The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

Monday Night. -
A very general feeling of satisfaction has been expressed
to-day on 'Change, in consequence of the determination
displayed by the Irish government, in carrying into effect
the sentence passed upon Mr. Mitchel, which may, doubt-
less, he received as an earnest that the measure fur the
security of her Majesty's crown and government, may be
looked upon in future as too serious a weapon in the hands
of the preservers of peace and order to be lightly or mis-
chievously tampered with. And the advices from Ham-
burgh, which annouce that dispatches have been forwarded
to General Wrangel to withdraw his forces from Jutland
with as little delay as possible, are of a nature calculated
to inspire us with a confident hope for a speedy reestab-
lishment of peace in the north of Europe, as this act wilt,
at once put an end to the only instance in those parts of-
intern.aional interference ; and one reason which is given
in the general brokers' circular, for the downward ten-
dency of the cotton market, i. e. the disorganized state of
affairs on the continent, will be partially removed. Consols
' have ranged pretty nearly the same as last week, and
on Tuesday reached 8411, on Saturday were done at 8*
to and closed at 84k to 1.
We haveno change whatever to report in SHARES to- •
day. The market during the week has been unusually
quiet, the business of each day having been very limited,
and without any fluctuation in prices. London Stock
closes this evening 131 to 3 ; Midland, 104 to 6. A call
has depressed the London quarter hares to 11 2 pm.
The calls already advertised for June are £1,500,000.
Our CORN market l:as been steady since Friday for
every other article of the trade except Indian Corn and
Corn Meal, which are again both considerably dearer to--
day, holders asking rambling prices, owing to stocks -here
and elsewhere being much reduced, and the demand for
Ireland still continuing on a most extensive scale. Our
importations of this article are also light, prices having
until lately been proportionately low ; and allowing time
for the intelligence of the rise to operate upon shipments
from America, some weeks must elapse before the market
can be again fully supplied. Our arrivals from the 23rd up
to this day, have been—of Indian corn, 343 qrs. ; Indian
Meal, nil ; whilst we have exported to Ireland during the
same period, the large amount of 10,654 qrs. of Indian
Corn, and 5,647 barrels of Corn Meal. Our advices from
Waterford state that the consumption of Indian Corn very
much exceeds the arrivals, and that prices have advanced
4s. per barrel ; stocks are getting low, and into few hands;
and, as the millers and dealers are still only buying from
hand to mouth, it is probable that higher terms will be
demanded, unless large supplies are brought in immedi-
ately. From Cork we have received similar accounts,
complaining of the exhausted state of the stocks, and the '
smallness of the arrivals, the entries for the week not ex-
ceeding 4200 qrs. We may here allude to an experiment •
about to be made by a gentleman from Wisconsin, on the
grounds belonging to Prince Albert, at Windsor, for the
production of Indian Corn in England, full particulars
of which are given elsewhere. He is confident of success,
and the result may be looked forward to as likely to effect
a change in the nature of the productions of the Bri- -
tish agriculturist. Generally, the Wheat trade in Eng-
land is tolerably steady, and in Irelancia little in the ad-
vance. The weather is still favourable for the growing
crops, particularly in this district, the thunder this morn-
ing having propitiated a refreshing fall of rain, which was
repeated in the course of the day.
Since Thursday last there has been less desire shown;
to purchase sugars. The few parcels that have been disc;
' posed of realised steady prices. The sales comprise
200 hhds. West India, 500 bags Bengal, and 150 cases
Foreign kinds, besides a cargo of Pernams, the price of
which is not to transpire. Molasses continue to be in fair
request. Rum is rather more in demand, holders having,
given way in prices. Rice is more sought after, and 1000
hags were sold at full prices ; there are several in-
quiries for the article for shipment to Ireland. In
Tea holders generally are firm : Congous of the'
blackish leaf kinds are rather dearer, and fine is becoming
very scarce : other kinds are steady. Saltpetre, from•
the late reduction in price, is attracting more attention.
Nitrate is in fair demand, at 12s. 6d. to 12s. 9d.—
Owing to the partial holiday this week in the London
markets, transactions have been rather limited ; but in
the value of produce there is scarcely any alteration, ex-
cept in one or two instances, in which a further slight ad-.
vance has taken place.
THE COTTON MARKET for the last few days has dis-
played great irregularity. On Tuesday it was much de-
pressed, but on Wednesday reached the lowest point. On
Thursday and Friday rn improvement took place; but
prices of rest descripticns had given way sd. per lb. on-
the week. There has been more animation both TO-.
DAY and Saturday, and although prices cannot be quoted
higher, yet every thing offering is more saleable at previ-
ous quotations; indeed very ordinary to middling qualities
of American are not so easy to be bouttht as last week.
The import has been heavy, and will continue to be so for
several weeks with a fair wind from the west. Sales 6,000
bales, 500 only on speculation.
This week's transactions in the AMERICAN PROVI-.
SION Trade have been somewhat limited in extent; and
although Lard still continues to attract most attention,
operations have been a little curtailed by importers
demanding higher prices. At Tuesday's public sale 38t.
tierces, 2716 barrels, and 910 kegs were offered, of which
295 tierces, 1809 barrels, and 753 kegs, were sold. Some
little improvement may be noted in the inferior descrip-
tions, in consequence of the better qualities being with-
drawn. Fine parcels of Beef are selling at late rates;
but the value of ordinary is slightly depreciated. A slow
business doing in Pork. The same remark applies to
Bacon, partly, howeYer, in anticipation of the large sales
advertised for to-day. Fine New Hams, in salt, are
still wanted ; and Shoulders have realised top quotations;
old, of both articles, unsaleable. In Cheese we have
nothing new to report. Prices current are as follows:
Cheeee—(duly paid)—Fine, 4Ss to 32s per cut. ; middling;
435 to 4Cs; ordinary, 33s to 4'2s. Beef—U.S., (free)—trine
mess, per tree. 304'b., 85s to Cgs ed ; ordinary, "'Cs to 83s, old
COs to 68s; extra, India, family, &c., 97s to 105 s; ditto, per
half-barrel, 30s to 35s;—mess, per barrel, 200th., 50s to 565;
ordinary, 40s to 4Cs, old 36s to 405 ; prime, 34's to 365. Pork—
(free)—Prime mess, t.er barrel, 200th., 55s to 70s, old 48s
to 56s ; prime, 40s to 455, old 35s to 4Cs; mess,family mess, &c.,
52s to 60s, old 44s to 525. Bacon—(free)—Fastern, stllt to 545;
Western, 37s to 525; Shoulders, per cwt, 25s to 28s, oldV4.)s to
2es. Hans—dried, per cwt. (duty-paid), old 20s to ies ; in salt
(free) 32s to its; old 20s to 325. Lard (free)—Fine, in kegs
and barrels, per cwt, 42s to 45s ; goad. in ditto ditto, 39s to 41s•
ordinary to middling, 57s rd to 38s; inferior, and grease, 2811
to 355. Butter—Grease (free) 40s to 455. Pilot Biscuit, per
cwt. (duty paid), Iss to 20s.
There is a tolerable demand for the best brands of
Waterford and Carrick BUTTER, at prices this day
(landed in Liverpool) 90s. to 925. for the former, and 90s,
for the latter. Cork Dry, Thirds, 82s. ; Bacon (landed),
Long Middles, free from bone, new, 5Gs. to 60s. ; Short
Middles, new, 589. to 60s. Fine Keg Lard, 545. to 565.
Ativices from Waterford report a good supply of Butter,
with a decline iu the market there of from 2s. to 4s. per
cwt.

The demand for Scotch Pig "Enos during the past week
has been very limited, but prices remain firm at 445. to
45i., at Glasgow—cash.
There has been little or nothing done in the Wool.
Market this week, but as stocks are not exceedingly
large, there is not any material change in prices to report-
-Imports for the week—Foreign : From Oporto, 131
America, 3 ; Venice, 5 ; Gibral!nr, 21; Total, 42—Previ-
ously, 29,183.—Scotch 7 ;—Previously, 5,698: Total,
5,705.

Since our last report, there have been no wholesale
operation in the general Trauma. Trade, of any moment;
there has been no arrival from British America, and onky
two parcels of Pitch Pine from the United States, which
have not yet been sold. Of Colonial Woods, at the auc-
tion sales on Friday, some Quebec Yellow Pine was sold
at 1.14 d, and 75 Logs Mirarnichi Pine at 143 per foot; 50
Logs Birch, at 14d per foot ; and 18 Logs of Quebec Oak,
at 1913 per foot. A parcel of St. John Hackmataek
Sleepers, 9 x 10 x 5, were sold at 3s Btl each ; and 577
Quebec, 9 x 9 x 41, at 2S 103 each, with 5,538 Triangular
Sleepers, at 10zc1 to lld each. Two parcels of Archangel
Deals were sold at £l6 per standard ; 500 Railway Sleep-
ers, 9x 10 5, at 3s Gd ; and 455, 9x9x9,at 4s 3d car&
12 Lags Pitch Pine were sold at 204 d, and 22 Logs, at 200
n inches.--
Of foot, and a few Planks, at
d per foot of 2
Of Furniture Woods, the sales consist of a cargo of Cuba
Ma:togany, at from 4d to 71c1 per for foot, or at 6d 21-32
per foot average ; 39 Logs, at 5d 7.l6ths per foot;
45 Logs Honduras Mahtgaz,y, for Shipping purposes,
at 3d 5-16ths per foot ; 41 Logs, better sizes and
quality per Bathurst, at 5d s.l6tbs per foot; and 39 logs
from the Spanish Main, of a similar quality to Honduras
wood, at 41d per foot, 92 logs Havana cedar at 4d 7-16ths
per foot ; 88 planks Bahia rosewood at £7 6s per ton,
and 21 planks Rio zebra-wood at £5 16s 83 per ton. 111
logs pencil cedar were sold at 141 d to lid per foot. 15
tons of black ebony were sold at £9 per ton, and '35 pieces
of letter-wood at from ad to 3.d per lb—the other various
parcels did not find purchasers. Last Thursday, by auc-
tion, about 21 M. of Quebec standard Staves, were sold
peremptorily at froM £3O to £36 per standard 111., some
light W. 0. puncheon staves at £lO 10s, some red and
W. 0., middling quality, at £B, some ash puncheon at
£7 ss, some very inferior Nova Scotia ash at 555. and
some very light oak puncheon at £4 per M. A parcel of
United States wine pine at £l3, and another at £l2 per M.

The Bank returns for the week ending the 20th inst.
state the amount, of notes in circulation at X 18,095,400,
being a decrease of X 231,87,0; and the stock of bullion in
both departments X 13,379,219, showing an increase of
£289,613, when compared with the preceding return.
The suspension of the firm of Messrs. Roberts, Mit-
chell, and Co., in the East India trade, was announced
in London on Friday. The liabilities of the house are
stated at about £74,000, of which the amount of accept-
ances is only X 16,000. The estimate of assets shows a
total of £85,000, but it is feared that this depends in a,
great degree upon the fulfilment of the antimpation ex-
pressed by Carr, Tagore, and Co., of Calcutta (from
whose stoppage the present event has arisen), as to the
result of their liquidation.
The accounts of the Bank of France for the week ending
the 25th instant are less unfavourable than those hitherto
-prevented, although they do not show any very important
alterations.
Letters from Hamburgh of the 23d instant, mention,
that, owing to the increasing stagnation of business, em-
ployment for money becomes daily more Under
these eircemAances stocks showed a tendency to rise, but
at the same tune the insecure state of Europe prevented
any considerable investments. On the day preceding
these ac.vlec tier. Hartiburgh contingent had marched to
join the Pfuss:ans In Schleswi:,•, only, as it was expected
and hoped, gaiety to march back again.
From St. Petershurgh the advices are to the 17tIt
May. The rate of exchange was 34-1,1. to 351 d. With
regard to the !...'elil,:swig-livlstein question, a general im-
pression prevailed that it would soon be: brought toe
paciti..i termination.

The Belgian alvices report the adoption by the Senate
of the laws connected with the manufacture of beetroot
sugar, end the general introduction of the warrant system.

Mr. and Mrs. (;harks Dickens are at present on a Fib
at S:aforth-hall, the hospitable mansion of JamVia.car___
pratt, Esq.