Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-05-20
FOREIGN IA II Il + IS.
Correspondence of Lyrord's Price Current.

IIvEEpoOL, 18th April, 1913.
Business GCHeraiy.-lhc week has passed with
out any Of peculiar interest, and appear
| ancrs are all in favor II continued impruS cmcnt.
| BHcUH has continued 10 meet an active demand,
and the sales of the week have been extensive, at
prices within the full range OF orr quotations. az
cordIng To quality. The import OF tins week has
been I,jl7 boxes, Of which all yet landed has met Il
! ready market.
Bflf.-About 700 ticrcrs Of the import noted sold
from the quay full prices. Stock does not accu-
mulatc, and fine brands scarce and much cnquircd
for.
Corn, S'c.-Sincc our respects Of last week the
weather has proved partially wet and cold, and a
feeling of uca>incsS TO the prospects for the grow
inc Wheat crop is becoming more general. Another
feature OF an important bearing the grain trade
presents itself in the passage Of the Sound being now
closed by Denmark against all German vessels. The
imports Of the week. whether Foreign or Irish, have
been light, with the exception Of Indian Corn; the
business transacted has been extensive but unnark-
ed by any peculiar activity the advance now cstab-
lishcd being the result Of previous undue de-
preston, and the increasing confidence Of holders.
On Wheat, the advance is 3D. To i'd on fine qualities;
Flour, cd, with limited stock remaining Indian
Corn, Is. with a continued active demand for Ire
land; Meal Sd. per brl. higher with sales to a con
siderable amount at l2s cd. 10 lbs. Cd Our market
this morning well attended, and fair amount Of
business transacted at full prices.
CottOn.-The sales of the week amount TO 3O,9fO
bales, with a steady demand from the trade and cx
porters. The lower and middling qualities of Amer
lean have been pressed for sale, and decline Of d.
per lb. submitted to, while the better descriptions
have been in active demand for export, and the au-
thorSed quotations of fair" Upands and Orleans
advanced ID. per III. To-day, the sales are 5000
bales. Of which 900 for export; and Of the sales
Of the week. % $50 are American, with 4,lNO OF that
quantity for export. Present stock. 3T2,oOO bales,
against j3s, 100 at same period last year.
Hqms.-Wcscrn. of mddling quality, in dry salt,
have sold at 3Gs to 37s Shoulders at Dos. 10 21s At
aboEt Dos heads and coarse meat in demand
LGrd.-Wuh unusually heavy arrivals, our pre-
vous quotations firmly supported for fine quail
ties, while middng and inferior have met ready
market at a slight reduction. All yet landed has
been taken once, principally 36s. cd. to 3ss cd.
for and brls., and the demand has fully kept
pace with the supply. hhds. OF bladdcrcd sold at
57s 40 brIs. Of very iuc quality sold to-day at lis
3d. TO 45s; they parook, however, Of the character
Of refined.
Pork-New prime Mess continues to meet stca-
dy demand, and in other qualities fair business is
passing.
Seeds-A few sales Of American Clover arc re-
ported at 35s. to 37s. The season is nearly
1aiior is cd. TO Is. lower, with a limited demand.
Pcter,burgh YC selling at j2s. 10 Us. cd.
IObaCCO.-Ihc sales Of the month arc about $50
hhds, of which l25 Nirginian Leaf and l25 Virgil
Man Stemmcd were for Ireland and 80 Virginia Leaf
and 80 Kentucky Leaf for export. The remainder TO
the trade, 400 hhds. being Kentucky Stcmmed, 40
hhds. Virginia Stcmmcd, and 40 hhds. Virginia and
Kentucky Leaf. Some very COlory and high condi-
hcntuCkN NlclHlntu nave Drought a. lew
hhds. at time, but Of the sales generally the range
Of prices has been ID. to 3D.. for old Tobacco be-
low I'D. For all the better descriptions prices have
been well maintained but buyers Of second-class
quality would do business on lower terms than at the
close Of last month. Present stock sos hhds.,
against ! SOS last year. STlTT, DAY co.
See Liverpool quotations for American Produce on
last column OF the page Of "Prces Current"
LIVERPOOL, April %, 1913.
There are still approximations Of rebellion and out
breaks in ireland, and some fears that in such an
event the disafcctcd population in the great towns
Of England may attempt insurrcctionary movements
and the destruction of property, which has unla-
vorablc influence trade.
BY the steamer of the 22d inst. You would learn
that our Cotton market had again declined ID. per
b., with the exception OF good qualities which being
relatively scarce and demand for expectation
TO Russia had rather improved in value. The mar
kct has since shown the same tendency, the low and
mlddling qualities continuing TO be offered in quantity
much exceeding the demand, and causing still far
hcr depression in them Of ID. per h., while fair
Upland maintains the quotation Of fair Mobile :,
and for fair Orleans ii is advanced TO the latter
being more particularly wanted for export. The
quotations for midGling are iGId., (thc last an
tremc quOtation,) and ordinary 3a3 ID. per ID. The
great Of the recent import and Of the stock.
consists Of middlng and the lower grades, and for
these the market is greatly depressed. The sales
for the week ended this evening amounted to 3O,9iO
bales, Of which about 5000 have been taken by
portcrs, and the American descriptions consist Of
$500 Uplands at 3a4{ 1920 Orleans at 3aG $3.50
Mobile aud Alabama at al, and 700 Sea Island at
Giai4d. per h. The stock in this port amounts
TO $4,000 bales against $4,000 at same period last
season; the stock Of American is about 100000, being
decrease Of 10000 bales.
There has been demand for Brcadstufis the
last ten days, and good deal done in Indian Corn
for ireland at Dos .G29s per quarter and in Meal at
lis. Cd. to lbs. ID. per brl. There an indication
of some farther Improvement, but the demand be.
less active day and buyers have rather had
the advantage Flour in fair request and steady at
27s. TO 2Ss. Cd per bril-, and sour 2isa25s. Amer.
Wheat 6s. 9daSs. Sd. per 10 lbs The general stocks
in this port moderate, aud the possibility Of sup
plies from the Baltic being interrupted has probably