Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-04-22

IL 1888 brls. 402 Inf. brs.
Forming total of u, 1874 brls. Wheat Flour. Elk
ported within the time to foreign ports 5,939
irls of Flour, and APO brls. Corn Meal.
ave have added 1882 bfls TO this week. which were
omitted last week.
very limited scale, and far inadequate to the wants
of mlcrs prices in consequence keep up and and are
relatively considerably higher than Flour. he cur
rent states of the week have been 25a 81 Tor or
dinarv to fair and 33a 81 for good TO prime red
including Mary land and Penna.; s 40 for cargo OF
Peuna. red and white mixed, and l.5Oa s l .63 for
small parcels of Mary land white suitable for Family
Flour Rive NAV be quoted 79aS0 cts. The demand
for Corn has been without animation and prices show
no Improvement: quote, to include the extremes,
white 40a4, and yellow 42Gi4 cts. the market clos
ing however, with more frmness than recently Oats
.famcy article, not IN much demand ana prices
HENIP-About 100 bales Western Dew rotted
have sold at 6ia6s cts. per h., 6 mos.
HIDES-Wc note a sale of abort 1000 heavy s'i-
peror River Plate, taken by the trade on terms not
public A cargo of over 5000 of a simiar denoml-
nation, has been placed in store. The imports this
week are 67C2.
HOPS-Sales of Western New Y ork at cts. per
lb for first sort of last years crop.
IRON.-There has been some little movement re-
GENTLY and contracts with Eastern manufacturers for
the future delivery of some 2O0OG3OoO tons Baltimore
Pudding Pig have been made on private terms, Out
supposed equal to about $50 per ton, mos.
MOLASSES.-Th market is rather inactive, and
i'm the absence of specific operations we quote the
prices of the market follow: New Orleans, lsd2b
cts per gallon the former for crmentcd or sour OF
which there is considerable in store; Porto Rico, 24a
o. and Cuba 1922, according to quality, all mos
The receipts from foreign ports this week have been
672 hhds. 40 tres. and brls.
NAILS.-We pass over operations at present IN
reference TO prices but believe there has been con-
siderable business done
NAVAL STORES.-Wc have no change to note IN
any description and the demand is only moderate.
ClLS.-Whale (not prince has sold at 80 cts
7 -, and hris af
lon. In other descriptions we know OF no change.
PLASTER PARASITIC market is rather dull
and the sales made have been at S3.oo per Ton
The closing rate last week $780,, at which
about 400 tons sold.
POTATOES.-Eastern are dull of sale at s per
bushel.
PROvISIONS.-Th demand for most descrip-,
tons but more particularly Bulk Pork, has continued
fair through the week, without any material aitera-
ton in prces-certainly no Improvement and not
withstanding the heavy weekly transactions since nee
about the first of March-probaby averaging iUo'ooo
to 500 900 lbs of all descriptions, and more than
moicty of it gone out Of marke-the stock stlll on
sale is large and general except that Hams may per
haps be proportionably less;and as respects quail
ties of all descriptions they as yet pretty tar
Beef.-The export demand is very limited and
we know of no other transactions than for Stores for
which quoted prices are accepted
Pork-Ihc market for barreled has been slack,
tho transactions being confined small lots of20 TO 30
brIs only taken chiefly for the West Indies at 9I5
aSlOaS 10 25 per bril- for Mess, and goa So'oo ior
Prime. The sales of Bulk, in dry SAT- ana pickle,
mostly the former, have again been extensive, ant
orn taken in lots of 10 10000, 000-25 OO0-30,000
to So 900 and Is 900 lbs besides casks from 10 to l25
in lots~comprisng Shoulders at cts in some in,
stances less per cent? 3sa3s, according 10 qna,i.y
Sides 4a4i; and Hams 2d5 cts. per lD.-inciuuins
cash and 4 mos, interest added fair proportion
of the Sides, referred to above, were taken or inc
English market.
Bacon.--The transactions have been compara!.e =
" light, following as they do, or are associated
with, those of the unsmokcd, but have nevertheless
been to fair extent at about previous prices say s.
al cts for Shoulders in lots from 50OO loooo IDS