The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-12 00:00:00

Tlre Orxrxt Varket.

The Liverpool Corn Market to-day opened
somewhat dull, but having a tolerably good
attendance of buyers, and a more general inquiry
for Wheat, the tone of the trade manifestly im-
proved, and a fair business was done in this
grain, the depression experienced in the interval
since Friday being about recovered, and we must
note prices 3d. per cental lower than on this day
week, with firmness at the close. The few
samples of new Wheat shown by our farmers
to-day were in very soft condition, and quite
unfit for millers' use. Flour was in moderate
request, and was not pressed at prices lower than
were accepted at our last market. Beans steady.
Oats were fully H per bushel, and Oatmeal 6d
to is per load lower on the week, with a limited
demand. Indian Corn met a very slow sale at
6d per quarter cheaper for mixed and yellow ;.
white Corn unaltered.—Continued fine weather
has enabled harvest work to proceed rapidly in
the southern and midland counties ; it has also
commenced, and will be very general northwards
in the course of next week ; the timely inter-
vention of a more favourable season saves the
grain crops from the destruction lately impend-
ing, but it is much to be feared that of Wheat
more especially will suffer greatly as a whole in
point of condition, extent of yield, weight, and
quality ; it is, however, somewhat premature
to express a conclusive opinion, and for
the moment we may only remark, that in all
these respects the present deliveries show a wide

difference from last year's crop, the variation of
value ranging from lOs to 12s, and the few best
samples rating 8s to lOs per quarter under the
quotation of old Wheat. Still, the prospects are
greatly improved, as compared with those exist-
ing a fortnight ago, and the consequence has been
a very decided fall in value in all the markets of
the country, old Wheat having receded fully 4s
to 5s per quarter from the highest point lately
attained, transactions in the meantime being
almost entirely suspended. The Baltic and
French markets are also lower, which has enabled
some little business to be done in the latter for the
United Kingdom in Wheat and Flour ; America,
under the influence of excited reports from this
side, quotes .higher prices with unusually high
freights, and imports thence again exhibit a loss
upon our actual currencies ; there is increasing
evidence of a large trade across the Atlantic this
season, if our prices are maintained. Business
here since Friday has been in an almost nominal
state, and the value of grain produce not strictly
definable for the time ; the sudden change of
opinion on the part of the leading journals of the
country, from the most gloomy to the most hope-
ful anticipations regarding the prospects of our
harvest, have certainly produced a strong effect
on the minds of many holders of grain ; the pro-
gress and result of the gathering in ought to b
waited for, and even already there are symptoms
that there is little necessity for looking forward
to extreme depression in prices of old. We have
a good arrival of foreign Wheat, fair of Flour,
but no Indian Corn or Beans, since this day week.
ARRIVALS AND EXPORTS
From the 4th to the 10th Sept., 1860, inclusive.