The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 11

We had a tq)erable show of Irish beasts, and also frowlYot k.
shire. Sheep only in moderate supply. Beef firm at last week's
rates ; but mutton, id. per lb. dearer. sold up.

FEB. 13

At no period have our local markets attained a more interest
ing point than the present. On the eve of the removal of pro-
tective duties on almost every article of food, the prices are at
present firm for all kinds of butchers' meat, stock, cattle; pri-
ces are high. Corn has been fluctuating, but not to any great
extent, in the Dublin market, while some of the English are
higher; and at the present large exports are going on from Ire-
land in wheat, oats, barley, &c., so mush so, that seventy ves-
sels were wind-bound in one port in the county of Kerry within
the last week, with cargoes of grain for England. Flour has
been affected by the large imports from America, and is down-
wards, which is the only new feature the trade presents. Pota-
toes are higher in the Dublin market, but still reasonable sup-
plies, which are likely to continue. On the whole, all retail
prices are hi-.her than they have been for a series of years, which
together with the expense and difficulty of procuring fuel, which
is nearly dr able the u oat price for the last six months, has
greatly encroached on the means of the middle classes and the
poor.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, FRB. 10,

The arrivals into this port, during the last seven days, corn.
pyise a fair supp'y of Wheat, Oats, Flour, aria Oatmeal, with a
few parcels of Barley, coastwise and from Ireland ; the imports
from abroad, within that period. consisting of Wheat, Beans,
Indian Corn, and Flour, as specified beneath.

Although at this day's market there was a better attendance
if town and country millers thah of late, no lively appearanze
was obsorvable in any branch of the trade. The transactions in
Wheat, of which a few sale 3 were male for the interior of the
coentry, were generally upon a very moderate scale ; in old at
the reduced rates of F. iday, and in new at a decline of 2d. to 3d
er 7,,1b. from the currency of this day se'nnight.—lrish and
Canadian Flour, although rather more saleable, must be deemed
Gd. per sack a,ql 6d. per barrel cheaper.
Barley of all sorts, Pease, and Indian Corn continued to te
neglected, and we' e offered with little effect at an abateruent of
Is, per q ,arter each —Malt and Beans remained in al respects
unvaried.

The 0 At trade, slill,exciting very little notice, all qualities re-
ceded further to-day, reducing price,. Cult' Id. telow the quota.-
tions of Tuesday last; and Oatmeal was 'Luther depressed in

Two or three cargoes of Wheat in bond changed hopds at
e. Bd.. and American up to 7s. 6d. and 7s. Bd. per 701 b.
After an unusually mild season, with frequent rains, the wea.
ther has at length changed to frost, giving a salutary check to
the Wheat plant. which hitherto, alhougifiheakhy and promi-
ppeared rather too forward at so early a period of the
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CORN EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 13.

The duty on F,,re►gn• Pease has advanced to ss. 6d. per cif
which is the only change from the rates of last week.

Excepting a fair quantity of Flour, our supplies received
coastwise and from Ireland since Monday are small ; and be.
qrs. of Beans there is nothing fresh in from abroad.

During the last two days the trade was remarkably quiet;
and at cur market this morning, n extensive business was
practicable in any of its leading depaitatents. The holders of
good and fine Wheals, however, although willing sellers, ad-,
per 'to la,t quotations, which a limited quantity of

Irish and Canadian was disposed of to needy buyers, whilst in.
ferior descriptions were nominally rater cheaper. Flour, upon
a very languid sale, barely sustained late prices.
Barley, Beans, and Pease, continued to meet little. notice,
scarcely maintaining their value. In Malt no variation.
Oats, although in very limite I supply, were offered on. rather
lower terms with little effect: Oatmeal, cn the contrary, claim
ed a n.oderate degree of attention, and supported the rates last

Bonded Wheat. being generally held too high to induce a ape
culative demand. no sales are reported; and the only transac-
tion in Flour comprises a lot or two of New Orleans sour at
245. 6d. per barrel.—lndian Corn under lock, commanding more
attention for Irish account, several parcels having been taken
at 315. per quarter.

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