The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-29 00:00:00

-LIVERPOOL,

THURS

2 do's 371 c for black-eyed per bag, of two bushels. Corn is
plenty and drooping, though the demand is tolerably aetive.
The sales since our last compri•e nearly 54,000 bushels, at
49c to 55c for unsound, heated, and damp ; 66c to b7c for
mixed southern, and 58c to 60c for yellow and white do, per
bushel.

BOPS : 30 bales brought 7c to 9c per lb.
Ittort : We can only trace sales of 100 tons Scotch pig at
32 dole 50c per ton, usual credit.
NAVAL STORES : Crude turpentine is quiet, yet it is generally
quoted at 3 dols 25c per 280 lbs. Spirits do. is still pretty
actively inquired for, and is worth 44c to 45c per gallon. Tar
is selling more freely at old rates. Resin attracts considerable
attention and is firm at 1 dol 72,1 c for common, per 310 lbs,
delivered ; and 2 dols 50 c to 4 dols 50c for No. 1 and whtte,
per 280 lbs.
OILS : Whale and sperm are in fair request at steady rates.
Rai and olive oils continue inactive and somewhat nominal.
Palm oil is unaltered. Linseed is still offered at 78c per gal,
but it is not in much request thereat. Buyers will not pay
over 76e. Lard oil rules dull and heavy at 85c to 90c per

gallon,
PRovisioNs: Pork attracts less attention. The reduced
supply and enhanced claims of owners are against free move-
ments on the part of buyers. Small sales transpired, to-day,
of mess, at 19 dols 25c to 19 dols 50c ; and of prime, at 15
dole 371 c to 15 dols 50c per brl. Besides the sale of mess
pork for September delivery reported in our last, there was
another lot of 1,000 brls, deliverable in August, at 16 dols 75c
per brl, contracted for, and this should have been included in
our former report, but it was inadvertently omitted. Cut
meats are in fair request, and are worth 91-c to 10e for hams,
and 73c to 7ic for shoulders, the highest quotations being for
extra sugar cured per lb. Bacon continues in a very light
supply and fair demand, at 91c to 101 e, as in quality,
per lb. Lard is pretty brisk, and firm, the transactions
including 500 brls and tierces. Fair to strictly prime at 10te
to 10,e, and some prime in kegs, at 111 c to 114 c per lb.
Beef is in fair demand, and is firm in price. The sales since
our last consist of 350 brls, at 7 dols 50e to 6 dols for country
prime ; 8 dols to 9 dols 50c for do mess, and 9 dole 50c to 13
dols for repacked do Ter brl. Prime mess beef now commands
but 15 dols to 19 dols per tierce. Beef hams are in fair
demand, at prices ranging from 13 dole to 17 dela per brl.
Butter is plenty, and selling moderately at 13e to 17c for
Ohio ; 14c to 20e for common
,to very good State • 21e to 23c
for prime and choice do per lb. Cheese is in ample supply and
quiet, at 6c to 10c for poor to choice.
RICE : There are 275 tes taken at 3 dols 25c to 4 dole 25c
per 100 lbs.
SUGARS : Large receipts and an augmented stock are in-
ducing some reserve among buyers, but not, as yet, affecting
prices. The sales since our last comprise about 1,100 hhds of
Cuba, &c. at from 61c to 8c; and 174 boxes Havana at 'Tic
to 9c per lb. No material alteration has occurred in refined
varieties.

TALLOW : There were 28,000 lbs prime sold at 10-ic to lOic
per lb.
_TIN appears inactive, but it is generally held with con-

fidence.

TOBACCO is still scarce and quiet, yet very firm

FREIGHTS : A light amount of engagements transpired,
the enhanced claims of shipowners having impeded shippers.
For Liverpool, cotton, 3-16.1 to 7-32 d per lb ; flour, 2s 6d
per barrel ; grain, Sid to 6id per bushel ; beef, 2s 6d
per tierce ; pork, at 2s 6d per barrel ; resin 2s 3d per barrel;
and heavy goods at 20s to 25s per ton. For other ports pro-
portionate rates.