The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-15 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, MAY 12.

Since Friday last the imports of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, from
Ireland and Coastways, have been very trivial, except of Malt ; of
Flour from Foreign ports very small, and of Wheat only to a very
moderate extent, in some degree owing to easterly winds ; duty
has been paid during the present month, particularly on the 7th and
Bth instant, on about 84,000 qrs. of Wheat, and about 147,000 brls
of Flour, being fully three-fourths of the Wheat and Flour, and on
all the Barley, about 14,500 qrs.) and Indian Corn (about 5000 qrs.)
which we had in bond here on the Bth instant ; but although so
large a quantity of Foreign Grain and Flour has thus been realised
for home-use, and although we have had within the last three or
four days abundance of rain, all over this district, we have expe-
rienced a pretty fair demand here, and in our country markets, and
our last quotations have been fully supported for every article in the
Coln trade, throughout the past week.
The duty on Wheat from Foreign ports has increased (3s per qr.)
since Friday last to 16s 8d per qr. and on Flour (22d per brl) to
lOs 04d per brl. ; on Beaus it has decreased to 6s 6d per qr.; on other
kinds of Grain there is no alteration ; duty has been paid as above-
mentioned; leaving about 35,000 qrs. of Wheat, about 50,000 brls.
of Flour, and about 14,000 qrs. of Oats in bond here on the gth
instant; of all other Grain little or none in bond ; in London duty
has been paid on a little more than one-third of the Wheat there in
bond, leaving still about 130,000 -qrs. tjlere in bond : they seem to
have confidence there of a speedy reduction in the duties. Sales
have been made here of Flour, and also of Wheat, free and in bond,
in the past week at prices last quoted ; Oats in bond are nominally
quoted, there being little demand for export ; but the scarcity of
this article affords a lair prospect of their soon being admitted for
home use at a moderate duty.
The import has been considerably increased by arrivals yesterday
of Wheat, Flour, and Barley, from Foreign ports, and at this day's
market there was a very good attendance of our own millers and
dealers, and of those from distant markets, but the great decline
which occurred yesterday in the London market had its full effect
here, and very much limited the purchases which would otherwise
have been made; the prices last quoted were, however, generally
obtained, and we can make little or no alteration therein.
WHEAT, per 701bs S. d. S. d. INDIAN CORN, le 4801 b.
English
Scotch 9 6 10 0 White 37 0 40 0
Irish 5 3 8 6 BEANS, per quarter.
Bonded
BARLEY, per qr. Irish 42 0 44 0
English .. 37 0 38 0 PEAS Grey 3B 0 42 0

Chevalier 3B 0 41 0
Scotch, per 601 b. 410 5 3
Irish 3 10 5 3
Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0
OATS, per 451 b
English
Scotch.

White 42 0 46 0
SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b.
In bond l4 0 17 0
FLOUR, English, per 2801 b.
Fine 48 0 54 0
Irish 44 0 52 0
Amer. 19 brl. free

41 4 4
41 4 4

Sweet U.S 36 0 37 6
Sour 35 0 36 0
OATMEAL, per 2401 b.
English 33 6 34 0
Ma LT, per qr. fine.. 68 0 70 0 Ditto, new 34 6 35 6

Irish 3 4 4 1
Foreign, in bond 3 6 310
Ditto, duty free.. 4 0 4 4
RYR, per quarter .. 36 0 38 0

middling

0 0 66 0

Scot Ch...

33 6 34 0