Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-12-17
LIVERPOOL Nov 10. 1917


Best Western Canal Flour, 29s to 3Os per
barrel; Richmond and Alexandria, 28s to 2Ss
Cd Philadelphia and Baltimore, 28s to 2Ss Cd :;
States and Canada, sour, 21s to 23s.
Indian Corn, per quarter, 33s to 39s. In
dian Meal, per Dbl, l 5s sd to IFS Sd.
Wheat, United States and Canadian, white
and mixed, per 70 lbs, Is Cd to 9s red, IS to
IS. Oats, per 45 lbs, Is Sd to 3s Barley, per
60 lbs, IS to As Rice, per 48O lbs, IS to Is.
Peas, per 5O4 lbs, 30s to 4Os.
Although this market has shown no posi-
tive tendency to advance since your last advi-
ces, it has been characterized by sustained and
increasing demands.
Indian Corn, particularly. has been eXtraor-
dinarily active, and is steady at present quo
tatons, while the best white is retailing at 40
shillings
Indian Meal, for Irish supplies, is also very
brisk in London. The market is by no means
so active as in Liverpool, and throughout the
provinces generally.
On Wednesday the attendance of buyers at
Mark Lane was very small and the transac-
tons were exceedingly limited. Quotations,
however, had not receded.
Cotton Market Mobile, ordinary to mid
ding, 81 to AID; fair to good fair, a to sd;
good to fine, 81 to sgd. New Orleans, ordi-
nary to middIing, 81 to 4bd fair to good, 5
to sid good to fine, 81 10 Gid, Alabama and
Tennessee, ordinary TO middling, 81 to AID :;
fair to good fair not quoted. Bowed Georgia,
ordinary to middling, 81 to 48d fair to good
fair, 81 to sgd good to fine, 81 to sgd. Sea
Island ranges, from ordinary to fine, 8 to 18d;
do. stained, ordinary to fine, 81 to I'd.
The sales of the week ending the 18th inst,
amounted to about 6,4OO bales, of which H.,
500 were for export, and 800 on specula-
ton. The business for five days to yesterday
evening, may be estimated at 49, 900 bales, Of
which exporters have taken 5000; but specu-
Iation was without effect An improved tone
indicating an advance of to Id from the low
est point became perceptible in this market for
about week after the departure of the last
steamer, but it was generally dispelled by the
Cambrias advices, which bore so favorably
upon the coming crops From the receipt of
those advices up to last evening, the market
has become extremely languid, and the I'M
provement is wholly lost.
Provision Market-Beef, prime mess, per
tierce of 800 lbs, new, 81 to COS; ordinary, 20
to sos old, not quoted Mess, per Dbl, 200
lbs, 40 to ASS; ordinary, SO to 42s; prime, 30
to 34s; extra, new, family, per tlerce, 1886 lbs,
95 to zoos.
Pork, prime mess, new, per barrel, 200 lbs,
So to Gas old, 40 to ASS; mess, g. to 68s
prime, 40 to ASS. Bacon, duty free, dried and
smoked, old, per 100 lbs, 80 to 4Os; Long
middles, in salt, 80 to 36s; Shoulders, 20 to
COS Hams, smoked or dried, in canvas, pei
cwt, duty paid, 81 to sis; in casks and salt,
not smoked duty free, % to 35s.
Tongues, OK, in pickle, duty paid, per do
zen, - to 1Ss; pig tongues, per cwt, 20 to
| 3Os.
Butter-United States, not quoted. Irish in
fair demand, at 90 to 9fs as the top price
Canadian, So to 7Ss. Cheese, fine, duty paid
per cwt, 46 to 5os; middling, AZ to ass or
binary, 50 to 4Os.
Lard, duty free) fine leaf, in kegs, per cwt
So to SIS; do. in bbls, So to SOS ordinary tc
middling, AS to SOS; inferior and grease, %
to 32s.
| Rice, duty fIee) Carolinas, dressed, frs