The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-06-23
Foreign Nous.
Correspondence The Courier and Enquirer.
LONDON, June Sd, 1910

Correspondence qfhe Courier and Enquirer.
LONDON, June Sd, 1910
The Great Western steam ship arrived Bristol in
the short and prosperous passage which usually dstn
ouishes this Invaluable messenger between the old and
the new world With equal punctuality she departs
on the day specified, on her return to the United
States.
As the Great Western will undoubtedly arrive be-
fore the packet ships Of the last three weeks purpose
TO send a longer communication than usual and to
carry forward the accounts from England since the
departure Of the British Queen
or all things which can be supposed to be import
ant from this country the weather must very obvious
" be that to which all others must at present yield
The season then has CONTINUED uninterruptedly beau
tful since our last accounts and the consequent eff
fec, has been the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of every descrp
ton of grain and prospects ola harvest not only enor
mousv larger than for scyerd years but earlier by
least six weeks if not twomonths The crops arc
udeed in many Districts NOR forward at this time than
- ', - ~. of the Angus of lS39-and only two
Q, continuation of he present temperature is
ab'l una, me Kingdom nay be in possession Of an
aDunuuhcc, believed TO be the greatest within the
memory OF man. II is ruehat the chapter OF acci-
uen's must remain open Until that time and that in
' .'a'e great rcverses not unfrequent in the
.,h months but these changes are increased
ra;,,,. lavorapie day, and only long continued
fffS ut1rnt Ir magnificent crops which arc growing
not only in all parts OF the British islands but in eyerv
part of HE European States In such degree there.
fore, the probabilities of the harvest Of ItO NAV ho
considered TO influence the prospects Of all mercantile
monetary and political affairs the Great Western
leaves us IN the midst of every thing that has been
brilliant up to the present time
Inc Corn markets have been declining for some
days past but not with the rapidy which would have
been noticed, We're the stocks not so much reduced =
he averages are about "a per quarter lower than AT
the time OF the sailing of the British Queen and aonr
about Is I'd per barrel the quotations for oood
American Hour being 36s. in bond, and 26s. 27s
duty PAID the duty remaining 10 per barrel of
l96 lbs. The stock Of bonded grain was nj the i'm,
of the last official returns 377 1853 ors of whoa, and
25l 900 bbls. of iour-of the -four Is yg3 hills heinz
bonded in London alone This stock of bonded ,roina
and Hour Is rather considerable when taken win 70
ference TO the probabilities of the harvest being moi
only very abundant but nearly two months in advance
OF the average of years. circumstance of extreme
Importance IN consequence of the unquestionably ra
p,d exhaustion of the supplies of home grain Under
~ circumstances, II is difficult TO suppose that The
price OF hour can be much further reduced-wbereas
me uncertainty of the weather in the autumn Il s,
d considerable weight in the probabilities in the s,,t
u the suppliesor cold rains and protrac,cd an,n,
would cause the value of grain very ranidv 10 ,dyane
hn crops of hay will be very larpe-thc meadow !;
he South Of England presenting an unusuallv INV;
mt apprenticeship abundant crops of hav ara ~.
ortant in this country, where millions of 6orses -
INSTANTLY TO be fed "
The general money market of London ha, no, mn.
erially varied since your last accounts There /,
comparative abundance of capital for invcstment-b !