The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 23,

The duty on Foreign Wheat is inerea.ed this week to Igs per
quarter. and on Flour to Its 6id per barrel, in anticipation of
which a fair portion of the stock of the former laying here was
released from bond yesterday, with some sour parcels of the
latter, but for the sweet descriptions of States Flour suitable
for export, holders still refuse to pay duty s while all the Canada
is n "Col= liberated on arrival at the nominal rate press:ttt
by the last Act, and comes immediately on the market.
We have a further good supply of ,anada Flour fresh in, Vat
since our advice of Tuesday the general imports are rather
limited than otherwise.

The rapid progress of harvest towards completion in the
Southern and Midland counties, and the consequent Check to
a further upward movement in those markets, have in some
measure c unteracted the influence which continued stormy
weather with occasional rains might have possessed in this
part of the country : beyond interruption to securing the crops,
however, little positive injury may as yet have been sustained,
the temperature having been uniformly coil for the season.
Old Wheats have been held firmly, and upon a moderate busi-
ness for consumption, our last quotations have been somewhat
exceeded; but in all other articles of the trade little business
has transpired in the past two days, and no variation in prices.
Havaig but a limited number of actual buyers at this day's
market, and the weather assuming a more favourable aspect,
the Wheat trade was rather inactive; for althon h some par-
cels of Foreign were disposed of to our local m and a few
taken for country account, the transactions gether in
amount were rather unimportant : holders, notwithstanding,
under the impression that much old Wheat will be indispensable,
appeared by no means anxious to force business, and the ge-
neral currency of Tuesday, for all sorts of this Grain, conse-
quently remained unvaried. Of farmers' new Wheat a few
samples were exhibited to-day, the quality of which was good,
but the condition mostly rather soft, from its having been ga.
thered rather prematurely ; of course no definite prices are yet
established. In Flour of any description we had very little
passing to-day, and our last quotations for this article, in both
sacks and barrels, were merely sustained.
Barley and Malt, upon a moderate demand, were steady in
value ; and Beaus, as 'well as Pease, supported former prices.
Oats, continuing to meet some inquiry, realised the improved
rates of Tuesday; Oatmeal, on the contrary, was decidedly the
turn cheaper, 21s 6rl 1,?, 2451 b being the highest price obtain-
able to-day for the best marks of Irish old, at which the sales
effected were inconsiderable.

PRICES OF GRAIN.

Prives paid 151P0 PORTS
SALES OF THE WEEK. in the week. ThisWk.thisyear
,-----
120 Sea Island 14- 4 ;7 ,
•,..... Stained
5410 Bowed Georgia
3100 , j Mobile
1 Alabama and Tenn-es ——— j 1 115403 613879
12390 , New Orleans . 3l 6,1
{ Pernambuco &Parai. * lii j I „„, 1 „,,..,
BBe : Arieati and Ceara
180 Bahia and Macao
Maranha
{ rn
350 4i y-6
1929 } 26330
Sawginned - ,
Minas —
} • } '...
' Para
Demerara.S arise am,&c •.. • ..„.
600 Egyptian ..
Barbadoes
......1 .022
Peruvian
Bahama..__ —
—— 1 I
Laguayra. I
2050 Common West India.. ' 3# - 3i } 731 ,10312
Carthagena ~
50 Smyrna
Manilla j
} IJ
3990 Surat 2l 3i ; ,
.... .. Madras — _ i
) 2391 q 767100
Bengal .... ... „....,
.....
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