The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-17
FOREIGN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,
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The Corn Trade or Europe.


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The Corn Trade or Europe.
From the London Mercantile Gasetts, Aug 81
Having had very fine weather throughout the week,
harvest operations have been partially commenced in
corn has hitherto been cut to afford any data for udg
ing to the probable yield The reports ON this head
are o. usual Of sufficiently CONFLICTING character but
taking them q whole, they not unfavorsble and
disposed to think that both as regards quantity
and quality the return will be quite equal to that OF
fine weather the in gathering Mean there Is
reason to believe that the produce of the potato will
this root oot was attacked disease Up to the
period the symptoms of blight are comparatively
and the quantity Of the potatoes brought forward
has been good With fair If not large corn crops and
| plentiful yield OF sound potatoes we shall not have
abroad and We much fear that tho British farmer will
suffer more severely than has hitherto been the
case from foreign competition. From France there
are already offers to ship wheat Of the crop
At about 3Ss per quarter free board aud
the blockade Of the Baltic ports the Elbs &c, shall
forthwith commenced At Dsntxic good many vessels
had been chartered to load grain for English ports
ana an over the north OF Europe were ac
send of the brought during the last three
months We likely therefore, to be well supplied
later in the year and though stocks here small
they have hitherto held out much better than at
time expected would have been the case At the
provincial markets held during the week. there have
been signs Of wheat having been brought
forward than the demand has taken of and prices have
consequently receded Is and in instances even
% Der or At Mark lane business has been very quiet
There was certainly rather moro wheat exhibited
Monday by land carriage samples from the near coun-
ties still the quantity not by any large
the ale however. exceedingly difficult and only
the best threshed parcels brought previous prices the
IL. per Or the of that day might Since
then the tendency Of prices has continued downwards
position Of affairs quotations remain nomnally unsl-
tered this morning factors were evidently more anx
ious to realize and the milers we're enabled to buy
rather cheaper than earlier In the week The
arrivals from abroad have been on rather liberal
scale. principally, rs for some time past from
the Mediterranean and Black Sea. The country
demand for foreign wheat has been very slow, aud
local purchasers have conducted their operations
with extreme caution. In the commencement Of tae
week, good deal of frmness displayed by i'm
perters, and until this morning, very little concession
vas made but the Of fine weather has had
its effect and Polish Odessa and similar quail.
ties freely offered to-day, at Is quarter below
Mondays currency The inquiry for hour has not I'M
proved; hitherto, however the millers have not
duced the top price Scarcely any barley Of home
growth has come forward but the arrivals from abroad
this grain has moved off slowly, at about previous
rates The demand certainly not more active
to- day than eailer in the week. The supplies of Data
from and Scotland have been small, and
fine qualities have commanded full prices say Scotch
sta eos sT pc, oa s., hmS Oh wn an Inc
and secondary and inferior sorts barely sold we'll
to-day this day se'nnight Beans have been taken
In retail, at former terms Quotations of peas have
undergone change fine white boilers have realized
3os a sos per quarter Indian corn has been wholly
neglected. at Liverpool the value of this grain has
rapidly receding in consequence Of the cessation
Of the Irish demand. On Tuesday, good yellow
quoted ITS. a 2ss per 4s0 abs, ut that port.
Messrs. B.ring's Circular.
LoSDos, August 8, 1870.
This has been week OF comparative inactivity in
the colonial and foreign produce markets. and in
raj articles where Gales have been pressed rather lower
prices have had to be submitted to- though In most in
stances holders have not felt disposed to make any
concession The weather has continued most favorable
menced in tho most forward districts viii nsIt wsek
become pretty general.
American STOCKS. There has been fair business in
many Of the State securities, bat tho stocks Of the
general quotations United States IS % 90; do s.
lss2 io4 loS DO 1897 1857 do bond; Of 81 oee
Ga co. Florida, ~; Massachusetts,, sterling 1O4h
los; Maryland sterling Old Bonds ssh s9k; do /,
pany SsH 70; Mississippi Planters Bank Bends So .
So; do. Union Bank IS, 20; Michigan, 80 . So; New
Ohio g. 1850, 70 ICE; do 1860 lOl 100; Pennsyl.
vania IS so slh Kentucky 6s, 9S 90 nominal; vir
rs TSan pP Tsa
States Bank Debentures tDenisons), SO; do (Roths-
AsHEs-1here has been some demand for export,
and about 600 barrels have been sold Ut 30 for both
sorts, and holders now ask aas for pot and SIS fer
Cocoa No sales reported Present stock 5,lOo bags
plantation and 6,240 bags foreign, against $780, and
| $3.50, at the period In 1S48
| CocHIsEAL - The sales comprise $50 bags, chiefly
Honduras silver, from IS Sd Is ID with black from
SIS I'd 6s. 1od., and few Mexican grain at 30 Cd
So ia for silver, and IS I'd S. lid for black Our
stock consists of 362s bags, against bags on the
Corr Only iCO casks, 600 bags plantation have
been brought forward since eur last which, being held
for higher prices, chiefly bought In Native Cey
Ion IL worth 35s s5s Cd the former price having
been paid for one or two parcels to arrive Our con-
tinena advices report large business at Hambro at
full prices, and great hrmnsss In Holland and At
| The CoRr TKapr continues mach depressed, and
wheat Of all descriptions Is again Is Is. cheaper
with supplies the farmers and daily arrivals
from abroad Flour may be quoted st 23s Cd. a 24s
cd per barrel Tor superior to choice brands ordinary
ga Barley PEAS, and cats, support their value, but
beans are Is. CHEAPER. The demand for Indian corn
has been extremely slack; but to-day three cargoes
of Ibraa were sold anoat at ass per quarter cost,
freight and insurance. which is again Is 2s lower
Zorro, Owing to the small quantity Offering, the
transactions ba,s again been very limited consisting
merely Of 1900 bales Surst, from 3Ad a4kd and 370
bales MADRAS from S1.d a4hd 800 bales cotton, i'm
Toiscorin brought at public sale 41Sd AKA per ID.
DEUos, &c.-We notice sales q LOO bags Clutch, at
15s los I'd. 200 cases campbor at sos and lee
chests lac dye from lOd for common native up to 2s.
for the mark dismond opium is held at los. I'd for
fret quality yellow bark has been In more request,
and IL s7s 50 has been pais for calsaya Of the
nopoly mark; .uphate quinne las Cd q las quick
Lar &c supplies and 35s . 5es is full quotation.
Hfm.- st Petersburg clean, ESQ but little doing;
no outshot or hslf clssn at market Manila, f32
HDKs AT the sale yesterday, psI4 East India sold
trtky at full prices for the best descriptions and
advance Of i4d I'D upon fair and mid sorts, suited
for home Sailed no Plata and Rio Grands hides
very dull owing TO the inactive ttae Of the leather
trade the best dry hides have commanded . slight
sd, apce.
Isp,os-About zoo chests East India have been
psc ed 81 full currency of the sales, and holders
firm Letters from Calcutta to 18th June report
favorable weather and talk Of LOG 200 to 1ZOoe
msuDd but estimates Of crop thus early are obviously
pren Spanish indigo continues In good demand,
and ses freely 10 arrives Our stock consists OF
1901 chests and 900 seross against 3iSs3 chests
aud 4, lao s.rons ut same period last year
The laos trade is hrmer and at 60 for common bars
and As E5 lOs for rails both free board in Wales
Scotch pig L. worth ass. Cd for mixed numbers aud
4Ts for NO. Gsrtsherris the Clyde Swedish ell
All los
Lad Britih, SIS 15s. Spanish f1s 1ss. a els.
LIsssyD CAkss continue In moderate demand, ct our
recent quotations
ESQ for the nrst f2s l3l for Southern, and f3y for
pale real cod being worth ET los Lioseed, in ordi-
nary casks. use. I'd cocoa nut and palm unchanged;