Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-10-22
English Produce Market.

The London correspondent Of the n Y Courier
and Enquirer. under date of Sept 18Th, SAYS:
"The potato-famine, or something else, is acting
wonderfully upon the Indian Corn Market.
1T has sold this day in Mark Lane at 46 shllings
the quarter-equal at todays rate of exchange to
81 40 per bushe-about seven times its value at the
head waters of cur navigable MYERS"
The following is from the London Times of Sept
10th. The Journal of Commerce. in copying it, OBJ
serves that the flour and wheat mentioned are equal
TO about 80 900 barrels and that much of the -four
and provisions received from Canada, was produced
in the United States
From the London Times, Sept Ioth
AMERICAN PRovIsioNs.-The arrivals of provisions
from the United States Of America and Canada sin
our last mention of the subject and during period of
four days, have comprised the following: The John
K. Skddy, from New York, brought 300 barrels of
-four 800 barrels and l63 terces of beef 10 boxes of
cheese and 34S2 sacks of wheat; the Ashburton al
so from New York, 1853 bbls Of flour, ,O64 quar-
tiers OF wheat pa bbs Of general provisions, Al box
es of cheese, 100 bbls of beef 100 do of pork and
400 do. of lard; the Mary Ann from Boston, 900
bbs of flour, and 81 tons Of oil seed cake for feeding
cattle; tue Ide, from Quebec, l,Si3 bbls of -four
the Hampden from New Orleans, 600 sacks of In
dian and GOO of other descriptions of corn and Sol
sacks of wheat the Rappahannock, from New York
the large number of 10 294 bbls of -four and vare-
ty Of other articles; the Essex, from New Orleans,
I,2Oo bbs OF flour, l,O3O sacks OF wheat, &c. the
Hannibal, from New Orleans, Isl bbls of -four, IL
casks of biscuits, and % bbs and 90 kegs of lard
the Union. from Montreal ard Quebec, 733 bbls of
four ID bags of wheat, 270 bushels and 40 bags of
peas and l43 kegs and bbls of butter; the Cron-
stadt, from New Orleans 500 bags Of wheat, &c. !;
the Mandade, from Montreal and Quebec, 1912 bbls
Of -four, 69S qrs of wheat SO kegs of butter and
rious other productions; the line of packet ship
Prince Albert, from New York, $3.50 bbs of flour,
several packages of lard and corn meal 269 boxes of
cheese % packages of hams, $50 tierces of beef 80
of pork, ,295 erces and bbls of oil seed cake for
feeding cattle, and variety of other articles COM
prslng nearly 1000 tons of american produce !; the
BurnhOpesde, from Montreal, 1900 bbls of -four, 1913
kegs of butter, &C.; the Stadacona, from Quebec,
6.77S bbls Of flour, &C.; the Wilson, from Montreal
els bbls of -four $50 qrs of wheat 81 bills of beef
and III kegs of butter: and the Mtiades, from Mon
real and Quebec, ,23l qrs of wheat 1913 packages
of four and variety Of other articles; and finally
the Aurelius from Norfolk, Virginia, United States
200 bacon hams, &c; and the steamship Great
Western, GOA boxes of cheese, IA tierces of mutton
hams "a novel article of importaton,) lob bbls of
pork, 213 bbls of beef and other articles, from New
York, the produce of the United States. The whole
of the vessels named had board in addition to the
articles of food and general provisions mentioned
large quantities of cotons and other merchandise and
numerous others have arrived so laden.