Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-01-01

FOREIGN MAR kETS.
Correspondence Of Lylord,s Price Current.

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 4, lSIT.
Business Generally has further improved since ouI
last, and the operatives IN the manufacturing district,
are being gradually more fully employed. Money is
easier 10 be obaincd the minimum rate for discount
at the Bank Of England has been reduced to b pei
cent, and there is additional failure Of any moment
to report. The Royal Bank has resumed business
under the most favorable circumstances of amended
capital and renewed confidence, and the other sIs-
pended Banks are preparing 10 follow similar
Cotton met an improved demand during the earl Y
part OF the past week, and rather higher were
maintained up TO the arrival Of the "Calcdonia'' on
the evening OF the 18th ult but her advccs bringing
still more favorable accounts Of the coming crop our
market rcccdcd more than it had advanced, and pri-
are now ID. below our last quotations.
The sales OF the week ending last evening amount
10 - 600 bales, Of which 500 taken for export
but none whatever on speculation. American dcs-
crptiOns consisted Of 1880 bales Of Updnds at 81 tc
g.; $3.50 Orleans 81 TO I'd; 1890 Alabama and Mobile
at 4 to ) d.; 23 Sea Island at 8. to l6d The mar
kct has now declined ID. per h., with anguid
trade. The entire stock in port is estimated al
1872 900 bales against AS 900 the same period last
season, and the American descriptions consist OF
about 900 bales, being 900 less than the guam
tity held at the corresponding period last year.
Corn, 9c.-Our market has presented feature oil
peculiar activity since last dates but steady bust
ness has been passing, with good show of samples,
both home grown and Irish. Wheat is lower to Sd.
per 10 lb, and the top price Of Barrel Flour has de
clincd Cd. Stocks of choice Wheat and Flour are
a reduction Of 2s and Corn Meal, of Cd, have both
been very difficult to move, the demand for Ireland
having fallen Off an improved enquiry has however
been experienced this week. Potatoes are advanc-
ing in vaue,-and apparently in anticipation Of def
cheney in the supplies Of that article, the market has
been cleared nearly so, Of previously unsacable
stocks of Black-eycd and White Kidney Beans al
81 TO Hos. per $50 lbs.-Priccs Best Western Canal
Flour IS TO POS. per barrel; Richmond and Aexan-
dra . to to 2ss. Cd; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
is. TO 2Ss. 3D.; New Orleans and Ohio, 20 to BIS;
Canada, y TO 29s.; United States and Canada sour
81 To 23s. Whcat-Unitcd States and Canada white,
mixed per 10 pounds, IS cd. TO S. Id; red 6S. to
Is. Cd. Indian Corn, per quarter, 80 to 36s. Corn
Meal l5s. to l5s Cd. per barrel Dat Meal per 26O
pounds, % TO 27s. Oats, 40 pounds, IS cd. to IS.
Barley, per 90 pounds 3 to As Rye, per 80 pounds,
TO As Peas, per 5Oi pounds, 80 to dos.
Pr0risiOnS-Bacon continues TO meet with little or
no enquiry, and quotations but nominal the trans
actions being Of retail character the smallest
scale. Quotations for Beef have been maintained for
few remaining parcels Of good quality, but inferior
continues to be little cnqulrcd for. Pork remains
without any Improvement, heavy stock meeting no
enquiry whatever. Lard, with increased imports OF
American on decreasing demand, consequent on
the usual home supplies at this period Of the year has
rccedcd TO As. per cwt.,-lowcr qualities ;uapted
to rcners' purposes, meeting better market Than
extra parcels The imports Of Butter from Ireland
light, and the extreme quotation for such has ad-
vanccd to 92s Cheese has been literally sup
piled and fair progress has been made in sales
last advised rates, 10 the maintenance Of which fall
ing off in the make of Cheshire has likewise contr
butcd Prices: Prime Mess Beef per fierce, 30f lbs
new n TO 99S.; ordinary 10 10 sos. old none
per bril- 200 lbs 40 to 1Ss. ordinary &c TO 42s prime
30 10 36s.; India family, &c, per iercc, 1886
lbs. 95 TO lO0s Pork prime mess, per bril-, 200 lbs.
SO to 62s old 80 to 40s mess 60 to Cos; prime 81
to DIS. Bacon, duty free, dried and smoked, old
per cw, 80 to 4Os.; long mddles, free from bonc in
salt 30 to Sos Hams, smoker or dry, in canvass,
duty paid, % TO 5Os.; in casks sailed, % to 35s.
vony,ics OK in pickle, duty paid per dozen m IN