The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

been quite maintained, the reduction has not been to a
extent than might have been expected, all things
We are of opinion that prices have

,nsiciered

tion for the spring trade will give an impetus to our staple
article such as we experienced last year.
English and Scotch have partaken of the late depres-
sion, and must be quoted 10 per cent. below the highest

prices of the year

It may be interesting to mark the progress of the
trade in American provisions, as being one only re-
cently introduced amongst our great staples of corn-
and whose probable progress has been va-
The circular of an extensive Li-

riously spoken of

verpo

" A reference of the table of imports and stocks will
how a steady increase in the consumption of beef. The

in shipping a well-selected article is now only required to
hold the position gained. At no period during the past
year was the stock in excess ; hence the variation in price
has been very trifling. The little old that remains is
likely to go off at about present rates. The new has found

for so far, ex s

t full prices where

but as the slit
anticipated.

es will now increase, lower rates may be

In pork there has not been a satisfactory trade. The
improvement noted at the commencement of last year in
a few parcels then received was not general in the suc-
ceeding imports ; hence a dull, dragging sale has resulted.
The present quotations are nearly nominal, as Irish cure

are taken by ships in preference, though at se
lings per barrel higher.

Chese has continued to show a very decided improve-
ment in quality. Increased imports have met a steady,
regular demand, at profit ible prices. The stock at pre-
sent is larger than at the close of last year, the sales for
December, owing to the general mercantile distrust,
having been limited; bet the dealers' stocks being low, a
good business is expected this month. Our present
prices are likely to be supported.
In the first eight months of the year the import of
lard was very trifling. Prices were, in consequence, well
supported, in October reaching the highest point this ar-
ticle has yet touc')ed ; since, supplies have been more
liberal, and prices have receded 4s. to ss. per cwt„ the
market ending dull at the quotations.

Tallow has presented little of novelty : the character of
the best brands of North American continues to stand
high, as shown by the prices obtained, being title, if at
all, under the best Russian. The market is firm at the

quotations."
With respect to the timber trade—another im-
portant branch of our commerce, whose prosperity
is an index of the increased activity of industry,
and of the increasing comforts of our population as
well,—we find the following remarks in the last
circular of an extensive firm :
The arrivals from British America last mouth amounted
to forty vesels, 19,277 tons, the total import so far, being
433 vessels, 231,337 tons. Several Quebec cargoes in-
tended for this market have been lost, and there are still
a few to arrive, which, at the end of the import, (usually
made up to the 31st instant,) will cause the import last
year to fall short of 240,000 tons of shipping, the largest
previous import not exceeding 188,000 tons.
We might heap evidence upon evidence of a si-
milar character, tending to show that in nearly
every branch of commerce, the past has been a
year of great prosperity; and although the closing
a few months had a temporary gloom thrown over
them by casual and temporary circumstances, we
have abundant reason as a nation to be thankful for
the position in which we are placed. And in ap-
proaching another year, not certainly under such
flattering circumstances as we did the last, we can
do so nevertheless with the hope that a fair and re-
munerative business is before us for the twelve
months to come, if uncalled-for political change is
not allowed to unsettle men's minds, and to di-
minish that confidence in the mercantile body which
is ever the leading source of a nation's prosperity.