The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

Monday Evening.
in these times of tur r oil and excitement, the past week
has brought nothing of extraordinary import in its course;:
and with respect to trade generally, we may report it
steady. Public securities have fully maintained ,the
advance of last week, the several arrivals of foreign intel-
ligence having had but a trifling and temporary influence
upon the prices of stock. Consols were done to-day at
84 to 844 for transfer, and 84k to for June.
There has not been much activity in the SHARE Market
during the past week. Prices have fluctuated a good deal,
as they were influenced by good or bad reports from Lon—
don ; but the fluctuations have not been more than £2 or
£3 per share in the larger stocks, Midland and London,
and two or three shillings in the smaller ; the advance of
the last few months being pretty well established. The
market to-day has been quiet, without change in prices.
We give the quotations elsewhere.

Since the General Brokers' Circular was published,
there has been an extensive demand for Sugar of all de-
scriptions, at an advance of fully 6d. per cwt.: the sales
include 800 hbds. West India, 1,000 bags Bengal, 200
bags Madras, 600 bags Pernams, and 300 tons Maceio.
The market has a healthy appearance. For Molasses
there is a very fair inquiry, and importers will not sell un-
less at an advance of 6d. to ls. per cwt, on previous sales.
Rum quiet ; the sales are very trifling. Not much doing
in Coffee; the trade are waiting for the large sales adver-
tised for this and the ensuing week. Tea is firmer, with
more disposition to buy at previous nominal prices; the
general opinion is that the article will be dearer.

A tighter feeling. was imparted to the COTTON market
at the beginning a the week, in consequence of the small
amount brought forward ; on Wednesday this was relaxed,
owing to the combined influence of more Cotton, offering
after the steamer's arrival, and there being no improve-
ment in the previous day's market at Manchester ; and
on Friday the market closed at rather lower rates for both
American and Surat. A more cheerful spirit was mani-
fested on Saturday, and about 4,000 bales, nearly all
American, were sold to the trade. To-DAY the market
has been dull, without change of prices, and the sales
4,500 bags.
The CORN Trade in this country and Ireland is steady
for most articles, Wheat and Flour inclining upwards,
and Indian Corn and Meal considerably dearer. The
weather is as favourable as possible for the crops.
In the AMERICAN PROVISION Trade the chief item con-
tinues to be Lard, of which about 500 to 600 tons have
been sold at previous rates.—lmsx Butter is selling at 90s.
to 925. for best brands of Waterford and Carrick, landed.

The prices of Scotch Pig IRON remain almost without
alteration ; mixed numbers f.o.b. at Glasgow, 455. cash.
There has been a much better feeling in the WOOL
Market this week, but as yet there are no sales of impor-
tance to report.
According to the last weekly return from the Bank of
England the amount of notes in circulation had decreased
£294,530, and the stock of bullion had increased£263,49B.
Advices from St. Petersburgh to the 9th inst. confirm
the statement of the prohibition of the export of specie ;
from Vienna to the 14th state that more confidence was
generally entertained ; from Hamburgh to the 16th report
the money-market again easier, the rate of discount hav-
ing fallen to 31 per cent. ; from Belgium, that the Cham-
ber and Senate were busy about measures connected with
railways and canals ; from Bordeaux, that the business of
the branch of the Bank of France had commenced.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(By EXPRESS.)

LONDON CORN MARKET,-YESTERDAY

Really fine parcels of Wheat moved off steadily, at prices
fully equal to those obtained on this day sennight. The mid-
dling and inferior kinds were, however, in sluggish request, at
barely late rates.
Malting Barley was heavy. Grinding and distilling sorts, the
supply of which was small, were firm. •
ihe limited arrival of oats induced the holders to demand
higher rates for that grain.