, 1860-05-10

The Corn market, to-day, was steady, with 4 |
tolerab1y firm feeling, and fair speculative and
shipping inquiry. About TO-. 900 bushels were
sold, ut SIC for canal adoat; 52@5sc for No.
in store; 50G50tc fur rejected. The Wheat |
market WINS a!so firm and tolerably active, with |
snles Of No. Spring at $1.1l in store; $1.0s@
Ito for No. 9 in stare; and S1.01 for rejected.
The great bulk Of the sales Of no. we're at
*1.1o, and 1t the close there we're buyers at that
price. TIE Flour market was q shade easier,
and in consequence more active, with transac-
lions amounting to about 200 bbls., at Il. cog
SOS for fair to choice Spring extras; s3.s7}@
4.s9 for low grade to good Spring super. aud
1851 for white Winter extra Oats were more
active aad and the market, If anything, easier,
sales being made at the uniform price Of 3lc in
store. Rye is in better supply, but the demand
is still good at B5@ssc. Barley quiet Mt 71ic
for No. l on track. Highwines in limited re-
guest a. Isle. Provisions qaict.-Mess Pork
selling in snail way ut $l7-0o. Lard scarce
and firm, with sales Of prime leaf nj lo3c. Tai
low quiet. Hides steady.
There are but few vessels in port, and ship
pers do rot care to test The markets for freghts.
It is consequently inactive, and rates are nomi-
nal at SC for corn tc Buffalo.
The CHICAGO LUMBER TnApE.-on the second
page Of to-day's paper will be found au article
on the lumber trade which .ney be of some in-
terest to our commercial readers.
EUROPEAN MARKE1s FOR DaEApsruFrs.-The
4Aart Lanr Express Of the 23d ult-, which has
just come to hrnd, indicates general buoyaucy
in Breadstuf1s al o.er Europe. In England the
weather has been cold and though dry, still not
ut al favorable to the growing wheat crop, in
consequence If which the market was firm. In
Scotland cold nights had retarded vegetation
and wheat hud advanced ls@2s higher per Or.
In Ireland the markets we're bare and holders
were asking extreme figures. In Paris there
WIS an improved demand, and millcrs sold their
-four readily at better prices. Wheat had also
risen. In Belgium the wheat market had nd
Tanced 9d@1s Cd per quarter at Lauran there
was rise in wheat Of Is I'd per Or. Wheat ut
Brussels had alse advanced to 54s Cd pcr ar.
In Holland there was neither firmness or IL
crease Of s4lue iM cora. Amsterdam had nude
shipments Of Iealaud wleat for Portugal, and
all the inland markets were dearer Most Of the
Swiss nrd Bavatian markets also quoted mod
erate rise in prices. Wheat at Hambureh was
very high, sales having been made of first quail;
ity red at SIS to 54s per Dr., cost and freight
included. Fine high.m.xed wheat had much
risen at Danzig, sa1es for English account, for
the best, having been mnde at SIS per Dr., cost
and freight included. Vegetation was rcry
backward at Berlin. from the lowncss Of the
temperatur c, and the preparation Of the soil fer
summer corn much hindered; but it was nov
proceeded with 1t rapid rate. Arrivals were
by no means abundant. and prices we're slowly
improving, with ii good business transacted.
4 large business had passed in cereals at odes.
So, d weeks sales reaching to about 1900 qrs.
4 good deal had been done in wheat for Naples
and the Mediterranean, ia maize for England.
and in oats for tue Adriatic. Soft Polish wheat,
4os to ass; GAirka, 4ls Cd to ass Cd, hard, 45s
I'd; Rye, a4s; Maize. ess; Oats, l5s Cd per Or,
The stock of wheat was estimated at about only
16s,ooo qra, half Ghirka; maize, $1,000 qrs;
oats, $4,000 qrs; rye, $4,000 qrs barley only
1000 q.s, aud peas the same,
PITTSBURGH, May Z, 1861 Flour-The trans
actions IN this article on Saturday were small,
but prices are unchanged. We note the fol-
lowing.