Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-05-06

sale 27s per 1876 lbs was the top quotation for West
Canal. Oats, barley, beans, and peas were with
out change in value, and in limited request. ihaiah
Corn and Corn Meal were in extensive demand for
Ireland and prices improved little. The sales oil
American White Corn were at "a to 25s, and yellow
26 to BIS per $50 lbs. Indian Meal sold at ii to us
per 1856 lbs.
Imports of Wheat, Indian Corn, &C. into Liverpool.
from foreign ports from the 9th the 18th inst 1876
quarters Wheat; 3,747 bushels, 39,722 bags Indian
Corn IT'S qrs Peas; 100 qrs Barley; l2S qrs 20 bags
Beans 243 casks Rice. Imports of w heat, Flour, &c
from Ireland during the period: l26 tons, lSo
urs $50 brls, l5S bags Wheat 4,474 sacks Flour;
500 TONS 42l brls POI sacks OATS 55 loads, tons
| Oatmeal; - sacks Peas.
/ In the London Corn market to-day there was very
little Wheat fresh up; no improvement in trade; the
tritiing business done at former rates oats ana
Barley saeable in retail at Mondays prices Beans
and Peas unatered. Wheat, sis cd; Barley rs I'd
Oats Ids Id Rye 24s cd; Beans 35s Sd; Peas 3Ss 3D.
At Wakefield the arrivals were moderate-W heat
! 7 ,535; Barley, 1862; Oats 663; Beans, 669 qrs
Wheat and Barley, Is dearer. In other stutfs no
change.
work, and farmers have been busily engaged in the
| fields
Our imports do not show any increase to the supply
of American beef and the deliveries continue large
several parcels having again been taken ior Inc
outports In prices there is no variation and holders
are very firm. There has been rather more doing In
Pork, several parcels of old prime having been taken
| for Ireland, together with small quantity OF mess.
The market is again clear of Bacon the late arrivals
having, before been sold soon as landed at stea
DIV prices Hams and shoulders more inquired for.
Cheese in small supply, and the demand is not brisk
The sales of lard are extensive, and all that has been
offered having found ready buyers at slight decline
on previous quotations Beef-prime mess, per terce
of 304 lbs So 92s 3d. ordinary GU to 6Ss, rs to S3s
per brl of 200 lbs so to 54s ordinary SO to 40s
40 to 46s; prime "a to 36s; extra India, family, &c
per tierce 336 lbs 81 to 1885, ditto, per half barrel
| 100 lbs, 80 to 35s. Pork-U prime mess, per bar,
rel of 200 lbs A to Sos 60 to 75s prime 80 to SS 40
to ass mess, family mess, &C. A TO Sos, IS to Cos
Bacon Eastern per cwt 90 to SOS, 46 to Sos, shout
ders % to 26s. Hams-dry, per cwt, 30 to sos, in
salt 20 35s, 80 to 45s Cheese-fne, per cwt, duty
paid As sos middlng AZ to 46s, ordinary Sc to Ais
Commercial affairs in the manufacturing districts do
not at all improve Nothing but the exceedingly low
prices of cotton could prevent general stoppage of
the mills there Is no demand, and prices are at
minimum. The weekly official return of the state
of employment of the whole of the operative classes,
within the borough of Manchester, shows that two
more mills on full time, which were previously,
short time, and the other stopped entirely. As
regards the hands, rs less on full time while l53
less on full timc and 2S4 more stopped entirely
As respects the mills, the return is more favor
ablc three mills on full time, with part of
their hands, while three less short time. The
workmen :hus affected: IS more are on full time,
but this councrbalanced by the fact that 259 more
are thrown out of empoyment therefore. as regards
them, the return is more unfavorabe. The compare
! tive state of the two weeks, regards the opera
tves employed in the cotton mills, is now follows
Full time Short. Stopped.
| This week. .... 1926 1850 5,3i9
Last week.. 1920 1921 5000
Unabated dullness in the Manchester market to-
dav. little more inquiry than Tuesday, but
very little.
The iron masters of the Midland districts, at their
recent meetings, determined that in the ensuing quar-
ter the value of iron should be fixed at the prices
which ruled the trade during the last three months
viz: bars, fS per tom rods, s to f5 lOs hoops ES
l0s and sheet i los; other descriptions oiron to bear
proportonac prices. proposition was made for
reduction of FL per ton but it thought this
would have runous effect upon some of the smaller
makers it was abandoned The tone ofthe Iron trade,
il was satisfactory to observe, decidedly mprov
ed; and although, as compared with this time last
year, the transactions were limited confidence ap-
pears be pretty generally restored. Considerable
contracts were taken for hoops and bars.
In the London money market, on Thursday, the
settlement, which was very heavy, passed off very
satisfactorily Consols closed at S2h to 2 The clos
ing prices to-day wcre-Consols, money and account,
| So to 3. Exchequer Bills, IS to Al prem
The foreign exchanges were quoted in London, on
Tuesday afternoon for three months bills, as follows:
Paris, &c so; Amsterdam, II to u; Hamburg, Is
to 4; Frankfort, 1913 TO l24 and Trieste, II. Bills
at short on Paris quoted 1920 TO $3.50. The
quotation were again irregular, and there was much
difficulty in doing business.
Gold is 06 per cent. dearer in London than in
Hamburg.
The amount of Bank of England notes in actual cir
cuation in the week ending Saturday, April incud
ing seven days and other bills, ELS, 5S7 S57,
increase during the week of ESQ 43S; the amount of
gold and silver coin and bullion in the hands of the
bank, Gl5,2l0, 500, decrease of El05,92S.