The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE. MARCH 25.

The several duties on Grain and Flour of all descriptions re-
main without alteration ; that on Foreign Wheat will probably
continue at the rest of Ifs. for several weeks, when a gradual
further reduction is calculated upon.
Notwithstanding the prevalence of tempestuous weather, the
arrivals of Wheat and Malt since Tuesday. are to a fair extent
Coastwise, and we have a few parcels of Wheat, with an aver-
age supply of Oatmeal and Flour from Inland : several cargoes
of Wheat are also entered from the Mediterranean, as well as
3970 barrels Flour from the United States.

The dulness existing in every department of the Corn trade at
our last market, remained unrelieved by any features of an im-
proved character up to the close of yesterday; in the general
range of prices, however, no variation was apparent.
Having no extensive purchasers of any article at this day's
market, and the same unaccountable indifference, as described
on Tuesday, continuing to prevail generally, we have again to
report an extremely difficult sale of all kinds of Wheat, and a
further decline of at least Id. per ;01b. indiscriminately.—Flour
likewise remained in a similar languid state as before, and was
nominally somewhat depressed in value.
The maltsters, to all appearance, still wholly on the reserve,
the late arrivals of Barley have been mostly landed in granary,
and except a few limited parcels taken for seed, no sales are
reported; the price of this Grain, as well as of Malt, is conse-
quently rather lower.—Beans and Pease, although in slow re-
quest, maintain our last quotations.
Oats, having moved off very sparingly, hardly supported their
previous value; and Oatmeal, in which the transactions to-day
have been extremely unimportant, has again declined 3d. per
load, the best Irish manufacture scarcely exceeding 225. per
2451 b.

The 1364 barrels of Baltimore Flour under lock, which were
offered by auction on Tuesday, and withdrawn at 225., were
disposed of subsequently at 21s. gd. per barrel for export; but
in Wheat, either in bond or to arrive, little has transpired, only
two or three contracts of minor extent having been made on
rather easier terms.

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MA.RCR 15.
Sugar.—There has been a moderate demand, and the sales of
B.P. are 450 hhds., at former rates. The market has been more
freely supplied with Bengal. and 2,006 bags sold at a slight re-
duction on the good and fine qualities. A small lot of Mauri-
tius sold at the quotations.—Foreign. The sales are confined
to 20 cases low white Bahia, and 475 bags brown, from Sinca-
pore, at our quotations.—The sales of Molasses are 230 puns.,
chiefly Trinidad, at 25s 3d., with a small parcel of Demerara, of
very superior quality, at 275. per cwt.—Coffee. There has been
nothing done in Plantation this week ; the trade having taken
200 bags Manilla, at 465. per cwt., and 45 barrels 700 bags La.
guayra are also reported at the quotations.—No sales of Cocoa,
Ginger, or Pimento.-150 bags Black Pepper sold at :qd per lb.
—Rice. A small lot of Carolina brought the quotations, and
3,500 bags East India, 10s. to los. 6d. for Madras, and 12s. t
13s. 6d. for Bengal.—B.P. Rum. The sales of Rum consist of
150 puns. Demerara, 24 to 40 per cent. O.P. at 3s. 2d to as. 4d.
and 7 to 14 per cent. O.F. at 2s. to 2s. 7d* per gallon.