The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-10 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.

The Britannia mail-steamer arrived early in the week,
bringing New York advices of the 15th, and accounts of
corresponding dates from other parts of America. Great
exertions were being made to get supplies of flour and
grain from the interior to the ports of shipment, and
there can be no doubt that rather considerable supplies
of bread stuffs will be forwarded from the United States
previous to the frost putting a stop to the inland naviga-
tion, and thereby cutting off further arrivals from the
west. ',lt may be questioned, however, whether even when
got down to the coast, the means of transit across the At-
lantic may not be wanting, vessels having become very
scarce, and freights unusually high. At New York
4s. 3d. per brl. for flour to London had been actually
paid, being a rise of nearly one hundred per cent. on the
rates current in the early part of the season. The latest
reports from Europe being considered somewhat less
favourable than previous advices, a slight reaction had
occurred in prices of flour, 6d. per brl. having become
an extreme rate for Western Canal, and many holders
having consented to accept 61 cents per brl. less for very
good brands. The exports from the Ist to the 10th
of November had consisted of 24,893 brls. of flour,
91,150 bushels of wheat, 91,204 bushels of Indian corn,
From Montreal we have letters dated the 9th ult.
Flour had been in good request during the preceding
week; 31s. 6d. to 325. had been paid for fine, and
335. 6d, to 345. per brl. for superfine. The arrivals from
the interior had fallen much short of expectation; and
the stocks on the spot being light, no decline in prices
was looked for. Wheat had been sought after, and as
fast as it had come to hand it had found ready takers
at ss. ild. to ss. 9d. per 601bs. for Upper Canadian.
From the north of Europe the advices are very un-
interesting at present. A letter from Dantzic, of the
28th of November, informed us that only about 40 lasts
of wheat had changed hands there during the week, and
this purchase had been for shipment to Belgium. The
price obtained had been equal to 50e. per quarter frae
on board, the quality being inferior, and the weight not
more than 601bs. per bushel. The weather was then
mild, and the water in the Vistula had rather risen—a
circumstance which had given rise to hopes that the
barges, detained by the shallowness of the river above,
. might still get down before the close of the navigation.
The accounts from Stettin, Rostock, &c., are of pre •
eisely the same character ai previously. Little or no-
thing appears to have been done in wheat at these places
for shipment, the supplies having only just kept pace
with the local demand. The weight of the wheat of this
year's growth is described as very inferior to the pro-
duce of 1845, rarely exceeding 601bs. per bushel. At
S'ettin, on the 30th tilt., new Uckermark and Pomera-
nian wheat, weighing 581bs. to 591hs. per bushel, was
worth 50:. to 51s. per qr. free on board.
From Hamburgh our advices reach up to Tuesday
last ; the Elbe was then still open, but the frost had
been, and was severe ; which rendered it doubtful
whether the river would long continue navigable. The
business in wheat since the previous post day had been
principally for the use of the city, the prices paid varied
from 535. to 565. per qr., according to quality. Barley
had become dull of sale and prime Seale had been offered
at equal to 38s. to 40s. per qr.
From the Mediterranean we learn that the demand
for wheat had continued active at the leading ports, and
that previous prices had been well maintained.
The accounts from the Black Sea are also firm. By
advices from Odessa, of the 13th of November, we learn
that the universal want of shipping had been as much
felt there as at other places, and that the difficulty which
had been experienced in obtaining vessels had interfered
greatly with business. Holders of wheat had, never-
theless, remained exceedingly firm, and for superior soft
Polish equal to 355. to 40s. per qr., free on board, had
been asked. The purchases made had been principally
for shipment to Mediterranean ports, comparatively little
having been bought on Beitish account. Stocks were
large, amounting to about one and a half chets. ; of
which, however, one-half was the property of merchants
who had purchased on Mediterranean account.—Mark-
lane Express.

THE PRIVILEGE OF ARUNDEL.—It appears to have
escaped the notice of the historiographers of her Ma-
jesty's sojourn at Arundel Castle, that there is a privi-
lege connected with that ancient stronghold well worthy
of being commemorated as a curiosity. The Duke of
Norfolk is also Earl of Arundel ; but he is so not by
creation, patent, or descent : but simply because he is
the possessor of the Keep whose antiquity may be traced
back beyond the days of Alfred. This is, in some
words, the privilege of Arundel, which gives to its pos-
sessor the title of an Earl, and the peerage of the realm,
without creation. Could the Duke, by any possibility,
be deprived of the venerable fortress (as by forfeiture,
for instance), the individual on whom the Crown might
bestow it would, by virtue of the gift, become Earl of
Arundel.—Hampshire Advertiser.
A SCOTCH COUNTRY INN ON SUNDAY.--Even in
this ago of rapid locomotion, there must be few of my
readers who have not been, at least once in their lives,
the habitant of a Scotch country inn on a Sabbath
evening. It is necessary, however, that they should
have been 'n the same dttratign qn some.other evening
softened stillness, that more than partial
cessation from labour, and din, and discord, of things
animate and inanimate, that pervades the pr.-2c incts of a
country inn on the evening in question. The lighting of
a bed-room candle, or the ringing for a pair of slippers,
at such a time, seems to be done under protest. The
chambermaid who, the evening before, looked so made
up of " becks, and nods, and wreathed smiles," that you
wondered whether she smiled through her sleep, or even
if she ever shut her eyes at all, they glanced: so brilliant
and cheerful, and happy, now looks demure and grave,
while every dimple seem to say, " Nae daffin the night,
ye ken it's Sunday." Go down stairs, and ve,u find the
ostler seated at the kitchen fire, listless, inactive, with a
face ten times more demure than the maid's, his finger
and thumb inserted in a well worn edition of the " Scots
bWaro,rythoiueso,;
soerrytheeth‘e‘ ClaonndfelasdsiyonseoafteFdasiitnah.i'l'ariPyaosscicnugpiethde;
her snow white cap and collar, and sober silk: gown, pro-
claiming that maid and matron are at peace. ;Scolding is
banished for a day. Mine host is stretched, pi-pc in hand,
now eyeing his portly helpmate, anon watching the
clouds that curl in regular succession from his almost
motionless lips. The clock at the top of tha staircase is
the only object within or without that seems to court
your observation ; its constant, well-mmrl3 ed march,
sounding amid the stillness louder than youa ever heard
it before, till you attach an importance to it, that amply
makes up for your neglect of it in times pi ,st, because
you have nothing else to listen to.— Tait's Magazine.
A STEAM BOAT PACKED IN BOXES.---. We under-
stand that Messrs. Miller, Bavenhill, and Co., have just
completed, in a novel manner, a beautiful little steamer
for the Austrian Government, intended to be employed
in the canals of Venice, and occasionally, in Inc weather,
on the Adriatic, contiguous to that romant-ic: city. She
is of iron, 70 feet long, 12 feet beam, ha.; a rudder at
each end, and her internal arrangements were made
with an eye to the accommodation of pers( )11.1 of distinc-
tion. This vessel was put up in frame, in the usual
way ; the plates were all prepared and adjusted, the
cabins were completed, &c., and then tl is whole was
taken to pieces, packed in boxes, and putt on board a
ship bound for Venice, but now in the East. :India Docks.
The Queen Dowager has contribute, i the liberal
donation of 201. towards the fund for the building of a
National School at Pool Keynes, Wilts. Iter Majesty
has also given 10/. in aid of the erection of a school for
the education of the children of the poottar classes at
LtiatoD, Suffolk.