, 1859-03-29

Grain and Flour reduced. 1u.....,... Y,aa5 .,!Hsls
Tic Steamer Niagara arrived at Halifax this
afternoon, with Liverpool dates 10 the 12ih inst.
Drcadstuas are reported dull, without material
change. Beef declined Is.
There was an improved feeling in the Wheat
n.arket- especially for No. ! and No. Red
Winter, which advanced 1@2c. Spring Wheat.
however, was in limited demand, and quotations
arc but i shade better than Saturday. Sales
amounted to abuut II ,001 bushels ut $l..4 LIS
for old receipts No. l Red, and $l.aS for re-
ccipts bearing .!@3c storage; s1.15@1.17 for
No.: Red, new receipts; $l.1o for new receipts
No. Spring; s4c for old receipts Standard; ss4
for No. . Spring. new receipts; and 7Sc for new
receipts Rejected Spring.
There were fire or six boat loads Of corn Of
tcred, but the market vas dull, aud but one boat
load Of Canal was sold at 10c aaoat-a decline of
lc Oh saturdays market. Most Of the railroad
Corn was damp, and sales were made at 1aG5773c
per GO lbs. on track and Csc per So lbs. on
track. The President Of the Hoard Of Trade this
morning requested that dealers buy and sell
Corn by the bushel-:G lbs.-iustcad Of GO lbs.
lis was customary to sell an track. The latter
system works disadyautageously to the railroads
leading into the city.
Oats were quiet, with fair demand for Re-
jected, which s!low I'LL advance Of &C. barley
very dull. 1liE!lwincs inactive Il a5!c. Pro-
visions dull. Timothy Seed dull and dropping,
with limited sales ut $1.s;,. Clover iEactiyc ut
s,.;5G G.G...
Tn saturday last the canal bout Jsockport
took fron this city 10 Norton l. Cos mills at
Lockpolt, 5000 bushels choice Southern Illinois
White Winter Wheat. This is "scnding couls
to Newcastle
M1LwAkEx.-Rccclpt last week, 1,1o6 bbls
-four, ",:.,:i bu wheat, g." bu oats, l,345 bu
hurley, sis bu corn, l37 bn rye. The b'taoerat
says If saturdays market:
Tic nmrkrts for Flour nnd Wheat continue
quic, and the business is still small. In Flour
there was one sale Of p'' bhs Of fayorite brand
e. c.uutry Srrin. Extra. 1T xj.lv I. o, b., but
no other sales. lii wheat there were q fcw scat
trring sa'cs Of Extra Mt la3c. Extra No. at lii
ttl.hc, md M. ! nj 1Nsc. But LITTLE Wheat was
offered, and the market closes very 4niet and
inaniuIatc. Oats arc in better request, but
prices show rather wide ransc-+.0 d a''c--ac-
r,'rling I" qua!ity. Corn is i'll active demand
and tcndS upward. Sales were made today ut
t;>c fur Shellcd. and &c for Ear,
C1Sc1SAT'.-Tlc fd:. Nt Of Saturday thus re-
views The ntarkcls Of the previous day:
Tlc Provision market exhibited no new fca-
tnres. The principal sales wcrc of bulk Sides.
nf which about .;'t,sHp lbs sold nj SIC. Nothing
TRANSFERRED in llacon or Lard. Flour dull lit
Sl.6eHf'.773 for suprrlinc. Molasscs declined to
;:ic. No change in Sugar. Wheat is in good
demand, and the finer grades are firm. Corn is
slightly easier. Whisky a4.c.
Tie receipts Of leading articles ut this port
during the lust "a hours wcrc rs follows:
l7nlr. ILLS ..........,....ss9 Wheat, Assh, ss4
Whisky. l!ls ...-........6l0 Oats. :" .........1S.S
ths1t hn.. SH Barley. ,.......,..
The CoNISa WHEAT Cnor.-Cnl. Johnston
If the Ncw York State Agricultural Society,
has made the following estimate Of the compara-
live yield Of the wheat crop Of Isis und ls:s,
III tie Uuitcd States: