The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENIN6, SEPTEMBER 18, 1549.

;.:VIEW OF TIIE BRITISH AND FOREIGN
CORN TRADE DURING THE PAST WEEK.

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BeMelL—Theuth the whole, or yearly the whole,
of the crops es the south side of the river Humber ass se
cared, and a large properties of the corn newn in York-
shire has bees wetly caned, still there is aiMeieriet grain
abroad is the mere backward parts of England, Scotland,
aid Ireland, to cause the en ether to be a suhject of serious
consideration ; and se fully as great • quantity of rain has
fall. sis the forth this week as we lave ezpairneed in the
south, wise apprehension is felt as to the fate of the Duvets,
is the late &mktg. A few wet days would, however, do no •
great berm; and since Wednesday night there has been bale
rain la this stiehbouhood ; whilst the baromets r, which pre•
Am* ash to • low pent, has been !residually rein'. These
indlesdine of a return of settled untie r lead us to hope
that the Lumen in the north may yet be enabled to secure
the remainder of their crops in good order. It is, however,
to be fieuedehat where potatoes exhibited a predisp• sitiun to
disease the late rains may have acted injurious.,; sod the
trebability is, that the later sorts mil be more extensively
affected by blight than wo were at one period induced to
believe. the accounts recently received from Ireland are
certainly of a somewhat desponding character ; but dry
weather might perhaps yet check the spread of the disorder,
es the tubers seem hitherto to have been comparatively link
affected thereby. That the future value of all kin Is of food
will be materially influenced by the manner in which tee
mein tree of potatoes may he s cured in the sister isle canna
be questioned ; and as that point must fur • tine remain
uncertain, It is dill:nit to speak p sitively as to the probable
range of priets of grain. An opinion appears is be peeing
Around that fine red wheat is not likely to needy mach
below 40s per qr. unless merits from abroad should coma
forward more freely than from the Nettie' red lon of prices
in the Btiesh end the principal foreign markets is expected.
This is sot an unreasouable view to • she of the netter ; but
at the same time we must confess we are by no meats san-
guine of say material improvement in the value of
ir agriculturalod 1 produce,ei ne 1 ybing
regulatedconvinced bt that
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and that the imports will be on a suffieeenity extrusive
&eels to tre p up a strong compeitioie end prey, rat our
own growers obtaining anything like a con maid
of the market. The fall which took place in the value of
wheat at Mask-lase on Monday was pretty fp 'wally re.
speeded to at all the leading provincial makers held in the
early part of the week; subetquently, rather more Siam se
was displayed by sellers, in consequence of the alteration in
the weather ; still the tendency of price has, on tee whole,
been downwards, as well at the large COSPURWOR towns as at
the provhscial markets in the agricultural districts. The
growers have not brought supplies forward very fr. sly ; and,
as seed-time will follow very close upon have et, the deli.
verb t are likely for some time to be moderate. Stocks of
erd English wheat apps ar to b, almost ever, when exhausted ;
and, though a large proportion of the new has been secured
in such dry coach:ion as to be fit for immediate use, still
some quantity of old will from time to time be nee lee, which
circumstance a likely to afford holders of foreign au oppor-
tunity of realising ; bane, the probability is, that old wheat
will for the present beer arelatively bighervalUO than new. The
dull amounts from the sluth, and aro arrival, of ferei,e
grails at Leith, Glasgow, &e., have caned bushier, in Scot-
land to remain languid, notwithstanding the unfavourable
weather experienced there in the early prat of the wink. A
great deal of eorn appears to have been cut ; but ermpare-
tively heti* had been carried when heavy ruin out • stop to
harvest work. In Ireland the weather al pare to have
been varielble, but not so wet as to prevent the carting of
men. Toe potato disease is but little spoken of by our
&etch correspondents; and from Ireland the accounts on
this head are not so decidedly unfavourable as to warrant
dependence, though that the late crop has been pretty gene-
rat y attacked is, we fear, too true.
The arrivals of wheat coast wire into Lenten bare amounted
to 3,914 qn. up to this (Seiurdav) evening. This supply is
principally from the near counties, little beefier hitherto
come to hand from Lincolnshire, Cambildgabine, &e. A
good many purchases hiving, however, bet n made by our
millers o! late, free oa bead, on the east coat, we may cal-
culate on receiving better supplies ere long from that quarter.
The quantity of wheat exhibited at Mark-lane sins Monday
by lead-carriage samples from Essex and Kent has been
trifling. On Wednesday the show was decidedly small,
which caused factors to be less anxious tellers; and the few
bargains closed were at terms fully equal to those previously
r. slimed. On Friday an attempt was made to establish an
advance, which had the effect of checking business; but the
millers would have paid Monday's currency willingly for the
little English on sale.
The receipts of wheat from abroad have rather fallen off
since our lest, still upwards of 10;00 qn. Lave arrived at
this port; which, with what remained over from former
supplies, has afforded a plentbui display of sampne. The
expectation of being enabled to buy cheap has had the
effect of drawing a low country buyers to our market, and
foreign wheat has certainly excited more attendee this week
than for tome time past. The business done since Monday
eras, however, been unimportant; owieg parsly to a
greater degree of firmness having been exhibited by
importers. The sales made both oa Wednesday and
Friday consisted principally of Duane and the finer
kinds of red. These sorts were taken to • moderate
extent for mixing with new English wheat ; and the priori
realised were rather higher than those obtained in the eons.
mincemeat of the week; the advance was, kneeler, eot
sufficiently moral to render alteration in quotations woes
sexy. Is Polish Odessa, and similar descriptions, eomparee
lively little has bees done. The millers agreed on Monday
to lower the nominal top price of town-manufactured flew
to 60s. per seek. This concession would, it was believed,
have bees followed by • more free sale, bat this expectation
has not hitherto bee. realised, the bake?. having through-
out the week conducted their operations with caution. For
seconds flour then has been an improved dentsad. The
stock of foreign at this port has been fantod to • sorrow
compass, and fresh parcels have been held with meek fins-
The wrivals of home-grown barley have net isereened
materially, only 466 quarters having bees reported up to
this (Saturday) evening. The few lots exhibited slum en
last have been taken by the mahatma at about kenos
tense • but they have paed the rates demanded with Mire
tar under the imrse&a that more liberal espplies may
shortly be expected. The value of foreign barley has
undergone no further depression; the demand, however,
has not been lively, and edam have been unable to maw
any portion of the late decline.
The transactions in malt have been on a Milady NUB
male ; and quotations have andergone no variation requiring
notice.
Fossion.—Dastaie holders hal shown more firemen than
other; bat even there sellers bad manifested &disposition to
make some coneseekso, sad the prevailing opinion was that
when the expected supplies should have come to hand prices
would give way. Fine bug wheat had been held at 42a. 6d.
to 435. ; and for • superior lot 445. 6d. per qr., free on board,
had bees realir d ; mixed (of albs. weight) was quoted
395.• and fins mixed (hi to alba, weight) 40e. per qr., free
on ioard.
At Koo**g, on the 7th instant, business was very dulla
prises almost bemuse almost nominal. Quotations roe
as follows :—Rod wheat, 36a.; mixed, as. to 39e ; and high
mixed, 40e. per qr. Large barley was quoted 16s. ; and
small, 14.. to 14.. 6d. pee qr., tree on band.
At meet of else Lower Bald. ports prices appear to have
gradually gin. way le. to fls. per qr. for wheat, without
leading to meek beanie& Stadia of aid are generally re-
dead into a small empire n that quarter; and supplies of
new had, according to the latest amounts, some forward
sparingly. Any material increase of the latter, if uaeaten-
paekd as improved export demand, would thunere, le •
was eases • further &premien in prime.
letten, of 7th inst., state that hardly anything
had been done there. Wheat de lbe. was then oared at
375. to as. • and good 52 lbs. Barley et 17s. 6d. per qr.,
free en beside

seta from 8 ettin,•of the ilitt inst. are 01 • very
Ir. Weser. No Reshot% orders kallop bees Hushed
the dkill adoulgte from WED Ileitng clerked tall
illative basis( se, hued', ant sales ked %Stowe ditsbamit
•; is whisk prwitiou effnire queotatiMie could near be
denim& don Pt meranion wham MI been offered at
ass ; set N lbs. Urkestintrk et 119*.r barley at 17m. 6d.;
and oats at 12a. per qr , hose on board.
inlet's hum the Beide are moderate ; but we are sow
=king a period of the year when the premium for
le rises rapldly,—Whlth must increase the cost of
Mum Imports.
At Hamburg, ea Tswasy, there was not much doing in
wheat ; a few hundred la• is were, however, taken fee siwp
asset to Reiland, at about farmer terse. Upland red,
weiikiai 601 be , kid readied 36s Bd.; and 61 e. quay,
37a. 6d. per qr., tree on board. From matrons thna• had
beat offers of red wheat, weights, 61 lbs. per bogie", at,
365. 6d ; bat buyers bad 'shred to grey own 34s per qr.,
free a board. Barley had excited lit le attention, but its
previous value had bees supported ; attd owe bad also bras
held airily, at former rates. The weather had neon i.e
during the preceding week, but was then unsettled. A;
however, the harvest bad been flobh. d in that . eighbet.re
hood, the market had not been it.fluenoed by the change.
The accounts from Holland describe the wheat trade as
having !mumbled in a dull state. .tt• Bottnidarn business
was very languid oa the 10 h inst. White Zroland sheet
yea taken slowly for local sonsumption, at about krattr
terms; and red &hire moved ff tardil. , though offered at a
decline of fully lo per qr Tne highest price tor wasp es of
6341 b. to 64th w. ight was 41s. to 425. • whilst purely w sigh-
ing 601 b. to 6111 b. yrr bushel had Dean freely off red, at
equal to I& 9d. to 38s. Id, per qr. tree on board. In spring
ecru there had bean little doing, and oats had rather receded
in vales

In Basilisk the wheat crop appears to have turned out
very satisfactory ; sad at Antwerp prices have sof some time
pest been gra.fually receding. The latest qultations from
theses are: for old red Louvain what, of 621 h to 631 b.
*tight Ws.; tor new, weighing 621 b., sad for 611 n. new
whits Z almtd, s7s. to 38.. per qr. tree on bmrd.—Mork
lane limpress.

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MEETING.

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