The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-28 00:00:00

incorruptible, undefiled, eternal in the heavens.— I CALNE ELECTION.
Scotch Reformers' Gazette. CALNE, MONDAY EVENING.—The election for the
borouga of Celee, se ieuig out oi the vacancy occur-
THE CORN TRADE. . ring by the acceptance of a Lordship of the Treasury
The year 1847, now about tc draw to a close, will by the Earl of Shelburne, took place in the Towne
be long remembered as one of almost unprecedented hall, at eleven o'clock to-day.
disasters in the commercial world. We shall not I The Earl of Shelburne having arrived in Calne
pause to consider whether the ruin which has over- from Bowood, was escorted to the Town-hall, attended
taken many of our most extensive merchants has been by a number of friends, and at eleven o'clock the pro-
caused by the progress of free trade, the Bank Char- ceedings commenced.
ter, or other Legislative measures ; but that the im- The preliminary proceedings having been gone
portation of food to the value of thirty millions of through,
pounds could not fail to raise the value of money, The MAYOR (Dr. Page) rose, and having alluded to
and depreciate that of all other articles, is self-evi- the cause of the vacancy, called upon any elector to
dent. The agriculturists have probably felt the effect propose a candidate.
of the money crisis less than any other class of people; , Dr. GREENUP then nominated, and Mr. LARD se-
for though the harvest of 1846 was, taking all kinds , conded, the Earl of Shelburne as a fit and proper
of grain together, deficient, the extraordinarily high person to represent the borough.
prices obtained for their produce during the period No other candidate having been proposed, the Right
the Government were busy predicting famine con- ; Hon. the Earl of Shelburne was declared duly elected,
pensated in some measure for the deficiency in quan- I amid loud cheering.
tity. Subsequently, when the fall came, the growers had Lord SRELDNRNE then rose, and said he had in
managed to get pretty well out of stock, and were there- the first place to thank most cordially bis honourable
fore but little affected by the rapid depreciation in proposer and seconder for the very flattering manner
prices. The future prospects of the farmer may also ;in which they had spoken of him, though the latter
be considered as tolerably cheerful. With the excep- had placed him rather in a predicament, although no
tion of potatoes, the crops have unquestionably yielded doubt unintentionally, for he had recited such a long
abundantly; and though he cannot expect to realise list of eminent men who had represented that borough
very high prices, the extra quantity of corn produce in Parliament, that he (Lord Shelburne) must feel
will place him in a very good position. That farmers himself an unworthy follower of them.—(No.) When
are generally well off, is shown by the cautious man • he last had the honour of being elected by them, he
nor in which they have since harvest brought forward had not the slightest idea that he should have so soon
supplies ; and as they are likely to have the come to again appear before them in the agreeable position
mand of the market for some months to come, it is in which he then stood, for he called it an agreeable
not improbable that they will during that time be position to stand as the successful candidate before a
enabled to dispose of a considerable proportion of their body of electors.—(Cheers.) He had always, as they
wheat at prices varying from 50s. to 60s. per quarter, knew, been an advocate of Whig principles, and a sup-
according to quality—no bad return, when we con- porter of the Whig Government, when he did not
eider the number of quarters grown to the acre. The hold office. He had now accepted office, but he de-
declaration made by Lord John Russell, not long Glared, as a man of honour, that he would not have done
since, that it was not the intention of her Majesty's so if he had not had full confidence in her Majesty's
Government to propose the further suspension of the present Government, and had approved of the mea-
corn laws after the Ist of March next, is also in sures which they had proposed. He would, however
favour of the British grower ; and, on the whole, we as sincerely say, that no love of place should induce
may, we think, in wishing our agricultural friends him to hold office for one moment longer than he
a happy new year, venture to say that their could conscientiously do so without either abandon-
prospects are at least as bright as those of any other ing his principles, or sacrificing his self-respect ; and
class of the community. The trade in wheat has he sincerely hoped, in the words of the gentleman
throughout the week maintained a very firm tone, who had nominated him, that he should not prove
and the tendency of prices has been decidedly up- less worthy as a Member, now that he held office,
wards. As yet the condition of the wheat of this than he had before. Of the session, or rather the
year's growth has not been much benefited by the preliminary part of it, which had just been closed by
change of weather; but should the frosty air continue the adjournment, he had but little to say, as the
a few days longer, we may expect a material ins- single measure which had been settled was the
provement to be wrought thereby in the quality of all Irish Life Protection Bill, but he would observe
kinds of new corn in stack. It is probable that far- that he had supported that Bill because he thought
mers will, when this occurs, supply the markets more it necessary to put down the outrage, the crime,
freely; but as it is tolerably certain that no further and the assassination now so openly practised in
supplies of foreign grown corn can now reach us till Ireland ; and he would add, that while the Govern-
after that period when the corn-laws shall again have ment showed itself willing to aid and relieve distress
come into operation, an increase in the deliveries from in Ireland, they were equally determined to put the
the growers need not necessarily be accompanied by law in full force to put down the present abominable
a fall in prices. Owing to Christmas-day, the markets assassinations which disgraced Ireland—assassinations
usually held on Saturday have been held out of the in which the assassins were not actuated by passion,
regular course—a circumstance which has interfered or frenzy, or hatred, or revenge, but solely by base
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more or less with business; still the transactions of lucre, and in which the parties assassinated were the
the week have been to a fair extent, and the advance resident landlords, in many cases most estimable men,
established at Mark-lane on Monday last has been but who had been, which was far worse, denounced
responded to, prices having risen since then ls. to 23. from the altar by the priests. The Noble Lord then
per quarter in most parts of the kingdom. alluded to the Education Bill, and having expressed
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have continued confidence in free trade, for which he had
been tolerably good, 6,717 quarters having been re- voted, but which he contended had not yet had a fair
ported. The quantity exhibited at Mark lane by trial, he sat down yin thanking them for the honour
land-carriage samples from the home counties has, on which they had done h.
the other hand, been quite unimportant ; indeed, there A vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor, and
was scarcely anything offering either on Wednesday the proceedings terminated.
or Friday from Essex and Suffolk, and the show on
the Kent stands consisted of the few runs left over
from Monday. At the same we have had a very
thin attendance of buyers (as is not unusual immedi-
ately previous to Christmas), and, small as has been
the supply, factors have been unable to obtain any
advance on the currency of Monday last. A few
cargoes of wheat have again arrived from abroad ; the
quantity reported within the last eight days has, how-
ever, amounted to only 3,905 qrs. The demand for
foreign wheat has at no period of the week been
active, the country inquiry having fallen off, and our
own millers having manifested some unwillingness to
add to their stocks so near to the close of the s ear.
Holders have nevertheless remained exceedingly-firm,
and, so far from showing any disposition to give way,
have rather raised their pretensions, particularly for
the finer qualities, which have now become very scarce.
The transactions in town-manufactured flour have
been on rather a restricted scale, nor has country-
made flour been in much request, but the quotations
of last Monday have been steadily maintained.
Holders cf the finest brands of American have de-
manded rather more money, which has checked the
sale, and the bargains closed have not been of much
importance.
The arrivals of barley of home-growth have been
good since our last, but from abroad we are without
receipts. A considerable proportion of Monday's
supply having, however, on that occasion remained
unsold, and the demand having throughout been slow,
this grain has been very difficult of disposal. Really
fine malting qualities have brought nearly former
terms, but the common runs were certainly Is. per
quarter cheaper at the close than in the commence-
ment of the week, In foreign their has been little
passing, but good heavy grinding sorts have not been
sold lower.
Malt has been influenced by the dull state of the
barley trade, and the turn has been rather in favour
of the buyer.
Though only 423 quarters of oats have come to
hand coastwise, and 120 from Ireland, the arrival of
25,838 quarters from abroad has kept the trade very
dull, and we can note no improvement in the inquiry
for this grain. Some quantity is known to be still
on passage from near continental ports to this market,
and the dealers appear determined to await the arri-
val of this expected supply. Meanwhile the setting-in
of winter will prevent further shipments, and as there
is not much prospect of the supply from Ireland in-
creasing, we are disposed to think that a small ad-
vance on present rates is more likely than any re-
duction.
The quantity of English beans brought forward
has proved fully equal to the demand, and sales have
yroceeded very slowly at the recently reduced terms.
the operations in Egyptian beans have been on a
retail scale, and quotations have undergone no
change.
The fall in the temperature has caused white boil-
ing peas to be rather more sought for, and this article
was quite as dear on Friday as earlier in the week.
Grey and maple peas have not varied in valuebed but
little business has been done in either.
The value of Indian corn having lately risen in
Ireland, rather more money has been asked for parcels
here and to arrive, but the inquiry has not been suffi-
ciently active to allow of any advance being estab-
lished.
By the packet-ship Isaac Wright, we have advices
from New York of a few days later date than the
accounts per Acadia. Aloney was very tight there,
in consequence of the continued shipments of gold to
Great Britain. The weather, after having been very
cold, had again become mild, and it was not deemed
improbable that the inland navigation might be freed
from ice, and further supplies of bread stuffs be re-
ceived from the interior. This, and the increased
stock of flour on hand, had caused the article to
become dull of sale, and prices had rather tended
downwards. Western Canal was then quoted 6 dolls.
Isc. to 6 dolls. 3l }c. per barrel.
The accounts from the north of Europe are not of
much interest, except in as far as the latest advices
from some of the near ports inform us that winter
had set in, and it is therefore more than probable
that a stop has ere this been put to shipments of grain
from the Baltic.
Letters from Dantzic, of the 18th ;inst., state that
very little business has been done there daring the
preceding eight days ; but the supplies having been
unimportant, sellers had declined accepting less
money. The weather had become cold, and as ice
was rapidly forming, a stop would, it was believed,
be put to further exports. Only about 60 lasts had
changed hands.
Letters from Hamburgh, of Tuesday's date, inform
us that the weather had for some days been cold, and
that the navigation of the Elbe had become a good
deal impeded by floating ice. The advices from
hence were considered encouraging, and holders of
wheat had declined selling the best heavy Upland
below 50s. per qr., free on board.
By the latest accounts from the Mediterranean it
seems that, in consequence of large arrivals of wheat
from the Black Sea, holders had become more
anxious to realise. At Marseilles business was very
dull on the 16th December, and fine Polish, weighing
621bs. per bushel, was then offered at equal to 435.
per qr., free on board.—Mark-lane Express.
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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Dsc. 27. _ __

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Glasgow and Gree-
nock, 16--Glasgow and Dumfries, 71,i —Great Western,
Quarters, 11./, p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire. Fifths, IA: c.
dis.—London and North-Western, 146—North Staffordshire,
1/4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 13( dis.
AIA.NCHESTER, Dix. 27.

STOCK EXCIIANGS.—The sales are—Leicester and Bed-
ford, 4s. 6d. dis.—Lond< n and North-Western, 4uarters (B),
p.-3 t 4 Dii to (C), 3 11-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, Preference, par—North British, 'Plirds, irfa dis.
North Staffordshire, par—Shropshire Union Railway and
Canal, 2A dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Nc. 4, 1 13.16
dis.

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