The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-28 00:00:00

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WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, OCTOBER 25.
Total quantities. Total amount. Price per qnarter,
Wheat, qrs. 139
Barley, „ 31
Oats. r, 203
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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 25.
The demand for Cotton to-day is very moderate ; the sales
do not exceed 12 or 1500 bales, at full prices, with a steady
market.

COTTON MARKET, OcTTBER 27.
The demand for Cotton has been more lively for the last few days.
and both consumer and speculator have purchased freely; the lat-
ter in anticipation of bad accounts of the forthcoming crop; and
whilst the former is loud in increasing complaints of the want of
remunerative trade, and the probability of a resort to short time,
as a partial remedy for his losses. Yesterday 6.•00 bales were sold,
and to-day 5000. In partial instances id. per lb. advance has been
paid, and•tue market closes with great firmness; less Cotton offering.

LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,
OCTOBER 27, 1842.
The present boisterous weather is the means of preventing any
considerable supply of Potatoes from reaching port, although it is
reported that the first favourable change will bring a large arrival
to hand.
Since my report on Monday, there has been a steady retail busi
ness transacted at the quays, at Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. per 90 lb. for
Cups, the country buyers still remaining inactive, the state of the
Manchester, and other markets in the interior, not warranting them
to give the prices required.
The broken state of the weather, for the past few days, has also
checked supplies from being brought into our local mardets by the
neighbouring farmers, through which an advance has been esta-
blished in the value of all descriptions of produce.
Potatoes .. 9 .Ib. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Short Tops 1 2 1 4 Old Hay .... 0 9@,) 12 p 201 b
Cups 1 5 1 6 Kew Hay.... 0 6 0 91
Pink-eyes and 1 7 1 8 Clover Hay.. 0 6 0 9
Kemps Clover & Grass 0 0 0 0 -
Cattle
Turnips, s ton 16 018 0 Straw, Oat .. 030 4 -
Carrots 36 0 38 - 0 Straw, Barley 0 2i 0 3 -

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. 24.
Throughout last week the arrivals of grain to this market were
tolerably good, particularly of Jrish Oats and English Barley, we
have also an arrival of Foreign Wheat equal to gos ) quarters; the
trade was upon the whole languid, the millers being the only pur-
chasers, speculators having ceased their operations ; prices, how,
ever, with the exception of Foreign Wheat, underwent little or
no alteration. To this morning's market the supply of Wheat
fresh up from the home counties was very limited, and the prices
of this day week have been realised upon the quantity taken off.
•Of Barley the supply has bcen moderate, and all descriptions have
sold at fully the rates of Monday. The Oat trade remains unaltered,
good bright samples of New Irish meet a fair demand, but inferior
qualities are quite neglected. Beans, with white and hog Peas,
are a slow sale at last week's prices. The Flour trade continues
steady. The supply of Seed has been moderate, but the trade is
slow for all descriptions, although held at higher prices.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, OCT. 24.
The small profits which the late Foreign Beasts imported into
London have realized, has piobably shown the importers that a
great improvement must be made in the quality before anything
like the desired attention will be paid them, or the remuneration
answer their expectations. From the observation of those parties
who have been on the continent for the purpose of attending the
cattle markets there, it appears that no better quality is procurable,
that it is a general milk country, and that the farmers have no per-
fect idea of grazing" and of " stalling" their beasts during the
winter. It must, however, be romembered that Sir Robert Peel's
measure was unexpected, and that sufficient time has not been al-
lowed them to produce such Beasts as we may ultimately expect
from them.
Probably one cause of these Foreign Beasts having fetched lower
prices than was expected, may arise from the fact that at this pe.
riod of the year we have always a larger supply of Beasts on hand
than the demand. In the spring of the year, however, we usually
experience a scarcity. This time next year it may naturally be ex-
pectea that a great improvement in the quality of Foreign Cattle
will have been made, and of course higher prices will be realized.
The importation of the salted provisions has had more effect upon
the prices of meat than the arrivals of live cattle.
There were no Foreign Beasts at market to-day, those unsold on
last Monday and Friday having been withdrawn from Smithfield.
The supply of home-bred Bullocks at market was, if anything,
larger than last week. They comprised the Leicester, Lincoln, and
Northamptonshire breeds principally, with a few from Oxford, Rut-
land, Hereford, &c. There were besides more from Scotland. The
trade for Beef was generally brisker than on this day week, which
may be traced partly to the fact of the butchers having for the three
la-t markets purchased sparingly, and in some measure to a natu-
rally better state of trade. Apprehensions of a large reduction in
price, by the importation of foreign meat, subsiding, the general
quality was only second rate, and no advance In price took place.
The number of Sheep was larger than for some time past, but not
more than adequate to the demand, which was good. and last Mon-
day's rates wete readily given. The quality was a little better, In
Veal a fair steady trade was done ; but Pork was somewhat heavy.
(Per stone of Sib., sinking the offal.)