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

OL STANDARD.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, JAN. 2.
We have very small supplies of all Grain, owing to contrary -
winds and heavy waters. At our markets to-day, there was a Amt.
good attendance of buyers, and a fair business was transacted paid.
in all descriptions of Wheat at fully last week's prices. Good -
Barley sold freely, and common sorts in fair request without .4'
any alteration in value. Beans in good demand and but few 5
offering. Oats and Shelling each rather dearer. Malt as before.

HULL CORN MARKET, DEC. 30. 21
At to•day's market the supply of both old and new Wheat is 42s
good, but owing to the farmers asking very high prices, the 2g
business passing is but small at Is per qr advance on the prices 1"
of last week. In Spring Corn the business doing is not great, 25
and the supply only moderate. In Linseed and Rapeseed but li
little doing, and the arrivals are not Page. Linseed Cakes con 42s
tinne in good demand. In Rape Cakes and Bones little passing, 2E
and for the latter lower prices is taken. Guano dull. 5
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LEEDS CORN MARKET, DEC. 30. 10
As is frequently the case the last market day in the year, we
have only had a thin attendance of buyers; and having an in-
different show of Wheat samples, the millers purchased sparingly
to-day at last week's rates, expecting when the weather mode-
rates, there will be a large supply and a better choice. The
arrival of Barley is good, and meets slow ssle, although rather
lower prices are submitted to. In Oats and Beans no alteration
can be noted

MANCHESTER CORN

MARKET, JAN

Though, as usual at this season of the year, there has been no
activity in the Corn trade during the week, considerable firm-
ness has been evinced • and in the transactions that have taken
place full prices have been obtained for every article.
. . .

The same has been the case at Liverpool and Wakefield, and
at the former some sales of Oatmeal have been made, prin-
cipally for the supply of orders from Ireland, and a few lots of
Bonded Wheat, Flour, and Indian Corn, have been taken on
speculation.
To-day we may cal the market for every article steady, at
last week's prices, with but little actual business doing.

THE WOOL TRADE

(From Mr. Hance's Circular.)

During the first six months of the past year a very large
and satisUxtory business was done in our Wool market, at
steady prices; after this period the demand began to slacken,
and during the last three months an unusual degree of stagna-
tion has pervaded this branch of our trade, and a slight reduc-
tion must be quoted in the price of almost all descriptions of
Wool, since my last year's advices.
I have again to notice a large increase in the Imports from
all quarter 4, except from Portugal, where the demand for the
French and other foreign markets, caused the prices to rule too
high during the greater part of the year to remunerate importers
to this c^untry. _

Notwithstanding the great increase in the Imports above no-
ticed, I do not estimate present stocks as at all excessive, and
have no doubt they will be found only adequate to the demand
when the improvement takes place in our Wool market, which
we are justified in anticipating as soon as we can recover from
the great derangement in our monetary system, under which
we have been labouring daring the past two months.
In the event of the all-absorbing question of the Corn Laws
being satisfactorilly settled, we may confidently expect a more
remunerative trade, both for importers and manufacturers,
during the present year, in this important branch of commerce.
Referring you to the accompanying table of Imports and
Prices current. 11,11 M