The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-05 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 4.
The market the last two days has been rather dull—The sales yes•
terday were 2,500 begs, and to-day they are 3,000. Prices arc with,
out any material change.

LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, OCT. 4.
The currency of dry Butter is nominally as noticed in our last,
and nothing is asked for but the finer descriptions. Supplies con-
tinue abundant.—Pickled Butter is steady.—The Provision trade
is dull, and prices both of Beef and Pork are lower. The former
we quote at 105 s to 110 s per tierce, the latter 72s Gd to 77s Gd per bar-
rel. it is expected that new Pork from the North of Ireland may
be laid down in Liverpool during the present month at 70s.—Bacon
rather flat at 46s to 48s. fine short middles at 49s to 60s.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. 2.
The first three days of the past week were rainy and injurious
but, since Tuesday, the weather has been very favourable for the
operations of harvest, now about half. secured throughout this dis-
trict and to the northward. A great many fields are still covered
with stooks, and no small quantity of Vi heat and Oats still uncut.
The imports from Ireland and Coastways continue to be to a very
small extent, but of Wheat and Flour from the European continent
they are increasing weekly, and some part of the imports coast-
ways are of foreign Wheat, duty paid. There has been a fair
market here,. since Tuesday last, for Wheat and Oats at fully last
Tuesday's prices ; for Flour and Oatmeal, at about Is per sack ad-
vance, and for all other articles at about last quotations, in sthich ,
by an error of the press, grinding Barley was quoted Is per 6/11b too
high, the increased quotations of new Irish Weat. below,.proceed
from an improvement iii the quality and condition thereof. 1. the
London and Yorkshire markets of 'the past week there was a small
imProveinent in the value of fine Wheat, but at Manchester on Sa-
trirday there was a limited demand for Grain from this port, being
still undersold for Wheat from Wakefield. Reports of the Wheat
crops in this district, and in the most influential counties of the
United Kingdom, excepting those immediately around London,
continue to be very unfavourable, both as to quality and quantity,
to an extent which it is to be hoped may prove exaggerated ; and
it is yet too soon to form any decided opinion on this subject.
'Fire duty on Wheat from foreign ports is this week increased, as
anticipated, two steps, having since Friday last become 10s 8d per
qr. and 6s 5d per brl on Flour ; on other sorts of foreign Grain there
is no alteration : next Friday the duty will be further increased on
Wheat to 13s Bd, or very likely_may then again increase two steps,
and become 16s 8d The present duty will probably be paid on
Wheat, if not on Flour, but any further increase will be virtually
prohibitory—we do not quote in bond at present very nearly
200,000 qrs of
:Wheat and 10,000 brls of Flour have been released
here recently, and it is estimated that nearly one-third of the Wheat
has already been disposed of to consumers; for all other kinds of
Grain in bond there has been very, little demand, and prices there-
fore may be considered the same as free, less the duties, except for
Oats and Pease, for which there is an occasional demand for export
to the West Indies, at our quotations.
At this day's market we experienced an unexpected dullness in
the demand far almost every article in the Corn Trade, and sales
were effected only to a very moderate extent; the prices of last
Tuesday were barely supported, and in some instances a small re-
duCtion was submitted to, but not sufficient to warrant any decided
reduction in the general quotations.
WHEAT, V 70Ib S. d. a. d INDIAN CORN, 4,1' 180 b•
English 6 0 alo 9 Red
Scotch
Irish
Bonded oo— 0 0 English 44 0— 46 0
BARLEY, V qr. Irish
English ..36 0 —4O 0 PEAS, Grey.... 32 0— 38 0
Chevalier 38 0 —42 0 White .. 38 0— 4 0
Scotch, V 60Th 5 6 510 RAPESEED, 4f' last, A:
Irish • 4 92—5 10 FLOUR, English, ar 2801 b.
Foreign, bond. 42 4 6 Fine ......
OATS, 4,451 b. Irish
English .. 34 3 6 American, 4? brl. free.
Scotch
Irish
Foreign, bond 26 3 OATMEAL, V 240111
Ditto, duty free 32 3 6 English 25
Rya, 4lf qr. 34 0 —3B 0 Do. new 1837 23
MALT, V qr. fines 6 0 —6l 0 Scotch 25
Middling 46 0 —56 0

0 -26 6
0-29 0
0 - 23 0

PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL.