Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-04

lowing Tor the difference in quality, This price may
be taken nj 81 % for = bushel of American Wheat
rms condition OF the corn trade Is doubly impor
tsnt to your merchants nj the present timc--fron
the circumstance. that the duty upon foreign wheat
mas now come down Ia the small rate Of two shil
hngs and eight pence per quarter by reason Of the
ascending and descending system of duty upon
winch the English corn laws framed There
lore NJ The present moment, there is virtually free
Trade IN corn-tar the small duty OF about halt a
dollar on eight bushels Of wheat is little more than
nominal amount; nnd thus il the great English
market now open TO your flour. wheat aud Indian
corn, ailer having remained closed for so long Sc
RES OF years. But Spectators and exporters on
Your side OF the water mus, bear carefully in mind.
that tins low low rate Of duty may may not ecu
nnc-ior the average ptice is struck ut the Board
OF Trade III London, each week from tho averages
OF the prices Of corn for the pre-, edng weeks
100 different market towns and thus II the averages
should be higher on Thursday next, the duty may
be further reduced 10 one shilling per quarter or
should they oc lower the duty be again ss. los,
or even Eos per quarter according to the extent in
which prices OF Corn may have fallen. To cst
mate the probability of such rise or fall in prices
aud consequently IN the duty. the circumstances Of
tho harvest in England and IN tho Baltic nations,
and the United States must be taken into the nc
count, asicading TO conclusion ms TO the probable
amount OF the supplics. Respecting tho harvest in
England, II has been already explained TO be def
Gent in quality and quantity and The latest intel
ligencc from Germany and the Polish provinces de
scribcs the summer To have been equally cold aud
rainy, and the fine weather of III, mnn,h If Aucns,
TO have ~ IN England. arrived late for fully RI
pcninp the ctops nj wheat. and :, ,II his i; ~, h,
added the i,cuns,,,c, ,hnt IN ,i, tho ,,,,. ,r ,h
Baltic there are no, three hundred tbonsnnd ou,,
tiers OF old com, aud the quantity bond in Eng
land no, mo,c than zoo, 900 quaiicrs-aogr,her con
sideiably less than the whole eonstu ption OF Great
Brain tor the short period OF three weeks II there
be not therefore IN the United States great sur
plus from the present harvest 10 supply the popu
IN inf M anIn t 'ul,n a..
South American States. which usually depend pin
cipally upon your republic for supplies of flour aud
suIicicucy 10 send over 10 the English market At
the same time, II must apparently follow thar sufli.
cicnt has been ascettaincd of the prospects of
various countries to lead the conclusion that the
prices Of all brcadsulls will be high, for the next
l2 months, although not certainly reaching to u
l,mino price. The opinion of,hc mos, experienced
corn mefchantsa nj Mark Lane is, that the price of
corn, aud consequently the duties. will not mate
rally vary from the present rates and consequent.
~ that there will be a free trade in corn ard excel
lent prices for those who fortunately have the con-
modify to sell to us who, SO, unfortunately for our
selves, live under system OF corn law legislation
by which these iyrannca prices of the necessary OF
life are entirely brought about Nor is II to be cu-
u,ely excluded from the calculations of your mcr-
chants, that there rs movement against the corn
laws commencing n scale of such magnitude that
there those vino believe that the whole system
Will be abolished IN the ensuing session OF Parla-
meni, II indeed the dislress OF the manufacturing
population should not cause 1t To be necessary To
call Il somewhat hurried session, for that EXPRESS
purpose, NJ some period about Deccmberncxt. The
QUERY is certainly becoming tremendous and "a .p-
parenty joined in by all ranks OF men"
FRANCE
One of The priucipal events we have In ,,co,I ia
the birth Of an hen p,esump,iyc to the throne of
France The Duchess Of Orleans was delivered of
a son on Friday the 9th of August who WA, bamiz-
ed with the usu al ceremonies and named Louis Phil
ip Albert, Count of PARIS. The Paris papers give
the particular account OF this event, which was
marked bv all the ceremonies and etiquette of the
ancicn regime The Grand Chancellor. the Grand
Refersndary OF the Chamber Of Peers the Duke of
Wniemburg the keeper ofthe Archives, aud Mar
shals Iobau and Gerard were designated by the Ming
to be the witnesses of the BIRTH and were with
al other unctionarcs introduced into the spartmcn ut
of her Uiphpcs. Statutes and grap,,c dcspatch-
g. conveyed the ROYAL news to ali parts of France
A repou was C. rreni that Louis Pblppe wa, ac,u-
ally crazy and was so much crrdned as slightly to
affect the funds A bulletin of the ooh states as fol-
lows:
"trhe Princess Royalis TO day in rs satisfactory
state as can possIbly be espccred The mix fever
has ceased The youny Prince i, doing remarkably
we'll
Tuillerics. AUGUST %. 10 A. NJ
(S,encd, MonrAr PAsquiln, Jun. CnoMrI"
P.nIs, Sept. 5-In consc quence Of tic refusal Of
the Swiss Diet tho Duke dc Moncbelo will it is
thought, demand his passports; nevertheless the al
,af VIII DC D'onSh ~ .o,e'"s'o" s"',s'eoo'y ~
rance by the MINISTERS o russia ana A"s'fa, VINO
will remain at Befne' IN lel,er rom Lucefne'
however, copy OF Co"n, ,ho'e Instructions 10
me luke arc e".,oN'"' - - $500
should The SWISS Government refuse aeqn'esce"cc
in the demand OF France TO call Tor ms passports