Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-04-05
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Correspondence ofthe ~ T. Jour. Commerce.

The speculative demand for Wheat and Flour
in bond has continued with great briskness, and
contracts to considerable extent have been made
for deliveries in this and the next month at 81
SIS: Wheat IN bond is selling at IS Cd los per
20 lbs. The opinions as to the produce Of the
last crop aremore decidedly unfavorable thanthey
were. 1t appears to US nearly certain that the
duty on Wheat in April and May will not be
more than 6s Sd. and on Indian Corn Is l0d per
quarter, with probability that Oh both it will
be less. la May and afterwards it will be ma
terially Influenced by the state OF the weather.
and prospects of the growing crops, aud We adj
wise caution in the shipments that made after
the beginning Of May. But till that period, we
should consider good -four safe shipment to
this country, sh0uid the price in the Atlantic ports
remain at about sc. Indian Corn is likely TO
command 4Os per 4SO lbs. or little more for the
next five months; wheat is selling on the Cont
nent of Europe at 40 a Cos. per quarter The
late period at which the consumption of the last
eEop was entered upon, & the large stocks there
were of foreign grain and Hour in bond at the be-
ginning of September with the importations and
diminished consumption from the higher price, re
move in cur mind all fear Of scarcity.
Extracts Of Letters.
LIVERPOOL, Feb.
There is fair demand tor Cotton, but the pri
ces are lower, / id. Sales of the week 10,640
bales. Sale of American Wheat at los Sd per
bushel of 20 lbs for prime-quotations 9s cd
los Sd; 5000 brls. -four to arrive, chiefly New
York sold at SOS in bond.
Feb. 9-Whea and Flour continue to look up,
and duties to decline, as it becomes daily more
apparent that all the foreign supply will be
wanted to fill up the immense deficiency OF our
IL OF In
100 casks Faxseed at 76s.
Feb. lo.-Some Western Canal Flour sold at
SIS Cd. but accounts from the London Corn
Market are dull.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 12.
The gram market has been rather dull since
Tuesday. Weekly average 7Ss Sd for Wheat.
42s Id for Barley. Aggregate average, 70s I'd
on Wheat. SOS 1Od or Barley, duty los Sd on
Wheat. SIS ld on Barley. When the aggregate
average reaches 7Ss on Wheat, the duty Is at
the minimum of Is. per- or.
Extract of a letter datfd LIVERPOOL, Feb. Z.
About week since some large sales of bond
ed -four were made at 54s per brl. for Virginia
and SIS for New York and Philadel phia, chiefly
at the latter price, which cleared the market ut
all on sale at the time, aud embraced also some
cargoes on the wav. There have not since been
any arrivals ttii W h'NiS o"S''AN'S nus
beeu done in the article but prices are supported.
American Wheat in bond 9s 6to los per 20
lbs. parcel Of prime guilty has sold at the lat
ter prce. In Indian Corn but little doing at our
quotations. The last weekly average of Wheat
was "a per or. making the aggregate 69s 5 which
reduces the duty OH Wheat to l5s 8 per or. and
ON flour to S-2a per Dbl. and it must soon be con-
siderably;lower. About 1000 bbls. Flour chiefly
New-York, have just been sold at S5s per bbl IN
bond.
The following extract contains the highest quo
tations for -four which was received as webelieve
"a few small parcels Of -four sold yesterday,
at Sos. in Bond. and probably that price will now
be given for larger paroles. The markets for free
Grain are generally rather lower, but as there now
seems 90 immediate prospect OF the Gram IN
Rond coming out at low duty, tits likely that
nrces in bond will be firm, at least until duty has
been paid. HASKELL Julien w..
| L;rerpooi Markets. Feb. l2.-Cofee remains
firm. the sales consisting Of 50 tierces, and SO
bbls Jamaica by auction at full prices. jamaica,
ordinary. good ordinary. and line ordinary. per
cwt in bond, 92lSsa2 IL; mlddhng, good mdt'ns'
fine middling and fine, go 1Ssa AZ
Flour under lock is still an object OF specula-
ton. but there is at present little on the.market;
this article would now readily obtain our extreme
quotations. Flour Eng. $50 bbls. f2 los a .;
Irish, e2 les a 9 18s; American, Sweet, per 0ri.
Ell los Is; Sour, 81 LIS us.