The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

, however, more than unusually
prolific in their applications for private bills. Liverpool
has produced four notices independent of railways; Birken-

furnishes three, one of which is for the payment of a
chairman, u judge of the quarter sessions, out of the
Manchester and the neighbourhood about

county rates ;

way app

'ar as we can

see from► a cursory glance over the formidable pages of the
Gazette, will, in the aggregate, exceed a hundred, being

scarcely one-fourth of the bills which perplexed our legis-
lators last session. Probably one ball of these will be un-
opposed, and if so, there will be a speedy release of the
parties who solicit them; but in the case of many other
bills, such as for the establishment of water works, we
anticipate lengthened enquiries and strong 'opposition.
Our neighbours, the Birkenhead authorities, are intending
to take both gas and water into their own hands.

THE EXTORTIONS OF RETAILERS.—In alt cases of
scarcity of provisions, or of other commodities, advan-
tages seem to be taken of the consumers, by the levying
of an extra profit by the retailer. The price of bread goes
up a little faster than the price of flour advances; but it
does not come down quite so fast. And thus it is with
most other articles. Any increase in the cost of the raw

goes most frequently into the pocket of the dealer. Who
is there, for instance, who feels materially advantaged by
the recent reductions of our tariff, which were to compen-

sate for the ii,thenon of an income laX Few, indeed !
The saving is intercepted in most instances by the
merchant, the manufacturer, and the retailer. We
never noticed an instance of this so glaring as is af-
forded by the price charged at present by the retailer
for the article of • potatoes. We have been told so often
of the failure of the potato crop, that people imagine that
there is no such thing as a sound specimen of that crop ;
and week after week the poor consumer is called upon to
pay for his supply a famine price. In the suburbs of the
town two shillings for 20Ibs. weight is confidently de-
manded and obtained ; one :aid tropence is obtained in
the town. Yet five shillings will buy from the farmer a
bushel of excellent potatoes. cr in weight 921bs. The
profit upon retailing this quantity is, therefore, little
short of four shillings, or 80 per cent. upon the cost
price ! If housekeepers would have their eyes open, and
look occasionally at the market intelligence with which
they are daily presented, they would save themselves
from such exactions. Perhaps, for the benefit of the
poorer portion of our population, stores might be opened
in the town tor retailing au article of food so indispensable
at reasonable rates.

Nov. 17, 1846

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY.
Owing to the continuance of strong east winds, we
have not had a single arrival of Wheat from any quarter
since this day week, excepting 51 qrs. coastwise, and of
other Grain thence, as well as from Ireland, the supplies
are still extremely small ; whilst those fresh in from
abroad comprise chiefly, a moderate quantity of Beans,
Pease, and Indian Corn, with 10,654 barrels of Floar
from the United States.

We have had a dull market to-day. Wheat and Flour
at the reduction of Friday, and other articles much the
same as on that day, except Indian Corn, which is
pressed for sale, and being without buyers, holders
would accept 4s. to ss. per quarter less than was current
in the retail sales of this day week.

ARRIVALS OF CORN

From the gth to the 16th November, inclusive

IRE- COAST
iCANADA;U.STATS
(

LAND. I WISE. I AND I AND [TOTAL,
COLONIS.EVROPE.

Wheat .. Ors. 51 i 51
Barley Qrs. 29 IS 47
Malt Qrs. 59 44 g 4
Oats Qrs. 1394 203 100 1697
Rye Qrs.
Beans Qrs. 767 2130 2917
Pease Qrs. 603 570 1183
ShelledßarleyQrs.
Indian Corn. Qrs. 3593 3593
Oatmeal .. Loads 1021 149 1169
Flour. ....Sachs 2866 1613 3034
Ditto Bris. 11 63 8 10731

EX PORTS.—Foreign . Wheat, qrs. ; Ea rley,— qrs. ; Pease,
qrs. ; Oats, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs.; Oatmeal,
sacks ; Flour, 117 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 3317 qrs.: Bar-
ley, 372qrs. ; Beans, qrs ; Oats, qrs ; Indian Corn, 1811
qrs.; Oatmeal, sks ; Flour, 932 sks 3934 brls. —Coastwise.
Wheat, 497 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Malt, 4 qrs.; Oats, 10.
qrs.; Beans, 218 qrs.; Pease, 46 qrs. ; Oatmeal, sacks;
Indian Corn, qrs. ; Flour, 346 sacks 814 brls.

Average prices of Grain,:for the week ending Nov. 7.1846.
Wheat 625. 3d. I Barley 445. 3d. I Oats 275. 3d. Rye 41s. 541,

Beans..4Fs. 6d. j Pease.. lid

Aggregate average of the six weeks

Wheat 59-s. 3d. Barley 303. Oiiial.2;s.TedlTßye 383.64
Beans.. 455., Od. Pease.. 48s. 3d,

Duty on Foreign Producethis, week .
Wheat 4s od I Barley 2s od Oats .Is6d I Rye.. 2s Od
Beans 2s Od I Pease.. 2s ad I fdd.Corn Os Od I Flouin2s4id

Doty on British Colonial

Wheat.. Is. od. I Barley

Is.od. I Oats, 1-, od. I Rye... Is. od,

Beaus.. IS. od. Pease.. Is. Od. Flour. 4,101 cwt

Liverpool Averages, week eliding Nov. 10, 1846

Wheat, It 9 qrs., price 5,,'5. 4d; Barley, 29 qrs., price 325. 7d.;
Oats, 57 qrs., price 31s. Id.; Rye, qrs., price Os. od.;
Beans, qrs.. Os. ud. ; Pease, qrs., price Os. Od.

Duties paid in Liverpool', week ending Nov. 12.

Foreign.—Wfieat, 5522 qr.'s.; Barley, 168" qrs. ; Malt,
qrs. ; Oats, 1324 qrs ; Rye, 6 qrs. ; Beans, 1498 qrs ; Pease, 35s
qrs.; Indian Corn, 5267 qrs.; Oatmeal, loads; Flour, 4480
barrels.

Colonial.—Wheat, Icno qrs.; Pease, qrs.; Flour,l4" 43 bsl,

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

THE RIVER PLATE

The London Times of yesterday gives the following
news in addition 'to what we publish elsewhere :
Mr. Hood's mission has failed, the chief cause being
the disinclination of the French Minister in the River
Plate to acknowledge the authority of Mr. Hood.
The point on which the misunderstanding between Mr.
Hood and Baron Deffaudis has arisen is, "Whether Mr.
Hood's instructions were definite as to raising the block-
ade of Buenos Ayres, previous to liosas withdrawing the
Argentine troops from the Banda Oriental." The result
has been, that the truce which had existed for a short
time between the besiegers and the besieged in Monte
Video terminated on the day of Mr. Hood's departure.
The blockade of Buenos Ayres is still enforced, al-
though a considerable contraband trade is nevertheless

carried on between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres
itself. The river Parana is still nominally kept open, the
Comus being anchored at Obligado to prevent theerection
of batteries..