The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-21

from Mark Lane and other large consuming markets
than might have been expected; still the value Of wheat
has declined In all parts Of the Kingdom. Whether the
downward movement will continue much longer may
however, be Questioned, for have arrived at
period OF the when supplies usually fall on and as
the mlers and dealers will shortly be obliged to buy
their recent purchases having been nearly consumed
should hot be surprised to see rally at the same
time We do not calculate any permanent improvement
in the tone Of the trade long the existing difficulties
In monetary affairs continue
The absolute want Of confidence and the total i'm
possibility to obtain the ordinary facilities must inevi
tsbly have the effect Of checking business No one has
Just now either the power the inclination to hold
stock; the operations likely, therefore, to be
scale in accordance with the immedete requirements
have period Of comparative activity but so soon as
purchasers have secured sufficient to enable them to
go on for week or two the demand will in all proba-
bity, again subsde At some Of the principal provin-
cia markets. held toward the close Of the week. there
symptoms Of an improvement in the demand, but
previous to Wednesday much anxiety was manifested
to realize
At Liverpool ON Tuesday, wheat was pressingly offer
ed; and the attendance Of distant buyers being less
numerous than previous occasions old foreign wheat
was sold Cd to 3D. and new Irish Cd to Is per 10 lbs
At
then difficult to exceed 26s Cd Dbl for the the best
brands Of Western Canal. Later In the week rather
more frmness was shown by holders, and the best
qualities Of old wheat, as well prime sweet -four.
maintained Tuesdays rates on Friday: New Irish
wheat was, however, again cheaper.
The advces from the chief towns of Yorkshire state
that the millers had shown decided unwllingness to
HUI nor at Leeds, was much business done Tuesday
At the former place decline Of 80 to and the latter
full S. per was submitted to without stimulating the
demand.
At some Of the markets west and north west of the
metropolis whore the fall has been very rapid during
the past fortnight there has been something like re-.
turn OF condolences the business done at bristol and
Birmingham, on Thursday, at Prises not than
Is to % per or below those current that day week
The letters from Scotland and Ireland speak favoraby
of the weather. and inform that the little not
previously secured had been mostly got in. With
conflicting; but the yield of all kinds Of grain has
unquestionaby been large this year all the United
to be attended with the hardshps as last
Prices of we're according to the latest accounts
recedng as we'll in the Scotch in the Irish market
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have
slightly increased but the quantity received during the
week has nevertheless been moderate and since Mon
day last very little has bsen shown Mark by land
carriage samples from the nsighborng counties. Small
however ss has been the supply it has proved amply
sufficient to satisfy the demand and prices have not
varied he operations on Wednesday
stricted scale scarcely to warrant any alteration be-
ng made in quotations. but there BIZ doubt that
terms than In the beginning of the week. Subsequently
the demand rather increased, and Friday the few
ly the same as those current Monday The country
demand fer foreign wheat has greatly fallen Off and the
inquiry on Dutch and French account has wholly sub
sided.
Our own millers have meanwhile become more and
cautious In their operations and the transaction
have been a comparatively retail scale since MOndh
last. Holders have no weyer been less pressing tina
might under the circumstances have been expected,
renewed country demand being confidently relied on
The trifing business done on Wednesday much
the same terms those at which sales had been pre-
vously made and even Friday quotable reduction
was submitted to- We continue still to receive supplies
from the eastward OF Gibraltar but the arrivals from
the Baltic fast decreasing, and what has to
han hand lately has been principally from St Petersburg
the week ending this Saturday evening" has amount.
ed to 49, 4s3 quarters
The sale for -four has been excessively slow, and the
mlers have had to accept less money for secondary
sorts The value Of American -four has also suffered
farther reduction and Friday good brands
canal sold at 27s per barrel The finer kinds
OF Hour are going into consumption very rapid
sequence will come to hand for some time we can hard
~ expect prices to go much lower.
The supply of English barley has been less than the
commenced working, what has come forward has met
pretty ready sale full previous prices The whole
ns r. & BARLEY On ns @ssss. q @ ..n sssI
TO = moderate extent at about former terms.
The arrivals of oats cosstwse have heen very scanty
only l4s9 qrs Including 935 qrs from Scotland) and
~ qrs OF Irish have been received The smansss Of
stated by arrival of 47629 qrs abroad and the
upward tendency which prices last week has
been checked. The dealers have throughout acted
the reserve and the trade has been dull we'll be
conceived There Is at present large quantity Of Rus
sian oats afoat In this port the importers of which
naturally anxious to SELL without ncurring landing ex
penses and is not improbable that sellers will have to
give way before they succeed In accomplishing this OBJ
ect The fall since Monday has not exceeded Sd to Is
extremely shy under the impression that they only
to hold of to obtain farther concession.
Prices OF Indian corn, Indian corn meal and rye four
have been tolerably well supported
The tone Of the advices from the Baltic has undergone
no particular change; little business appears
have been done In that quarter the reports from all the
principal ports describing business having continued
in an extremely snguid state Our Danzig letters
Of the gath Of September very few transactions had
taken place in wheat that quotations had become per-
fectly nominal. Holders had nevertheless, remained
very firm and it was not expected that the value of the
m nufU inNraa mad nnnlfo
should have come forward. The potatoe crop had we
informed failed in that nsghborhood and the quail.
ty OF the new wheat was not well spoken Of few OF the
samples brought forward having exceeded 90 lbs per
oushel In weight In spring and pulse nothing of
the slightest interest had TRANSFERRED owing to want of
supplies.
Advicss from Kongsberg Of the gath ultimo, give q
sad account Of the potato CROP and in anticipation
great request. The operations In wheat had been
quite retail SCALE the prices asked say Sis per Or
toeraby good quality having completely checked the
From Stetin have letters Of the 9th September,
from which learn that the supplies of wheat from
growers had barely sufced for the local demand and
that equal to ASS quarter had been paid for good
qualities Peas had been In great request and had sold
M o am
ton would 1t was thought, be caused by the scarcity
The reports from Hamburg of Tuesday are not of so
lively character those Of the preceding post day
the demand tor wheat French having in the
time fallen 1t will be remembered that equal
to SOS quarter paid for the best red upland
the oath ut at Hamburg for shipment to France; but
since the export inquiry bad subsidized the quality
nao been sold at Dos per quarter free board. For
future shipment very bargains appear to have been
closed the prices asked at outports had ranged from
4s to 6Os per quarter according quality time of
shipment sc. 30.
From the ports the accounts are totally
devoid OF interest, and many Of correspondent
have ceased to write in of there heinz Ar
present no probability profitable business being done
with Great Britain.
IMPORTATION or WHEAT OTHER BxEApsrurrs-
'ha ur0 I'm onftf Ar ~wA.
breadstuts imported into the United Kingdom from the
9th January W the 9th August during the three years
ls4 1896 and ls46 given in the official accounts of
the Board Of Trade
Iaa7 1916. 1915
Wheat, qrs............ 1,i33,36t o99873 202559
Barley ............ 39IG9l 99,63j 26i, 1879
Oats.. sI,9l6 3i0,B1 24,53j
rye, " W2 1872 30J
Indian corn ............ 23i2 866 3i8,$1e 4l,757
Buc w heat. ESQ