The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-25 00:00:00

Ikalibileis a h Monday Afternoon.
clti The particularly interesting to report in our
tllit,tittil &Re general tone has been one of quietness,..
4 roynde sarcie time firmness. The potato rot is going
adlaPrehenetfh,t,he Papers, particularly in. Ireland ; but we
,kiets, 1 ..cy are
014 has . making the most of it. No doubt the
n• Ice agai made its appearance in some localities,
, can
, yield b afford to lose a portion of this season's crop,
'4 S cmg greater than ever known.
rq
ke .44r
14 there is more doing. but not at any inprove-
(Mit b °li ce. On Saturday, 500 bags of fine grain East
')ND,,rsaght 49s to dav 50s. was offerr-d for fine
Noi,"'• weed There. also scild to-day 120 hhds. Bar-
41°41pa,t 347 ii.o 395. 6d. and 80 Porto Rips
0att336835.6td0.
Qter Produc stiinearlel parcelios
beenof l low Jamaica o
p,Velii)etre duceadvertised for Thursledady
one . Large ;ales
'4141:71e had few daily sales of wheat and flour. since
. caution not te any large amount, buyers acting with
14e fin I°n ' which may be attributed in some measure.
in c.neather since last market day. Indian Corn is
v 'antd
L ,or request for consumption, and a few cargoes
nler 411Yed at the out ports have changed hands at
Th prices 0 , 4. P
k e Cott • n speculative account.
1, Do%sibt on trade are curtailing their purchases as in.uch_
..41he e' and from what we can hear seem determined
Igleth..re.to this policy. In this case we may expect a
Ilhat"lness for some weeks ; but when they have to
Sts 4.g„sin in this market their position will be by no
i:itily , 1,-",", enviable one. The sales on Saturday were
knancj. tc-day 6,000 bales, including 2,000 on specu-
yth for export each day. Prices exceedingly firm ;
"ties ere has been less choice, common and middling
tiler, ?f American being rather dearer.
lt....ktpi!s scarcely anything doing in the Iron market,.
Nal I— waitingfoilriearival of the steamer. Quotations
11
44a• 6d.
e• mixed numbers ; 475. No. 1 Gart-
-44 week . • week • of business done in American Provisions
Pops ,Is considerable, and. though holders appearo.
treeitYneet the wants of the trade, the quotations. t
scal a slight
been readily obtained, and in some in-
:ith6,ght advance.
'sd al; 4ecTe., ase in the import of Irish butter, holders
..
etr..,,cvance of ls. per cwt. on Saturday, which
Tfles; otherwise, a large business would have
Od'r Previous rates only had been required. The
alightlZiee other articles of the Irish provision trade is
, and prima are scarcely maintained. . .
iltlerica dil_sve been no arrivals of timber from British
toilfti,sumig. the pastdweerk,imand one only from
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a'rnioodreemosaen fo t berof all gdescriptions
and the business is brisk. The
4,. kperys, are consequently firm, and look forward to a
~''lle .', et itaprovement in prices. The recent reduction
N It-'"re
of freights to Manchester and the neighbour-
tills i? contributed in some measure to give an impulse
l'anch of commerce.
Pe
notim.3 •

,n.%,3'110ed Tii our last the extremity to which the
Oht°:Lthe Share Market (chiefly in London) had
,‘.otrate`ueroselves in their bearing operations, and the
ki:te a oe/Irtions they were making to lower prices to
or Panic, either to frighten bona fide holders into
Y reducing margins, to bring in loans, partially
4 sq,PPlied. These gentlemen have been py
In their efforts. They have caused, last week,
Itttiltati,,B° sudden and so alarming as to call forth a
‘41,711s remonstrance to the sellers from the whole
atieelng London press. This took place on Satur-
Ptoduced at once a salutary effect, checking
advancing prices very considerably. Londons
'PM 1074 to 115, the 4ths from par to 25 pm. ;
kleko; Lrom 484 to 541 the halves from 194 to 18 dis.
~'e,rnent, too we are informed, has brought in many
hcip,"o were only waitinz for the time, so that we may
railway property return to something like its
We commend to the attention of our readers
2ortinatticle of the 7 imes of Saturday on this subject,
7'lle;11,, (if which with some remarks of our own, is
tki'dori—,* Our market has not advanced so much as the
k:days'"arket but it is -decidedly firmer. We annex
quotations:—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 37 dis. ;
1819 6~4 t- din. London stock, 112, 113 ; 4-shares,
I 18, i 113 16/3 prem. Midland stock, 52 51 52 ;
dis. Oswestry pref., 154. Dover No. 4,
qB~ sank, pßref., 1/3Newcastle pref., 44.
4.Royal Assurance, 4 prem.

THE CORN TRADE

,
ket,e 'Tinned firmness manifested in nearly all the
0 1441?„I this country and Ireland, since our last, may
kl'espaY attributed to the confirmatory reports of the
4'4ito 'lee, to a dangerous extent certainly, of the pre-
gharl ty
y districts
of the potato disease; and, indeed,
are Istriets the tubers are already seriously affected.
r„,41, I,lll.lways the last to give credence to a cry of this
eleti 4, 'eh We know has often been got up to serve inte-
tr,!totpeses, and prefer waiting for well-authenticated
q'Nttiz;ue adoption of crude and ill-digested opinions.
ih„ We have treated as exaggerations various reports
t44.7th,'°o reached us ; we do -not now intend to rush
tOPPosite extreme ; and we think we cannot do
:1s adopt the moderate opinions given in the fol-
114'Web"raet 'from a Waterford correspondent :-
0411t.a,vne not remarked upon the potato crop in our circular
kat'ailie`'th and 25th ult., because almost everybody seemed
(1,1 t 0,0,48 about the disease, insisting that the tubers were
kik/244"M, and•that the decay of the leaves and stalks was
ih'!tei,„,ral, the evidence of the old disease was unmistakeable
oq"41 ago,' hut there is no use in trying to stem public
41u4te 1
tl:erfore confined ourselves to private replies to
i ters on the subject; nnw, however. that the tide is
!4,94(tte4„111e opposite direction (we venture to say without
',"'kt,"o of Fuse), we offer another opinion, viz.:—that. the
Ni ,rot is not greater or quicker. than might have.
; ted from its first appearance, early in August this
1,4' the ,T3that from the increased breadth of land under them,
tit,"4 th, undant yield, we look for a larger quantity keeping
lit„look.n for the few preceding years : with those views, and
),t4s 1N.3 at the low prices of Oats and Barley, we cannot
41th'eil of importing largely of Indian Corn at the ad-
now looked for, for distant cargoes especially—
ts,:t art in this will throw the people's comumption opon
iltst 'cies, while at moderate rates a large sale may still be
I 'tied
te,,
dated
(1 •
to this, we quote the following from a Cork
14'111 c ikd Saturday
41'1M1:,""queace of an improved tone in the English advices,
",,eotriplaints being made very generally of a deficient
(erle acr able duce of Wheat, added to a rapid in-
i ,s'iseaseein the Potato crop, the downward tendency of
IGC',lll:,:°ranletely.checked, and more confidence is exhibited
1,4,4414._and dealers, who evince. a desire to get into stock, at
0 to ate rates now prevailing for most articles."
vteierirr espondent is the only one who speaks of a
,krvat.,ield of Wheat, and we consequently receive his
g 41°as with hesitation.
t,titietoa''e often had occasion to refer to the remarks of a
i raj writing from Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; we
t4`oltiii;disagree with some of his statements ; but as
ips tetio"uility of his style is calculated to mislead, and
type ors ef Inauy of his arguments stamp him as belong-
n'e anti-protectionist party, we think we cannot
t); Not °°t Powder upon a worthier object. He says—
Il4.4,listandirik the discour_,,,aeing advices from this coon-
Voth',,l, advancing in the United States and Canada, (in
,tZtoilrvestern Canada shipments ot this article are being
re%-'e United States,) and if we are right in our conjec-
'tsOf hfeeting France requiting to retain a considerable por-
to c 4 `r grain at home, .to meet the wants of her population,
, be
oty, !
oast
no question how the trade is like to rule here.
,Year we do not consider any criterion of the caps-
'Jl)4 tt fiat nation to export her produce., inasmuchastles
t~k`ekuritY at home obliged many parties to ship to 1
under a state of peace and tranquillity would
1. te
-"'lnTed."
44. Ith
ti,el43 regard to the States, we again contend that their
kktobZfft come here, whatever prices rule ; we doubt
6.2iity that shipments to any extent have been
listmt or Canada to the States ; and the controlling
France over our corn markets is somewhat
tietly.4_4v he progresses. his true bias becomes more
tOvit,t eloped. Witness the following
4, " seen •
i for rity of tenure which would afford free scope to the
ttit terprise, and an adjustment of rents where the
r too high, the agricuiturists of the kingdom need
kihetur'lnPetition, come from what quarter it may. The
Ork tlec,9's can import the raw material, manufacture it,
tta oeuilly compete with other nations in the neutral
'4tt'll s. ti,e world, and if they an do so, why cannot the
(11 f4rietiltUriSt, who has no necessity to look to external
kiVis the disposal of his produce?"
k botsb'lst the pure free trade doctrine, but the parallel
4tti (4a tar a scrutiny. Land in America is plentiful
41:4141t1i-plil in England it is scarce and dear ; and the
"t4l‘.Et.'is, must feel the difference with an open
kobps t'Zaile, on the other hand, the mineral resources
klit-heati",rY supply unlimited means for the increased
.kitiN,f4et-on. °f steam-power to every department of our
re k,") ,;;e8 ; and how these two great interests can be
at a -°,r equally into a competition with the world
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ti
to conjecture.

June 30
Aug. 16