The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-14 00:00:00

Alarfttto.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 11.
At the close of our circular on Tuesday last, we stated we had
then fine weather, with an appearance of its so continuing ; but on
Wednesday morning we had a recurrence of heavy rain, succeeded
by a sultry forenoon with little sunshine,—the same on Thursday,
—and Friday was a very bad day in every respect; we had in con-
sequence at our market that day a much better demand for Wheat,
Oats and Oatmeal at a small imorovement on the recent decline,
particularly for fine fresh sweet eoreign Wheat, which may now be
considered free ;—since that day there has been very little rain in
the nights, and it has been fair in the day time, but exceedingly
cold, more so by eight or ten degrees than in the early part of the•
past week, and although this has checked the tendency to sprouting,
and may be useful to the grain cut and in stooks, it cannot he fa-
vourable for bringing to natural and proper maturity a very consi-
derable portion of Grain—particularly of Wheat, still green and far
from ripeness throughout this district and to the northward; in the
Corn markets of London, Yorkshire, and Manchester of the past
week, there was no activity, and little alteration in prices ; the ac-
counts of the progress of harvest in the south of England, and
throughout Ireland, are favourable, and they are much more for-
ward than we are. The arrivals of Grain, Flour and Oatmeal from
Ireland and Coastways have been very small; V.vo•thirds of the
Wheat Coastways in the last, and present import note, are Foreign
in bond from London, and the imports direct from Foreign Ports
are increasing weekly
The duty on Wheat from .Foreign Ports is this week, as antici-
pated reduced 4s per quarter, on Flour 2s 3d per barrel, and on Rye
Is 6d per quarter, on other Grain no alteration ; on Friday next,
the 14th instant, the duty on Wheat will almost to a certainty be
further reduced is 8d per quarter. when the lowest duties of Is per
quarter on Wheat, and 7d per barrel on Flour will be payable, and
all Wheat and Flour in the United Kingdom will be released for
borne use ; a weekly return of 69s 2d, with the fractions, will ac-
complish this ; and it must fall below 63s 3d to prevent the duty
from continuing at 2s 8d ; therefore very little Wheat or Flour will
be released until Friday, excepting what may behave sold to millers
whose stocks are totally exhausted ; we shall therefore affix no
quotations to those articles in bond for some time to come. We
estimate the quantity of Foreign Wheat in bond here, and on board
vessels now in our docks, which will be released for home-use, at
about 170,000 quarters ; of Flour about 65,000 barrels, three-fourths
of which are old and sour ; and in the United Kingdom it is esti-
mated there may be about 800,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat which
will be thus released.
Yesterday and to-day we have fine seasonable weather, with
every appearance of its being really settled ; notwithstanding which
at this day's market there was a better demand than expected for
the finest Wheat, Oats, Flour and Oatmeal, and although the prin-
cipal millers and dealers haVe recourse to their own recent pur-
chases of Foreign Wheat bought very sparingly, sales to a fair ex-
tent were made to some of them, and several cargoes were sold to
speculators it fully the prices of this day week, and we can make
little or no difference in last week's quotations; some small par-
cels of new Irish Wheat appeared of very fair quality, but in very
soft condition, and were sold at the prices affixed.
WHEAT, 1.1, 70th a. d. a d INDIAN CORN, 480th.
English 9 4 .lplo 6 Red
Scotch
Irish
Bonded 9 0— 9 6 • English 44 —47 0
BARLEY, 413' qr. Irish
English ..36 0 —4O 0 PEAs, Grey.... 32 0— 35 0
Chevalier 38 0 —42 0 White .. 38 0 44 0
Scotch, V' 60th 6 6—6 10 RAPESEED, 4t, last, £
Irish
Foreign, bond 42— 4 6 Fine ...... 50 0- 55 0
OATS, 45Th. • Irish
English ...... .; 3 4 3 6 American. 41r brl. free.
Scotch
Irish
Foreign, bond 2 6 3 2 OATMEAL, 4P, 240th
Ditto, duty free 3 2 3 6 English 23
RYE, clf,qr.' 34 0 —3B 0 Do. near 1837 24
MALT, V qr. fines 6 0 —62 0 I Scotch 23
Middling 46 0 —56 0

0-24 0
0 - 25 0
0-21 0