The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-15

from Essex and Kent on Monday, consisting princi-
pally new, which having been mostly harvested dur
ing the wet her. the samples in wretched con-
dton To show how various was the quality, we
have only state that there a dIeren nee of 20s
25s per or between the value of the best and the
worst parcels OF the inferior sorts being offered
AS. to 45s whilst the duest dry parcels OF Essex
white we're held at COS TO 6ss per Or In OLD wheat
Sc per Or above those current that day SCI nisht
Since then the disposition to buy has evidently de-
creased, and difficulty has been experienced in
ressiDg the terms current in the beginning of the
week. The transactions in foreign wheat were not
extensive on Monday but the business done was at an
advance Of Is per or On Wednesday this enhance
nsnt was scarcely maintained and this morning pur-
cbases might, in some instances, have been made on
rather easier terms. There more bonded wheat
Offering day and less disposition to speculate, but
holders were not generally inclined to take lower
prices In the value of -four change has occurred
since last week. Barley of home growth has come
very sparingy to hand and the arrivals from abroad
have been moderate the upward movement In price
has, consequently continued and all kinds OF barley
may be quoted Is. to "a per quarter higher than on
Monday week. Malt has meanwhile advanced Is. to
IS. per quarter The arrivals Of oats coastwse and
from Ireland have been scanty in the extreme, and
the foreign supply not by any means large. The
orsbe change in the weather has however induced
rieen since this day se'nnght. For beans Is to g.,
and for pease, Is. to 3s per quarter has been
realised Indian corn has been neglected and to have
succeeded in making sales less money must have been
taken.
[From the Mark lane Express, Aug. %
In the early part OF the week; we experiences very
appears to have been general nearly the whole
kingdom Tuesday was also wet day, but from that
comparatively fine and, having had drying winds the
corn far dried to allow Of carrying being re-
sumed We fear, however from the appearance Of the
again about to b. interrupted much greater guam
tty of wet has this fallen the western than
on the eastern side Of the island and from all
collect, inclined to think that in most of the
eastern counties particularly the fen lands
the produce of wheat will be good a. well in quality
Hovuf ha horva niuafp in thQ
north, will, Of course in great MEASURE depend on
the weather. Should We be favored with ane Sep
bly, not be Important but that the yield aud quality
will both be inferior to the crop of last year, In the
home the western, and southern counties, is certain
The very unpromsing aspect of many Of the cornelds
in Essex and Kent has doubt made great impress
sion parties in the habit of judging from the ap-
pearance of affairs in particular localities and may
have caused somewhat too unavorable estimate to be
formed of prospects On the whole we think 1t by
no means improbable that the yield though unques-
may after all turn out sufficiently we'll to insure us
against very high prices. The rates now current will
Calculated on obtaining It is consequently more than
probable that, as soon Is harvest operations shall
have been completed the deliveries from the farmers
will increase and, as We may also calculate
tnued large supplies Of potatoes any further rise in
the value Of food would, think, be checked If the
weather should prove toleraby proptous for finishing
the harvest. On the other hand It must be acknow-
lodged that the grain still It in the fields whether
cut or standing is in very preoarious position and
sion such extent Of mischief would be likely to
lead to further considerable rise in prices The trade
In wheat has during the week remained in a some-
what excited state but the enhanced terms de-
manded by sellers have not been very freely paid
by the mlers; hence the transactions have been
In the neighborhood Of Liverpool the storm of Mon
day appears to have been particularly severe and,
the following day. holders of grain we're very high in
their pretepsops For free wheat 4d to 3d., and for
bonded 3d. per 70 lbs asked than that day
se'nnight and all other kinds Of grain, well as
Later in the week there was much less disposition to
purchase. Wheat was however, held firmly Friday,
at the above advance but -four declined Cd per sack
AT mort Of the other large consuming markets in the
north, held on Tuesday, from IS. to As per Or.
was realized for wheat indeed rise to that extent
has been pretty general all the kingdom
By our letters from Scotland we learn that the
weather had been very nauspicious in that country
in the early part. of tho week which circumstance,
together with the animated reports from the south,
had caused wheat to be held at enhanced terms At
Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the article quoted 3s.
to As per Or. higher and at Glasgow. the same
day, the advance was Is. to Is per boil.
AccoI ding to the moet recent advces from Ireland,
it that the potato disease rapidly spread
ing in all parts of the island but very large sup
plies of the article had been forced into the different
markets the consumption Of -four and meal had been
so greatly reduced that sellers of wheat, &c, had
experien ced some difficulty in obtaining advance
corresponding with that lately established this side
Of the channel
The arrivals Of wheat coastwise into London have
been quite moderate; only 34O7 qrs having. been
ported up to this Saturday evening:
carriage eamples has meanwhile been very small. On
Wednesday there only few runs from Essex,
previous market day On the Kent stands scarcely
sample exhibited. The millers acted with good
deal Of caution but they evidently disposed to
buy where they could succeed in doing so at Mondays
currency this however, was hardly practicable
further enhancement being in most cases demanded
The weather, though still showery had rather more
settled appearance Friday than in the early Of
the week. and this circumstance had some slight effect
Of and prices not higher at the close than in the
CONNER cement of the week. The recent advance Is
return for the kingdom being SIS and that for Lon
don 55s. Id PERI Or hence further decline in the
duty may be looked for in the of week two
and many parties are eanguine as to its recedng in
the month of September to As. per Or Importers Of
foreign therefore lending all that arrives under
anS q nm to be
country our stocks in granary being gradually d.
minished The transactions In free foreign wheat
Friday; still good many small sales were effected
at very full terms and the turn decidedly in
of the seller. Holders Of bonded have become
fd'nt Of material decline taking place in the duty,
that bonded parcels have been held at rates not
than A.. to S. per Or below those at which similar
qualities of free might have been sed notwth-
standing which, several lots have changed hands.
The attention of purchasers has however been prnci
pally directed to floating cargoes or parcels free on
board at foreign ports and relatively higher prices
have been paid for cargoes not likely to arrive for
month or two than for wheat the spot proving that
the prevailing opinion is in favor Of further rise
For the best qualities to be shipped from Dauzig 5
for Rostock, $751; and for Polish Odessa, Sos. to SIS
per or. has been demanded These very high rates
have caused some degree of caution on the part Of
Spectators and the bargains closed have been so
numerous as they probably would have been IL hold
ers bad been less extravagant in their pretensions
The millers report quite falling off in the sale of
-four which has doubt been partly caused by arg
consumption than usual Of potatoes. The advance Of
Monday has nevertheless, been firmly insisted on.
There has been inquiry for bonded -four. and the
article has been held at about Is per barrel higher
The supply Of homegrown barley has been quite
trifing and the arrivals rom abroad have also been
small Besides good local inquiry have had rather
an active country demand, and sellers have been
abed to realize an improvement Of Is per quarter
last Mondays currency. Altogether, large quantity
has been cleared of the market, and, unless we re.
ceivs further assistance from abroad price, likely
to tend upwards particularly for the n ner descrip
tons, as the quality of this years growth will be
coarse.
The rise in barley has affected the value of malt,
ant purchasers Of the latter article have had TO pay
enhanced rates.