The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-28 00:00:00

PROVISIONS,

LIVERPOOL, MARcu U.—The market for beef main-
tains great firmness, and sales to a full average extent are
reported for the week. The stocks in the hands of the
dealers are light, and the imports to this date show, as
compared with last year, a falling off over 10,000 tierces.
Pork is very firm, with prices rather in favour of sellers.
The demand for bacon is slow, and holders have given
way about is per cwt. Shoulders and hams are wanted.
Sales of lard on the spot and to arrive have been made at
535, but in consequence of the advance in tallow sellers
now ask 54. The season for American cheese is now over.

MARCIE 27. There has been a good demand for
butter of all descriptions since our last report, and
prices of the finest qualities have advanced 2s to 3s
per cwt. The dealers have bought a fair quantity for
consumption, and speculators have taken a few parcels
to hold over, The market is firm at the quotations.
Waterford, Carrick, and Clonmel, 104 s to 108 s ; Kilkenny,
Carlow, and Wexford, 103 s to 107 s ; Belfast, 100 s to 102 s ;
Limerick, 96s to 98s ; Sligo, 96s to 99s ; and pickled
Cork gds, 100 s per cwt. landed. Imported from Ireland,
from the 18th to the '24th instant, both inclusive,
2120 firkins, 16 kegs, 223 crocks, 150 boxes, 164 barrels
butter, 105 bales bacon, 4 hhds. 5 tierces hams, 1 tierce
and 170 kegs lard.

ST. Jon N'S MARKET.—Prices current in this market :
Beef 4. 0. Os sidtoos7idPeas
Mutton
Veal
Lamb, per qr 6 6 —ll 0 'Melons 0 0— 0 0
Fresh Pork.... 0 6 0 7i Apricots
Cod Fish 0 2 0 4 Filberts 1 6 0 0
Bret 0 6 0 0 Grapes,Engl,tb 0 0— 0 0
Haddock 0 0— 0 3 Ditto,Foreign 1 6 2 0
Soles 0 5 0 7 ,Pines,For.each. 0 0— 0 0
Salmon llO 0 0 Do. Eng 8 0— 10 0
Turbot 0 6 1 0 Fowls,Tcouple. 2 6 3 0
Fresh Butter 0 0— 1 5 Ducks
Salt Ditto 0 11 1 2 Geese ....each 3 0— 5 0
Lobsters „each 1 6 0 0 Turkeys
Eggs .... 4; 124 5 9 0 0 Hares
Potatoes.Tpeck 1 3 1 9 Rabbits.*cple 1 10 2 6
Cucumberseach 1 6 3 0 Grouse 0 0— 0 0
Damsons 0 0— 0 0 Partridges .... 0 0— 0 0

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARK RT.—Prices on Saturday :
Hay,old, lest Oa 6d @ 0811 Potatoes, I. G. a. (1.
New 0 0— 0 0 Kemps 5 4 5 7
Clover 0 9 0 10 Pink Eyes .. 0 0— 0 0
Ditto, Green 0 0— 0 0 Cattle
Vetches
Straw, Wheat 0 6 0 niCarrots 44 0— 0 0
Oat - 0 6 INlangelwurzel ..29 0— 30 0
Barley

masted, has been towed back here from the latter port by the
steam-tug Iron King.
Persian, which sailed for Charleston, Ist March, has put
back to this port, with decks swept, and loss of boats, bul-
warks. stuncheons, &c., having been struck by a heavy sea.
She bore up from lon. 19.
New City of Cork, hence at Barbadoes.
Braganza, sailed from Iquique, 3rd Feb., for London.
Pizarro, Splatt, sailed from Islay for this port, 7th Feb.
Grace, Sewell, sailed from Savanilla for Rio Ilache, 9th Feb.
Annie Morrice, Burrell, hence for Newfoundland, at Water-
ford, 20th March. . _ _

Freeman, Bourne, and Lyra, Galswortby—both hence at
Jamaica. _ .

Lord Riversdale, from San Antonio (and sailed for Callao),
and Mary Catherine. from Sandwich Isles—both at Valparaiso.
Acanthus, Marshall; and Not th Esk, Rodgers—both sailed
from Demerara for this port, 25th Feb.
John M'Kenzie, Deane, from Melbourne at Grenada, and
proceeded for New• Orleans.
Louisa, Squarry, sailed from Barbadoes for this port, 22nd
February.
Phoenix, King, sailed from Antigua for this port, 15th Feb.;
and Ouzel Galley, 22nd Feb., after repairing, for Ardrossan.
Columbine, Anderson, sailed from Panama for Callao,
18th February.

VAldlt'ia (s: s.), hence; Star, from Cardiff; Australia, from
Australia—all at Callao.
Bentinck, sailed from Valparaiso. 18th Jan., for Swansea;
Countess of Durham, and Grenfeld, 16th, and Douro, 20th,
for Ilerradura ; Chieftain, 15th, and Astoria, 30th, for
Talcahuana ; Jane Pirrie, 18th, for Caldera ; and Mary, 25th
Jan., for Callao.
ANTiouw, FEB. 28.—The Minna, which pot in here in dis-
tress, Jan. 2, has been repaired, and chartered for Liverpool.

FRIDAY, MARCH 24.—Wind N.E., fresh.
ARRIVED.—Sarah Sands (s. s.), Daley, Portland, after
putting into Kinsale for fuel; during the passage she en-
countered large fields of ice, and experienced very rough
weather—Sydney and Jane, Parry, Malta—Kjellested, Nor-
way—Martin, Lewin, Dantzic.
SAlLED.—Frankfort (s. a.), Lock, for Genoa—J. P. Hay-
ward, Andros, and James Sitcombe,' Hill, New Orleans—
Pinkham, Liston—lnfanta, Knight, Harre—Henry
Bell, Smith, Zante—Freia, Hemmert, Bergen—Consul, Mills,
Philadelphia.
Angela, Laragabel, sailed from. Mayaguez, February 24,
for this port.

Kate Bowe, Norcross, hence for Nes Orleans, at New-
port, March 22.
Guatemala Packet, Phillips, hence at Buenos Ayres, and
sailed, Feb. 6, for Acajutla.
Glaucus sailed for England, and Georgiana for Valparaiso,
previous to Jan. 7.
Alciope, Bennett, from Iquique; Vicar of Bray, Harrison,
from Islay, and both sailed for this port.
Star, Croscombe, from Buenos Ayres and Queenstown by
the steam•tutc Albert, with loss of foremast, &c.
Zillah, at Pif3Rgllfl.
Felicity, hence at Jamaica.

Calcuth;, Pope, hence at Belize.
Catherine Jenkins, Hodge, hence at Coquimbo.
Courier, Wise, and Hugh Block, Albat, both hence at
Callao.

Tagus, Rowett, hence and Laguayra, at Porto Cambello,
with a consi.!erable part of her cargo damaged, in consequence
of bad weather dur.ng the passage, and sailed Jan. 28 for Rio
Hache, and this port.
AMSTERDAM MA Epp 22.—The Laurel (s.), from Shields
for Names, was abandoned on the 23rd Feb.; the crew were
taken off by the Neptunus, of Leith, which vessel was
abandoned on the 14th of March, and both crews taken off
by a Dutch vessel, arrived at Maaslius. Seven men died of
starvation.

MILFORD, MARCH 21.—About 160 bales of cotton have
been landed from the Caronella, from New Orleans for Liver-
pool. ashore on Broadhaven Sands, and 150 more are expected
to be got out this ebb. The ship does not make any water,
and it is expected that she will be got off to-morrow.
VALPARAISO, JAN. 31.—The Nueva Granada (s.), has
returned from au unsuccessful cruise in Smith's Channel,
South Chili, in search of the British steamer Perlita, from
Liverpool, which sailed from Rio Janeiro for this port 14th
August. The Perlita was spoken by a steamer in the above
neighbourhood in September last, and has not since been
heard of.