The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-17 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN

TRADE.

As a good deal has lately I;een said about the cotn-
parative quantities of Wheat delivered during the
three months succeeding harvest this year and last,
we beg to submit the following table of the sales at
the towns where an official account is made up for
the purpose of compiling the averages. The state-
ment appears to us to prove that the stocks of old
Wheat were used up much closer this autumn than
in ordinary seasons ; but when we consider that the
crop is admitted to be a full average, we are inclined
to think that, making every allowance for the small-
ness of the quantity of old in farmers' hands, the
scanty manner in which they have hitherto brought
forward the new must render them quite as large
holders as in former years at the same period.
1847. 1846.
August 21
, 1 28
September 4 46,697
~ 11
~ 18 61,172
If 25 74,833
October 2
97 9
Mr 16
If 23
„ 30
November 6
13 ... .. 87,008
f,

Totals... 1,042,484 1,926,269
In connection with the above subject an account of
the imports of Wheat from abroad into the United
Kingdom in August, September, and October (the
November return is not yet officially made up), may
prove of service to our readers :

1847. 1846.
Qrs. Qrs.
Month ending sth Autr,urt
Ditto sth September 439,583 ... 101,787
Ditto 10th October .

Total 1,253,759 ... 333,216

Though we have had occasional showers during the
week, the weather has, on the whole, been favour-
able for outdoor work, with which further progress
has been made, and the sowing of Wheat is now fast
drawing to a close. Hitherto the supplies from the
farmers have, however, continued small,
_and the ar-
rivals of grain from abroad have, on the whole, been
less than expected. The trade has, nevertheless, been
very languid, and at most of the leading provincial
markets prices have tended downwards.
The supply of wheat coast wise into London has been
very small; indeed up to the present time we have
received very little from Lincolnshire or neighbour-
ing ports, the shipments from thence having been
principally directed to the northern markets. The
quantity of Wheat exhibited at Mark-lane by land
carriage samples from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk has
like wise been trifling. On Wednesdaythere was scarcely
any fresh up, the show consisting of those parcels
which could not be placed on Monday. The millers
were, however, exceedingly cautious in their operations,
and it was necessary to make a slight concession to
succeed in clearing the stands. On Friday, with even
less on sale than before, prices ls. below those of
Monday were accepted. The market has been only
moderately supplied with Foreign Wheat; still the
receipts have somewhat exceeded expectation, and se-
veral large cargoes are reported to be off Falmouth
from Black Sea ports. In the meanwhile the country
demand for Foreign Wheat has decreased, and where
purchases have been made by buyers from distant parts
of the kingdom they have been on a more restricted
scale than previously. Even under these somewhat
discouraging circumstances holders of really fine
Wheat have remained very firm, it being the general
opinion that the finer sorts, such as Dantzic and
Rostock, will throughout the winter meet a steady
sale for mixing with the damp qualities of our own
growth. Small, therefore, as have been the transac-
tions, no quotable alteration has occurred in prices.
Inferior sorts of Wheat have in some cases been
offered at ls. to 2s. per quarter lower without exciting
attention.—Mark-lane Express.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlEE.—Yesterday, at St.
Peter's Church, was solemnized the marriage of Ernest
Rodolphe Baron Bertouche to Louisa Henrietta, fourth
daughter of the late John Gage, Esq., and niece to Ad-
miral •-ir William Ilall Gage. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Sir Henry Dukinfield, Bart. The
bride was given away by her consin, Viscount Gage,
and was attended to the altar by the Lady Charlotte M.
Bertie, the Hoe. Fanny Gage, and the Misses Gage,
sisters to the bride. The ceremony was strictly private,
and immediately afterwards the Baron and Baroness
Bertouche left town in a travelling carriage and four for
Firle Place, the seat of Viscount Gage, in Sussex, there
to pass the honeymoon. Among the company we ob-
served his Excellency the Danish Minister, Viscount and
Viscountess Gage, the Earl of Abingdon, Lady Charlotte
Minds), Mr. and Mrs. John Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Del-
mare, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott York, Baron Ferdinand
Berteuche, &c.
GLASGOW PIG IRON MARIEET.—The market for pig
iron during the past week has been very depressed, and
only n limited business done, at rates rather under last
week's quotations. The number of furnaces that will
very soon be put out of blast in England and Wales will
most materially lessen the production of this article, and
tio cause a greater demand from the south for Scotch pig
iron. To-day prices are nominal at for No. 3, 495. 6d.;
for mixed Nos., 50s. 6d.; and tor No. 1,51 s. 6d. per tt,n
cash, f. o. b.—AO/eau/Advertiser.

RAPID DECAY OF TIMBER IN TIDE SEA.—A.piece
of the planking (American elm) of one of the groins at
the South Eastern Railway Station, which was this week
removed for inspection, though it has been in use a com-
paratively short time, exhibits ail the symptoms of total
decay. This fair specimen, which was originally two
inches thick, is so worm eaten and wasted, that it now
more resembles touchwood than solid timber ; and the
circumstance has induced strong doubts in the minds of
some of our practical men as to the prudence of continu-
ing to use timber in such situations.—Dover Chronicle.
Wild fowl, in large numbers, have already arrived
along the banks of the Severn. This is a fortnight earlier
than usual, and the weather-wise prognosticate a hard
winter.

The Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt, . 141 P , and
family have just arrived from the Right Hon. d
Gentle-
man's chateau, near Magny, France, where theyav
been passing the autumn.
SUPPOSED MURDER.—We understond that an in-
dividual, who followed the vocation of an itenerant ven-
der of gingerbread, and articles of a similar description,
was apprehended in town on Monday forenoon, on sus-
picion of being concerned in the supposed murder of the
woman whose body was lately found in the Union Canal.
It is said that she was last seen alive in his company,
and several other circumstances have tended to fix the
suspicion of guilt upon him. The case is at present un-
dergoiug investigation by the authorities.—Edinburgh
Witness.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Mr. Robert Foacroft,
stonemason, of Wray ton, near Melling, has at present in
his possession a cat, which, a few weeks ago. brought
him a number of kittens ; but he, not bring desirous to
have them reared, gave orders for them all to be drov.ned,
and in the room of Katy's feline progeny he placed under
her maternal care a number of young rabbits, which
were found in the warren near to his own house, and
which the old dame suckled and fostered until such time
as they were able to run about. At length the rabbits
were taken away from her, but she never rested until
she became acquainted with the place to which they had
been removed, when she was seen to bring them, one by
one, in her mouth, and replace them in the corner
which she had selected for her nursery; and, what is
more strange than all, she was in the constant habit of
rambling in the woods to seek provisions for her little
ones, and would now and then bring to them, as a treat,
one of their own species.—Westmoreland Gazette.