The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-31 00:00:00

Since Tuesday last the imports of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal,
from Ireland, have again been very trivial, indeed, they have for
some time past been almost exceeded by the exports thither; of
Wheat -and Flour, from Foreign ports and from Canada, the arrivals
have also been to a very small extent.
The weather'. during the past week, has been almost as rainy as
in the four preceding ones, and nearly equally deficient of sunshine
and summer heat, so that, although favourable for Potatoes,
Turnips, the pastures, and second crops of Grass, it must be becom-
ing injurious to no small portion of the Hay still unsecured, and the
crops of Grain are progressing very slowly to proper maturity, but
further than protecting the commencement of harvest, no serious
injury has recently been done ; and this account is applicable to a
great portion of the northern districts of England, and likewise of
Scotland and Ireland, but reports are much more favourable of the
weather and of the crops in almost all the influential southern
districts. . . . .

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The demand has been very steady here and in all our surround-
ing markets of the past week, for every article in the Corn trade,
at fully last Tuesday's prices, which, in some instances, for Wheat
and Flour, Oats and Meal, have been a little exceeded; and in con-
sequence of the prospect of a reduction in the duties, Wheat and
Flour, in bond, have been objects of active speculation recently,
at a small advance; duty having been paid on most of the Oats in
bond, their value, bonded or free, has varied very little.
The duty on Wheat from Foreign ports was decreased on Friday
last to 16s 8d per quarter, and on Flour to lOs 04d per barrel, as
expected, on all other Grain it remains unaltered; it is confidently
anticipated that on Friday, the 7th of August, the duty will be
further reduced on Wheat to 13s 8d per quarter, and on Flour to
Bs 2id per barrel; and on Friday, the 14th of August, that it will be
still further reduced to Ins Bd per quarter; and to 6s 5d per barrel.
Yesterday the weather was very fine and warm with every ap-
pearance of being settled, which stagnated sales, and although it
is again cloudy and overcast, the languid account from Mark Lane
market, of yesterday, caused a very slack demand here at this
day's market fcir every article in the Corn trade, at about the
prices of this day week.
WHEAT, per 701bs s. d. s. d. INDIAN Coax, 480Ib.
English
Scotch 9 4 10 6 White 4B 0 50 0
Irish 6 4 8 0 BEANS, per quarter.
.

Bonded - 46 0 52 0
BARLEY, per qr. Irish 44 0 46 0
English 37 0 38 0 PEAS Grey 3B 0 43 0
Chevalier 3B 041 0 White 44 046 0
Scotch, per 601 b. 4 6 5 0 1 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b.
Irish 4 3 5 0 In bond , 14 0 17 0
_ Foreign, in bond, 0 0 olt i FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. _

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OATS, ier-451b. Fine - 48 o 55 6
English
Scotch 4 0 4 4 Amer. gir brl. free
Irish 3 8 4 2 Sweet U. 5..... 37 6 39 0
Forcigu, in bond 3 6 3 9 Sour 34 0 35 0
Ditto, duty free.. 4 0 4 4 OAT:MEAL, per 2401 b.
RTE, per quarter .. 36 0 38 0 English 34 0 35 6

MA air, per qr. line 68 070 0 Ditto, new
middling 56 0 6-6 0 Scotch....

35 6 37 0
34 0 33 6