The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

THE CORN TRADE.

(From the Mark-lane Express.

The rain having ceased for nearly a week, the weather has
been favourable to the remainder of this lingering harvest ;
but the damps prevailing will have prevented anything being
well got in. Ploughing, and all field-work, has been re-
mind ; though very little of the land bee been in a fitstatie
for seeding. A full month's dry weather is yet required, to
materially improve the prospects of agriculture. Markets
have little varied. Home supplies have still been moderate,
and new wheat of the general quality has continued a doll
sale, while the little old left has found its value. The de-
liveries of foreign continue on an extensive scale, thee. of
London about doubling the late receipts. But, if we look at
the weekly deliveries fur a month past, we shall find them
little more than half what they wereinlBs9, when four weeks
reached to 514,962 qrs. though now only to 270,396
qrs. As consumption has, nevertheless, gone on at the'
earns rite, it must have been directed to foreign stocks.
Now, as the average monthly consumption of English
growth may be about one and a half million quarters, this
would make the published weekly sales last year amount to
about one-third of the whole ; but if the consumption of
home-growth has fallen to one-half, there are 750,000 qrs.
monthly to be filled up from foreign stocks beyond the
usual monthly consumption of foreign, which may be taken
at 400,000 qn. No wonder, then, that every shipping part
where plenty of foreign wag in granary has found a nume-
rous attendance of buyers ; and though this demand will
diminish as the new crop improves, it must be extensive
throughout the winter, receiving a further impulse as the
potato crop decays or is used up. Foreign markets have
fully preserved their previous tone : and there is a general
complaint of a backward seed-time. While, however, the
wet and weedy state of the soil is complained of in Belgium,
Holland, and some other parts, Spain has had the weather
too dry. The Italian markets dependent on supplies from
the Black Sea being cleared out, are rising ; and so is New
York.

The arrivals off the coast since the 18th of October were
82 cargoes, 55 of which were wheat, 21 of maize, and 6 mle.
cellaneowa The business reported was as follows, showing
a sudden rise in maize ; about 18 cargoes of wheat, up and
on panaFiz., 3 cargoes Berdianadn, at 58s. 6.1. to 595.;
Mariano 58e. 9d., Taganrog Ghirka, 555. 9d. to 565. 6d.,
Odessa hirka,s3s. 6d., 54a., and Ma 68.; Sandornirlsa, 60a;
Polish Odour, 1535. 6d., 56a., 5135. 6d., 57a., and 1 cargo for
the Continent at 595. 6d.; 3 Eaptian, at 43e. to 45e.; 2 Rye,
at 325. 3d. and 35a; about 16 of maize, at 36a. 9d. to 40a.•
6 of barley, at ?Js. to 30s. 6d., and some Odessa far October:
and November shipmeot at 30a. 6d.; also a parcel of Saadi
beans at 355. Gd. per quarter.
The sabre of wheat noted last week were 76,476 quarters,
at 60r. 6d, against 123,800 quarters in the correspond-
of 1859.
The London averages were 595. Bd. on 3,148 qn.
The arrivals into the principal. ports of Great &Hata for
the week ending October 17th, in wheat and floor, were
equal to 211,629 qre. Wheat including 7,469 qrs. colonial.
The country markets have been generally better suppff
and in someplace, the samples of wheat were in •
condition. For all dry new, and the little useful that
appeared, fully the previous quotations were realized ; but
where the supplies were abundant, and exclusively new,
there was some dulness, with more difficulty of wale. Dif-
ferences this week have been too alight to particularize.
The market at Liverpool, on Tuesday, showed a rise is
wheat of 2d. per rental for the week, nod lc to la Gal. per
sack and barrel on flour ; fine oats were also id. to Id. per
451 be. dearer. Barley improved 2d. to 3d. par 601tet ; beans
and peas la to 2a., and maize la 6d. to 3s. per qr., prim
white American being worth 445. per qr. Friday's market
was lower for wheat Id. to 2d. per cents]. All geod aid
sprig corn has been rising generally, the new being mostly
unfit for use and only coming to market sparingly.
Glasgow, with liberal arrivals of American wheat and
flour, was rather dearer for white wheat, as well se flour.
Barley. was irregular in prices, say 25e. to 31s. per 3201b5.
Effieteen beans, 22a Gd. per boll. Oats firm, and maize 6d.
per boll dearer. Wheat at Edinburgh was rather dearer.
In Ireland market. have also been steadily improving for
all corn. Wheat at Cork was unaltered. Supplies of native
grain good, and prices rising.