The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-07 00:00:00

racy character, as prices are higher in the districts of produc-
tion, farmers positively refusing to sell, unless they procure
their own ideas. Generally speaking, trade in woollen manu-
facturing is healthy, army orders are abundant, and there is
not much complaint of want of home and export orders, so
that, on the whole, business may be considered satisfactory ;
the only annoyance to the consumer is, the advancing value
of wool, and the small margin of remuneration for labour.
Messrs. HUGHES and RONALD Say

There has been an active demand by private contract, and
owing to the extremely limited supplies of all kinds of foreign,
the less current descriptions have met with more ready sale at
improved rates. Mogadore, Mazagan, Egyptian, and similar
kinds have been much inquired for, and everything has been
cleared off. Barbary, Smyrna, and Turkey have been in
more favour from the scarcity of other descriptions. Peruvian
meets with ready sale, prticularly the better qualities, and
most of the late arrivals have been at once taken for exporta-
tion. Alpaca has been in very great request, there is
nothing on the spot, and some large contracts for arrival
have been entered into at 2s 6d per lb. Mohair has been in
good demand at fall prices, and the tendency is for a further
advance. Russia wools hare been more in request, and,
during the last few days, sales of Donskey have been made at
full quotations. Iceland has been in good request, and new
arrivals are likely to meet with ready sales at current rates.
An active business has been done in English, but the tone
has been rather quieter during the past week, consumers
being raoderately well supplied. Irish has been in good de-
mallet And prices have ruled very 'firm. In Scotch there has not
been much done, old stocks being nearly exhausted, for there
is a fair inquiry, particularly for laid Cheviot, cross, and
white Highland. Sheepskins of all kinds are very scarce,
;and meet with ready sale.

TIMBER.—Fvom the monthly circular of Messrs.
HOLME, SLATER, 'and CROOK, we extract the follow-
ing :

The arrivals into the Mersey, containing Timber from Bri-
tish North America, daring the month Are, 50 vessel, 32,850
tons, against 32 vessels, 24,671 tons, for the corresponding
period last year, viz., 20 vessels from Quebec, 15 vessels from
St. John, 15 vessels from other ports. The consumptive de-
mand continues satisfactory. St. John Birch, of good quality,
continues in request. Old and inferior Wood is most unsale-
able. The market is almost cleared of Hackmatack and Yel-
low Pine Sleepers. Of Baltic Timber the arrival during the
month is 1 vessel, 351 tons, against 7 vessels, 1,828 tons, 'for
the corresponding period last year. No sales to report.; a
cargo has been stored on an importer's account. The gtoek of
good Red Dells is almost exhausted ; the nominal 'value is
6'21 to ,CW•per standard. Common Deals are difficult Of sale,
And White Wood particularly so. Red Battens of goodquality
,are light -in stock, and command £l9 to £2O per standard.
Common .11edwood are unsdeable at £l3 to £l4Tergtandard.
Whitewood, to effect sales, can only be sold at the-same rate
as Spruce, say £8 to £8 les per standard.

11EriALs.—The mthet for Scotch Pig Iron has been
steady ; prices to-day have ruled from 745. lo 745. 3d.
for store warrants, mixed numbers, f.o.b. at Glasgow.
,In. other metals there has been little doing.