The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-09

Lorraine and Alsace, where It's price In AZ confines
al strasburg, IS at Nancy, AMI 81 at Comar.
The Mark Lane Express states that very large
lmportatons would doubtless have been necessary,
even irrespective Of the failure of the potato crop.
II adds that the great rise which has recently taken
place in the price OF wheat in London has not had
the effect Of drawing supplies. For the week end
ing September 18th, nearly 10000 quarters less
than tie amount Of the preceding week had come to
hand.
From the Mark Lane Express, Sept IA
The FOREIGN CORN rRADE.-r-The harvest may
be considered as concluded, little grain OF any
description now remaining in the fields, even
III me most backward parts Of the kingdom
AS yet but few estimates of the result have been
offered, public attention having been so much
taken up with the potato disease and its probable
consequences, as TO east into the shade all other
matters Under these circumstances IL has been ex-
remely dihcult to obtain accurate information re-
aIIge 10 the yield Of the different grain crops and
we are not IN position TO offer very decided
opinion on the subject. Judging however, from
what we have hitherto been enabled TO collect we
are strongly inclined to believe that the produce Of
wheat will prove less to the than was expected
previous 10 the commencement OF harvest. The
deficiency IN quantity may in some measure be
made good by the superiority Of the quality and the
great weight OF the grain; but, with full allowance
for these advantages, sllll question whether the
yield will exceed that Of average seasons. This,
though not a very favorable view, ~ more than can
be said ofany other crop Of corn. The next IN i'm
portanee TO wheat Is that Of barley, which IL ad-
United on all hands TO fall materially short. The
deficiency in the produce is variously estimaled but
that there is AN important deficiency is universally
aeknO Wledged. Next come 10 oats; the extreme
heat and the want OF moisture during the greater
mart nj In
srop, and excepting on the best descriptions Of soil
the yield is lighter than that Of barley. Beans
are, probably, not more than half crop; and peas
have turned out equally short. Indeed with the
exception Of hay, which is abundant and Of excel
lent quality, the gross amount OF food raised in
Great Britain, for man and beast, is unques-
uooably very considerably below what is likely to
bc required before another harvest be gathered.
That an lmporauon and that an extensive scale,
would have bccn required, even If the potatoes had
not hsen attacked by the fatal disorder Of last year,
Se feel pcftscily convinced; and with this calamity
10 ofp1 uaf misfouunCS, we are likely TO need as.
sistsr % On extent Which must raise the value Of
sgrir, ifa produce oil over the world. Il is very
i'f rt az our wish TO create unnecessary alarm, OF
~ aid those who, from interested motives, may en-
dssVoT to exaggerRie the evils Of our position; but
we cannot shut our eyes TO the fact that failure Of
the potato cop, though only to the extent Of one
fourth Of the total quantity usually grown would,
hcent to drive up prices Of provisions to a height
likely TO be productive of serious inconvenience 10
the poorer classes Of the community. Since our
last further rise OF fom %. to A. per quarter has
taken place in the value Of wheat al all the leading
provincial markets, and a proportionale enhance
ment has been established in prices of spring corn
and pulse. The total advance on wheat from the
lowest point is IS. to los. per Or. After so rapid
and important an enhancement, II is not improbable
that the upward movement may receive a Temporal
ry check. The prices obtainabe much
higher than farmers reckoned at the time the
laws we're introduced; and it is not unreason-
able to suppose that they may be thereby induced
TO supply the markets literally for a time; but,
sooner or later, we expect to see prices higher than
they are at present
Our advices from Scotland and Ireland continue
TO give very deporabe accounts of the spread ofthe
potato murrain. The apprehension on this subject
had informed, in degree abated; and in
the latter country particularly, the most fearful con-
sequences dreaded. Prices have risen fully
as much of late in the Scotch and Irish markets as
with us; and, for the present at least supplies
from either quarter can be calculated on.