the week at 345, but sun
sequently 30s 6d has been accepted. Pearl Ashes are dull,
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bd.!
previous prices are supported.—Tobacco. The demand has be,, t.
good, and the sales not less than 450 hhds. at very full prices&
all descriptions, whilst for Virginia stemmed an advance of near
id lb has been obtained.