The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

THE CORN-TRADE.
(From the Mark lane Express.)
By the official account just published, it appears that
the stocks of Grain, Flour, and Pulse under lock in the
United Kingdom were as follow, on the sth instant :
Wheat 444,4081 Against which Wheat ......330,893
Barley
Oats
the sth of Sep- Rye 86,874
Rye •••
- I tember, 1844, 2,546
Beans
411 :042103j .
in bond .
• Beans ...... ... 4,810
Peas
The difference in the quantity of wheat on hand is not
very great ; but it must be borne in mind, that at this
period last year, one of the most abundant crops gathered
for years had just been secured, whereas at present a
proportion of the harvest is still abroad, and that part
saved is of decidedly inferior quality, besides being defi-
cient in quantity to the acre. What might then have
been considered a good stock cannot now be regarded
as such, and unless the reports of the indifference of the
yield are greatly exaggerated, and the failure in the potato
crop proves much less extensive than it is represented to
be, we shall unquestionably require an extensive impor-
tation from abroad. It therefore becomes a matter of
interest to ascertain whence assistance, in case we should
require it, is to be had. Over a large portion of conti-
nental Europe the result of the harvest has been more
inauspicious than in Great Bri:ain, and stocks of
old wheat having previously been reduced into a very
narrow compass, it would not be an easy matter to
secure important supplies without paying high prices.
Dantzic is nearly!the only place in the Baltic where any
great quantity of wheat is held, and there the total
amount falls materially short of 500,000 quarters. At
Rostock, Stettin, and most of the other Lower Baltic
ports, the old wheat seems to have been completely ex-
hausted, and there will hardly be time before the setting
in of winter for supplies of moment of the new crop to
be brought forward. Holland and Belgium have for
some time been drawing supplies from the Baltic, to
say nothing of the shipments of bonded wheat from Eng-
land to those countries. It appears, therefore, that be-
yond what may still reach us from the Canadas and the
United States of America, and a moderate quantity from
Dantzic, no material assistance can be expected from
foreign conntries until the spring of next year. Under
these circumstances it is not to be wondered at that
holders of parcels in bond here should have raised their
pretensions, more particularly as a fall in the duty may,
after the important advance which has recently taken
place in prices of English, be reckoned on with some
degree of certainty.
The reports which have reached us since our last, re-
specting the progress made with the harvest in the
north, are not of a character to allay the excitement
previously felt on the subject. The heavy rain which
fell up to the 21st instant was succeeded by dry, but
unusually cold weather. Sharp frosts were experienced
on the nights of the 22d and 23d instant, and though
the temperature has since risen, the shift of wind to the
southward threatens a return of wet. The interval of
dry weather has hitherto been of too short duration to
admit of much corn being carried, and the extreme cold
has prevented that not before ripe making much pro-
gress towards maturity. It is, therefore, feared (and
not without reason) that the more backward parts of the
kingdom may fare even worse than the south; and as
the reports of the yield from the forward districts do not
by any means improve as thrashing is proceeded with, the
estimates of the results of the harvest become daily more
discouraging. These considerations have had their
effect on the minds of sellers as well as buyers, and,
with a greater inclination to purchase, less disposition
has been manifested to sell. The upward movement
has, consequently, continued, and at some of the princi-
pal markets materially enhanced terms have been paid
for wheat.
At Liverpool, on Tuesday, a great deal of excitement
prevailed, and important bargains were closed at very
high terms. Not only was free wheat quoted 6d. to 9d.,
and bonded 6d. to ls. per 701 b. higher than on that day
week, but all other articles rose in nearly the same pro-
portion. Flour of British manufacture rose 4s. per-sack,
and foreign 2s. per barrel, whilst eats, barley, beans, and
p,.as, as well as oatmeal, met a ready sale at advanced
t( r:ns. Later in the week holders raised their preten-
s' ,as still further, and good qualities of wheat, whether
-',-( e or in bond, were on Friday held 2d. per 701 b above
Tuesday's rates.
The advices from Hull of Tuesday, though not so
' - .ly as those from Liverpool, are, nevertheless, of a
cidedly firm character, and the business done there in
• heat was at prices 2s. to 3s. per quarter above those
rrent on that day se'nnight. A similar enhancement
as also paid at Leeds on Tuesday, with rather a lively
!airy for the article. At Wakefield, on Friday, the
siness done was not very extensive; the advance of 2s.
3s. per quarter demanded being paid with reluctance.
The reports from the western and north-western
-ate of the kingdom are of a very firm tone. At Bris-
i, on neesday, F
old wheat was quoted 45., and new 2s.
or quarter h
than on that day week, and both
igne
orts were in fair request. The Birmingham market, on
tie same day, was well supplied with wheat ; notwith-
tending which, prices 3s. to 45. per quarter above those
f that day se'nnight were realised.
In the agricultural districts the advance has been
luite as great as at the chief consuming towns, and at
he principal shipping ports on the east coast a good deal
'f business has been done at rates. from 2s. to 4s. per
quarter above those previously current.
A week or two must elapse before these high sales
eau come into the returns, and it is probable that the
duty may advance a step before it begins to recede; ulti-
mately a much lower duty may, however, be expected.
By our Scotch advices we harp that harvest opera-
tions, which had been interrupted by the heavy rain that
fell between the 16th and 22d, had again been actively
resumed ; it will nevertheless, require some weeks of
dry weather to get in what is still abroad. The lively
reports from the south had caused sellers of wheat to
demand materially enhanced terms. At Edinburgh, on
Wednesday, the article rose about 3s. per quarter, and at
Glasgow the rise amounted to 2s. 6d. per boll, being
equal to ss. per quarter. Much anxiety was felt there
to ascertain in how far the potato crop had been injured
by the disease so prevalent in England, but as nothing
very positive is stated on the subject, we are inclined
to think that the mischief is not great in that part of the
kingdom.
From Ireland the complaints in regard to this matter
are, however, becoming general ; even along the
west coast, where the crop was previously stated
to have escaped injury, the root has, it is stated,
been discovered to have been attacked. In the
southern parts of the island the bulk of the grain
bad, we are informed, been got in, and even in the north
the fields were fast being cleared. On the whole, we are
disposed to think that the harvest will turn out better in
Ireland than on this side of the Channel. The rise in
the English markets bad had the effect of causing an ad-
vance in the value of both wheat and oats.
The arrivals of wheatcoastwise into London have been
rather liberal, 8,401 quarters having been reported up to
this (Saturday) evening. Of this quantity a large portion
is from Lincolnshire, being the first receipts thence of
the new crop. We have seen samples of several of the
cargoes, and find the quality. very much inferior to that
of last year; the condition is, however, tolerably good,
and a less proportion of old will be necessary in grinding
the Lincolnshire wheat than what will be requisite to
make good flour of that grown in Kent and Essex. The
bulk of the arrival from the first-named county has gone
to the millers direct, and the quantity exhibited at Mark-
lane has been comparatively small. •
Neither on Wednesday nor Friday was there much
wheat on sale ; and, though the fineness of the weather
had some little influence on the trade, factors remained
extremely firm : so far from making any concession,
they seemed rather disposed to raise their pretensions.
The business actually done was not important, but
buyers had to pay fully Monday's currency for what
they required for immediate use. The transactions in
free foreign wheat have likewise been on a restricted
scale, owing partly to the want of fine qualities, all that
has recently arrived from abroad having been landed
under lock. Superior Dantzic and good heavy qualities
of red have been taken in small quantities ut very high
rates, and other descriptions have not in any ins' ance
been sold cheaper than on Monday. Bonded wheat has
been inquired for; the extravagant prices demanded have,
hoe ever, prevented important sales ; for moderately
good red, 465. to 475. per quarter have been asked ; and
a cargo of fine Rostock was, we believe, placed at 50s.
per quarter ; for Dantzic and other favourite varieties
equally high prices have been demanded.
The enhancement recently established in prices of
flour has been reluctantly paid by the bakers, and the
contracts closed have not been so large this as the pre-
ceding week. Bonded flour has been held very high,
which has checked business.
and an improved de-
With small arrivals of barley,
sale.
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have been obtained in the beginning of the week, and on
Friday the advance amounted to fully Is. per quarter on
Monday's currency. There has not been much barley
in bond offercd of late, and the samples exhibited have
been held at very high rates.
Malt has met with more inquiry during the week,
and has risen ls. per quarter in value.
A few small parcels of English and Scotch oats have
come to hand, the former consisting of new Lincolnshire,
but the Scotch being of last year's growth. We cannot
say much in praise of the new Engl:sh,
the samples
which have hitherto come forward being mostly mixed
with green corns. From Ireland a parcel or two of good
quality have come to hand. Old oats, notwithstanding
the large arrivals of foreign (32.559), have, throughout
the week, met a ready sale at fully previous prices ; and,
unless the supplies are followed by further liberal re-
ceipts, there is little chance of any decline occurring.
The inquiry for beans has rather slackened, and the
article was obtainable on slightly reduced terms at the
close of the week.
Peas were also somewhat difficult of disposal, and cer-
tainly Is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper than on Monday.

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DREADFUL BOILER Ex LOEION.--Fi VE LIVES LOST.
—On Wednesday forenoon last, about eleven o'clock, an ac-
cident of a most awful nature occurred at Batley Carr, near
Dewsbury, whereby five men lost their lives. It appears
that the boiler belonging to the scribbling mill of Messrs.
Day and Newsome was too small for the work which is re-
quired to be done, in consequence of which the safety valve
had been overweighted and cause the explosion. The names
of the men who have unfortunately lost their lives are John
Foster, who had to take care of the engine, John Stead,
Martin Leather, John Clarkson, and Joseph Brook. Foster
has left a wife and one child. The other four men had only
just gone into the boiler-house before the explosion took
on just
. now as •to Awsheathge7d
Place.—Doncaster Gazelle.
CROMWELL
Cromwell deal o f
sdhiaslciuhsasvioena i s
statueg c.inogr
not, it
,may not be uninteresting to know that there is in the
possession of mr. W. Mason,
bridge, a cast taken formerlyfrom
mh a printseller in Cam-
which Cooper painted the celebrated face of Cromwell, and from
Lodge, at Sidney College. It vreued*
portrait in the Master's
the late Dr. Elliston, formerly mastereno
f tothe CMr. Mason by
uncle of the celebrated comedian of that name. Dr. Chafy,ege, and
the late master, tried every means to regain possessionol't
cast, even threatening law proceedings, but was unable
to get
it back.—Cambridge Chronicle.

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