The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-13 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

'EW Yowl, 31sT MAY.—The money market continued
easy, but the unfavourable exhibit of the city banks in-
spired capitalists with a little more caution, and long
notes were in less favour. Loans on call, 7 per cent. ;
short first class paper, 9 to 10 per cent., with some very
choice signatures at 8 ; and six months' notes 12 per cent.
Exchange had been very limited at unchanged prices.
9i ;to 91 per cent. prem. ;
and f 5 60* short
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sight.
ts.,quoteac , If) 11518120 on t
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days,
COTTON.—The market had undergone no perceptible
change, and the transactions had been somewhat restricted.
The sales for the three days were 3,500 bales, the market
closing quietly. Strict classifications above middling con-
tinue relatively dearer than the low grades.
NEW YORK CLASSIFICATION. N. Orleans.
Uplands. Florida. Mobile. & Texa'.
Ordinary ....... . . .4 7.1 7,1 7i
Middling ..... . .... 9i 9i O4 9}
Middling fair ....... .. 104 loi 1(4 114
Fair . ................. 11
Total import since Ist instant 33,472 bales.
Export from ist to 30th May, 1854, 32,181 ; 1853, 34,986.

BREADSTIIFFS.—The market for State and Western
flour was advancing daily, prices having risen 25c. to
371 c., and for one or two fancy and extra brands the im-
provement was still greater. Corn meal was quiet, and

the market steady. Prime wheat had continued scarce,
with some inquiry for erport,'and the market was firmer,
but of inferior qualities there was a better supply, and
prices were rather easier.
PnovisioNs.—The market for Western pork continued
depresed, and a decline of 31-1-c. to 37:1-c. to 50c. on prime
had been established. The demand was moderate, and
limited for the most part to the wants of the home trade,
the market closing heavily at $l5, 50. Beef continued in
fair demand, and with a light stock of prime qualities the
market continued buoyant. Prime mess steady, with sales
of good at $24. Lard more plenty, and prices; declining,
and closing at 92c. to 91C. for fair to prime. Butter re-
mained steady, with a full demand. Cheese is-dull, at 9c.
to 11c.
'no:T.—Scotch pig continued dull, at $36, cash, and $39.
six months. Common English bars had been-sold at $69,
six months.

V Cost.—The
sale of 335 tons Liverpool Orrel had been
made on private terms. The market for Foreign was dull
and unsettled. Hard without change.
FEEIGHTS.—To Liverpool : Cotton, id. per lb.: flour
2s. per barrel; grain, in ship's bags, flid. to 7d. per bushel.
To London : Flour, 2s. per barrel. To Havre.: Cotton,
ie. per lb.
CHARLESTON.—Our market has undergone no material
change. The Franklin's news put prices rather in favour
of sellers, but the' America's accounts checked the demand,
and business closed quietly at last week's quotations.
Total sales, 4,654 bales. Freights to Liverpool, id.

CANADA.
ARRIVAL OF THE OTTAWA.

By the Canadian Steam Navigation Company's Royal
Mail steam-ship Ottawa, Captain Salt, which arrived here
on Sunday, about midnight, we Have advices from Port-
land to the 31st ult. On the 4th inst., in lat. 45 41, lon.
48 25, she passed a large number of icebergs. The Ottawa
signalized the following vessels :—The Ida, of Liverpool,
on the sth ; the Madonna, for Quebec, the British barque
Margarita, and the barque Peruvian, on the 7th ; the Rose
Ellis, on the -Bth ; and on the 11th, at 6 20, a.m., ex-
'changed colours with a steam-ship, supposed to be the
Canada.

The screw steam-ship Cleopatra arrived at Montreal on
the 25th, after having been detained nearly four days by
log, off the Gut of Canso.
The ship City of Hamilton, arrived at Montreal, was
locked in the ice from the 12th April to the sth May, and
drifted round the wcst coast of Newfoundland. The City
of Manchester and Toronto had also arrived at Montreal.
Large numbers of vessels were daily arriving at Quebec.