The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-07
Import this week.

LIVERPOOL, March 20-Evening-The stock OF
cotton is estimated to-day at 81, ,o30 bales again ST
467 TO last year, thus showing decrease OF &C. 4(
bales. here are in stock DDS, $50 bales American
against o97 800; 6G3S0 Brazil against $500; AGO
Egyptian. against 6s,5T0; and only 1900 bales
East India descriptions, against 1850 last year. The
ouant;ty of cotton at sea for Great Britain is COM
puted q; $50 600 bales Tor 900 from America and
ll9 010 rom East Inia aga Dst 46e 900 last year oT
215,0c0 from America and o5 roc som East India,
thus exhibiting decrease IN the Gnanty OF COTTON
az sea compared with last year Of 10000 bales; but
il has 10 be explained that the Bombay shipment
for the fortnight ended 2Sth February is deducted
from last years figures. the corresponding NAL tof
this year not being yet a. Land The import COM
pared with the same date last year shows al increase
O: ooS14O bales; the quantity taken for consump-
ton increase Of SO: actual export an increase
OF a2.e90; and the quantity taken on speculation
also an increase Of 115.G20 bales. M,ddlmS upland
cotton is quoted at 10Sd against 133sd fair Pernam
al 10;sd against 1870; far Egyptian at 1c, against
l6l and fair phollerah at SGD, against at the
corresponding date IN 1857
Compared with last weeks figures, the stock Of
cotton shows all increase Of 2G56O bales; and il the
same perlod the trade have taken s., ,lG0 bales end
exporters a. 5s0-to2ethe 66,5SJ bales. TIE actual
export has been s076 bales. and the import S5,95S
bales, OF which latter G9, aG4 are American.
The average weekly deliveries OF cot on !rom this
port to the trade to this date have been SsG0 bales
against 5000 bales TO the same date il 1867 and
IS, 040 in 1866.
LIVERPOOL. April 3-11.15 A. M.-CoTToS-Ths
regular weekly cotton circular issued under The aus
pices OF tue Liverpool Cotton Broker ASSOCIATION,
has the following remarks on the market ior the
week:
The market has been very active, aId tfe saiss
during the week just closcd have realed the almost
unprecedented figures OF 10000 bales. Ibe advance
n prices have been marked and the quotatiors arc
at !eastl'sd 10 higher On American descriptions,
than at the close Of last week. There has been an
active demand for export, and Of the above sales A.
0CO bales were taken for this purpose, against only
H. coo las. weak. The amount taken Cor speculation
was l4000b1les leavinetabout COO foc ncal con-
sumption. The very heavy sales have materially redu.
ced tie stock on hand only Of but OF I'll
descriptions According 70 tue best estimates the
total amount in port and on sbipboard at present
c:mpared with last week, is as follows:
Ills week. Last week.
Stock .3l3.000 1900
Imported from AIoerlca. .l92,e00 e2SO0O
The estimates OF the stock At sea on The way to
Liverpool. and particularly the aloIn; e route from
!.,ce.c2, a:e rot get hand These viii p:obab!?
te made pubic today, together with the shipments
from Bombay.
Ire markes this morning opens buoyant and ad'
vancing. Prices irregular anG fuctuating that
i; is impossible 10 give them. The sales Of the day
will be unusually heavy, 70 oUcl al thus hour they
canno. be estimated with anything Ike accuracy.
We shall ~ 20 give ag:res il Our uezt dispatch.
The ;oial socE OF cotton at sea, destined 10 this
po- IS estimated at $50 OnS bales, CT which amount
2l3.Q00 bales the way from different por;s in
the United states.