Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-23
Extract of letter from Monterey dated 10th
February 1917. 10 ] gentleman OF This city:
Arrival of the HiberMia.
% DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
fReported expressly for the Union

BALTIMORE, Saturday Night, IL, p m.
The Hibernia was lelegraphsd at Boston this
afternoon at o'clock and arrived at The wharf
abou, o'clock. The following news by her has
been received by telegraph direct from Boston,
LONDON MONEY MARKET.-We have had
an unsteady market since our last publication.
but tending generally towards decline in The
price of consos. ltappears TO be generally consi-
dered iha, The course the government has resolved
upon-namely 10 take loan Of $4,000, O0O-is
the very best that could have been adop:ed The
bidding for The loan took place on the Isl March,
a, The Treasury, when, as The Messrs. Rohs-
childs and Messrs Barring and Brothers were the
only bidders on terms that were satisfactory 10 The
government, the loan was divided between them
as offered viz: eighly-nne pounds len shllings
for each hundred pounds. Three per cent. con-
sol scrip of the new loan has borne /, 10 IL pre-
MUM; since, the tall in consols was about 10
per cent, and the latest quotations are 91s and
9Oy for present transfer and 90l 10 903 for the
neat account consols scrip, The new loan 20
premium, 8. per cents 92a 10 93s, and The per
cents go! 10 81 l. exchequer bills IS. 10 IS premi-
um.
COTTON There has been some revival in the
demand Tor the trade, with considerable inquiry
from exporters, and on speculation, and the prices
generally have been slightly in favor Of holders
The market, however, closes quietly, and no
week. AT public sale, I60 bales low Sea Island
were offered, bu, only 30 sold al 7ld. 10 l0.d,
taken by Spectators. $500 quoted American,
&c; FIR export 300 American, SO Egyptian,
and $50 Surat. The sales for the last week are
26I4O bales. Report from February 9th 10
March 81: The proceedings during this period
have been rather more active than for some time
past. The total sales are about 10 500 bales-a
portion of which was taken by spectators and
exporters. There IS not the lie 81 change in prices
since The 26h u!t., so that the quotations then cur.
ZEN, stand united Cotton for bowed Georgia, 6id.
10 Cd; Mobile, Gid. 10 I'D The corn trade has
been in very huctuatiug condition during The
month of February. Al The time OF Inc salilnS
of The Cambria The price Of meal continued 10
Dive way, occasionally rapidly, until from The
commencement of The reaclion-the reduction al.
together is about es 10 los. per quarter ami flour
Is 10 IS. per barrel might be that Ibis decline,
under the actual position OF supply and demand,
was too rapid or commenced 100 early, or mat The
scussions in Parliament renewed the confidence
of holders, and warmed the Tears ol onyers.--
Towards The middle oil last month renewed conn.,
dence was observable, and buyers again came
forward to purchase heavily in consequence
Since the upward move again commenced mere
has been an advance on wheat o4d. 10 6i. PERI
mounds and in -four of about IS. I'd per bol.-
Oa,s and oat meal remain steady, out DO not sen
freely. Indian corn has Of late given way, about
os. per 46 lbs; and beans Is. o3s per quarter
Al our last market the prices paying were, lor
general runs of American meal, lis; 10 Us; per
70 lbs. for American flour, sweet 39s. 10 as;
sour 35s 81. TO Sc 81. pee bbl.; Indian corr corn,
white, 69s. TO 70s, and yellow lbs. TO 73s per 4so
lbs. Egyptian beans ASS to Sos. per quarter
Irish oa;s IS. i'd. 10 IS. Sd. per As lbs. As to
stocks, we make no comment. No duties are
now payable, so that they are not so well ascer-
tanned; but as far as regards demand, the last
market closed steady, although with less urgency
than might have been expected.
Various reasons and opinions are ahoat as to
The probable supply of breadsluffs WHICH we can
procure during the present season Of famine AND
distress From the mos, recent Intelligence re,
ceived from America, We believe mere Is gooo
cause 10 expect that with the opening oil spring.