The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

COTTON MARKET, MAY 30

Though we have not so much business doing in Cotton as there
was last week, yet the demand continues good, and the trade are
purchasing to a tair extent, though the complaints of non-remu-
nerating prices have not yet ceased to be mad e. On Saturday the
sales amounted to 3500 to 4000 bales, and to-day they are fully 5000,
at full prices, with a steady but not an animated market, being too
well supplied with all descriptions of Cotton to make it difficult
for purchasers_ta do their business well.

COTTON MARKET.-WEEKLY REPORT.

There was a good demand from the trade, as well as from
speculators, at the commencement of the week, which, aided by
improved accounts from Manchester, continued up to yesterday,
and a large business was done at better prices ; but as there ap-
peared more disposition to realize at the advance, buyers were less
disposed to increase their purchases, but the market has closed
steady, and an advance of id to id per lb has been established on
low to middling American, while the better qualities, having been
less inquired for, remain as before. A fair business has been done
in Brazil, at firmer prices, and for Surat the demand for the trade
has been extensive, without any change. The public sales to.day,
consisting of 1680 bags Sea Island and 370 do. Stained, were thinly
attended, and were mostly withdrawn for want of bidders ; the
few sales made were at about previous rates. Speculators have
taken 8000 American and 1200 Surat. and Exporters 840 American,
150 Pernam, 160 3iaranham and and as Surt.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF gOTTON,
From the lgth to the 26th instant,tincllnive

Prices paid I IMPORTS
in the week. ThisWk.ithisyear

Our import list beneath shows the most scanty gen'eral
arrival we have had for a long time, the only item worth
notice being 3,250 qrs. foreign Wheat, about one-half from
the Mediterranean, and the remainder from the Baltic: a
few parcels of Oats and Oatmeal are reported to Runcorn
from Ireland, but scarcely anything thence or coastwise di-
rect to this port.
The late advance, though not important in itself, appears
to have discouraged for the moment any disposition on the
part of our own millers to purchase duty-paid Wheats
freely, and we have had also a less general speculative in-
clination to invest in bonded within the past few days; yet,
with some demand for Irish account, in addition to that for
home consumption, a moderate business has been done
since Tuesday, in which prices have been very firmly sup-
ported.

Having very few country millers at this day's market, and
our home dealers exercising a greater degree of forbearance
than of late, English and Foreign Wheats, duty paid, expe-
rienced a limited demand only ; but holders remaining firm,
Tuesday's rates were supported, and good samples of Irish,
owing to its former low relative value, was the turn dearer.
Flour, both English and free foreign, was in slow request
at our last quotations ; whilst of Irish, a few parcels have
been taken for re-shipment on rather higher terms.
Several parcels of bonded Wheat have changed hands to-
day, and rather more money has been realized upon some
of the lower descriptions : the sales since Tuesday comprise
Barletta, 7s. sd. to 7s. 6d., Common Odessa, 6s. 6d. to
6s. Od., Egyptian, ss. 9d. to Gs. per 701bs. in store here,
with some transactions in Baltic at full prices : a cargo of
fine Ancona, afloat, has brought 51s per qr., including
freight and insurance.
Barley, Malt, Beans and Pease continued to move off
sparingly and in retail quantities merely, at our last quota-
tions.

Oats, attended with an increased demand, acquired an ad-
vance of ld. per 45 lbs. ; and Oatmeal was held steadily at
an improvement of 6d. per 240 lbs.