The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-18 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN

TRADE.
No particular alteration has taken place in the position
of the Wheat trade during the week ; the demand for
France has not diminished, nor has there been any
falling off in the inquiry for the article on Irish account.
Meanwhile the deliveries from the farmers have become
I-as liberal than heretofore ; and the consequence has
been a steady and progressive rise in prices. Speculators
allying fur some time past kept aloof, there has not been
-my great excitement ; still the continued shipments to
Ireland, and the more recent exports to France, are
beginning to tell on our stocks, and from present
appearances. we are inclined to think that the eranaries
at the different maritime ports will be pretty well cleared
before the spring shipments from the Baltic can come to
hand. The arrivals from America have for several
weeks been on a much more moderate scale than had
been calculated on, which may, however, have been
partly caused by the prevalence of easterly winds. Even
at Liverpool the receipts have been moderate of late, and
the quantity of Flour shipped from that port to the sister
isle has exceeded the quantity received. Till within this
week or two the deliveries from the growers have been
liberal, but latterly a falling off has taken place in the
supplies. This has no doubt bc'en partly caused by the
necessity of employing all hands in the preparation of
the soil; but at the same time it is fair to inter that the
previously large supplies have so far thinned the stack-
yards as to render farmers somewhat indifferent about
making further vales, more particularly as the aspect of
the autumn-sown Y heat is not very favourably spoken
of. The weather has certainly been very trying ; and
though we do not attach much importance to the apthe
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pearance of the plant at this early period, still
severity of the recent frost must, to say the least, cause
a backward spring, and militate against any early
harvest. The most serious matter is, however, the
shortness of stocks, not only in this country, but over
the greater part of Europe ; and that alone will, in our
opinion, prevent low or even moderate prices until
another harvest shall have been secured. The Wheat
trade has, as already intimated, been firm without being
livel ; and the advance in quotations at the leading
provincial markets held since Monday has not been very
important.
Whilst the trade has remained in a comparatively
quiet state at the leading consuming t owns, a good deal
of excitement has prevailed at the shipping ports on the
cast coast, in consequence of the appearance of buyers
from France ; and Wheat has brought nearly as high
prices in Lincolnshire as it would have realised at Mark-
lane.
Many of the large steam-mills are still employed
grinding meal for Ireland; and less Flour is, therefore,
being manufactured than usual.—Mark-lane Express.

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NORFOLK RAILWAY ABATTOIR.—At Trowse sta-
tion, an abattoir, consisting of two sets of slaughter-houses,
has been built and fitted up with every accommodation and
convenience for slaughtering 100 beasts and 300 sheep daily.rhe buildings and yards are enclosed within high brick
walls, and the yard has been divided into compartments or
pens for the beasts and sheep. Adjoining the slaughter-
noose there is a large tank, above a brick structure, to
supply water. Close to the open end of the houses there is
a siding from and to the railway, on which the trucks run to
be loaded with carcases. The directors intend to let both
sets of slaughter-houses, either separately or together.—
Yorfoik Chi °hick.
PLANTING POTATOES.—The planting of potatoes
:n the neighbourhood of Newlyn is now becoming very
general, and the plan of first immersing the potato in a liquid
compoundee of two ingredients, viz., one quart of coal-tar
with five quarts of water, has been adopted by m any ; while
souse few have still adhered to the old one of placing them
under a good layer of common manure.—Falmouth Packet.