The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-19
The Corn Trade of Europe.


The wind having for eight or ten days been favor
able for vessels bound TO this country from north
s n. Whs,s a. soms ~ ,bs no,.s an ,hs en..,
well as into London ~ Ia, however, more than proba-
BILE that this viii be the last large supply Of foreign
grain this The latest sdvioes from the other
inform that the weather had become frosty aud
that the ships stil loading were getting their
goes put beard with little loss OF time possible
We may have q fsw struggling arrivals but dis
posed think that the great bulk of the autumn ship
men's from the Baltic has now reached our shores
nothing further from that quarter csn bs reasonably
expected until April or May next. The case may be
considered the came as regards Hamburg, Bremen,
and the Dutch ana Belgian pcrts but from France We
may calculate on moderate receipts for some time
longer The eject 81 the late abundant supplies has
been to cause further depression In prices Of most
kinds Of corn but more particularly In these OF wheat
at our large consuming towns and quotations Of that
article have been reduced to so low point ~ to
have given rise to OpnoH that the value cannot veil
undergo any further fail In many parts Of the kng-
dom good red wheat II C2 ID TO % ID weight per
bush. may at presept be procured at SOS to 81 per
quarter which certainly lees than the cost Of
duction. Our farmers are naturally very un~il.
ling TO realise under these circumstances aud
these vhose pecunisry position permits them TO
hold are not nhey to ibrssh very freely at pre-
cent The consumption Of bread Is meanwhile very
extensive; aud the notion that tbs retrograde
mspt will ere long be checked does not, therefore,
appear without some grounds Of probability stii We
are not sspguine OF any immediate improvement, as
there will doubt, be some pressure ON the different
markets uptil at Iesst portion OF the foreign witch
has recently been received, shal have been placed
Complaints In respect Of the state Of the potatoes In
the pats hsv, increased OF late but receiv
ing abe supplies of this article from abroa
aud psra lss 81 that part " the home grssn crop
si uBcobsum, would therefore have but little effect
the Of tse grain market The character OF the
weather h hkely TO taNem influence than thin
else ana veuid cspqueDtly, be idle to venture
predictions In TN. subject. At Msrk lane business
has been very quiet buyers having acted a. N they
of opbt, that the proper time for replensbinS
their stocks lad not yet arrived. On Monday there
dsrste show OF wheat b. land carnage sampss
from the n,ig bbOriDg counties aud the quantity esr-
ing from Lincoln hire aud Jaa bridg shre WAS NOS BY
any large The demand being noseyer slow some
deuly was zperieposd IN pscisg the best arp runs
OF kssex (the quality mostin reques at previOrrses
before q the Kent stands could D. m sds
Usclbe 81 L. o. 2s per quarter ON the terms current
ttatUsy sehbigat 20 be scced.d to- rue siutrJ
sy,saisbee If IN, ststher fuesosy aId "Wednesday
ipysItd iitue more hrmness to BUSINESS shout tn,
mode ~ the -eek but there actual in provs
| ntnt either IN demand or price. ON Wednesday rki
nUippg the show 81 Esssx aud X, ~ wheat small
there usrs, boSeveT. govd many offers from the
coAst The condition was Affected By the has,id sts
OF the atmosphere aud pre- v0ps prices scarcely
nsLtaine0 The qusutity Of foreign shsat entered =
nh Portirom saturday up 10 last evening ns suonn'