The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-31

The Corn tn ade Of Europe.
fFrom the London M erca ntile Gasetts, Dec. IL
Though the weather has been 90 ehasgssble In this
country winter appears to have set In early In the
that many Of the principal ports in the Baltic had
been cloesd by ice good many vessels grain laden,
and destined 10 British ports had been frosen up snd
would not IL thought, be able TO get away bsfors
spring: II rsmaps however, to be seen whether the
weather may not have undergone . somewhat similar
case ne further shipn would think, be attempt
at this late period OF the season The wheat trade
ana At sewers. Of the principal markets held yesterday
advance OF 1s TO 2s per quarter vas realized Much
win depend on the eItest Of future supplies from
abroad but ON the whole, We are inclined to expect
little Improvement. At the same time not san
gupe Of any material rise for though the Baltic sup
pliss may for period be- suspended We sba no doubt
oeptpss TO receive wheat and hour from France Hol
land and Belgium and farmers are likely TO avail
themselves Of the first favorable opportunity which may
Of resspg great dstrust being felt ~ to the
effect Of renewed inporstions extensive scale In
the sprrg of next year. Present prices are however
will not be running much rick BY getting into stock;
though they scarcely be expected to do this
until after christmas, We look for more active trade
after Of the year. The quantity Of foreign
wheat In eranary In London has lately accumulated,
but at the different ports the coast stocks are COM
parstively light; and should the country demand i'm
prove which 10 not unlikely (he ptop In the
northern parts 81 the Kingdom being just new very
srsst our market ,oula spesd,{ be rsss o, o. =.
active. but II presents wholesome appearances, ssd
without anticipating any material rise, We are
per ar between this and the end Of ssxt month
The arrivals Of wheat cosstwe into Bepdon have been
snsII since our Isst and the quantity exhibited ct
Msrklape by land carriage samples from the home
counties has been moderate At the same time there
hes been lees offering from Lincolnshire, Cambridge
,birs ssd that neigbborhcodi hence miers have ex-
periepced some slight dfhouty In buying on - easy
fsrms a. those previously current ON Monday the
ts,ex stands we're cleared early and though the
Keptish supply vas not taken OF 80 freely, st
little renamed ubsold at the close, snd the rates
realized were net lower than those at which sales
we're made that day week On "Wednesday
there was hardly anything fresh up, and the
display OF samples again trihipg this morning The
,fefe iron the east coast less numerous than
earlier In the wsek and good Lipcoln wheat could
scarcely be purchased ct Mondays quotations The
actions IN foreign have been retail scale, few
want Of activity the densnd has prevented any i'm
In prices stil holders have manifested
tiosrsble frnpe,s and rather than submit to lower
have landed where the lying days Of vessels have
expired There not ipclinaton 60 buy to day
than earlier In the week, the inquiry being Of local
cbsrscter Our miers still unwilling 70 take more
then needed fer immediate use, ana acted very eau
uously this morning. The nominal top quotation Of
hour has updergcp. change The sale for good qua
tes whether ~ beme forstsp ufacture has been
toershly free but secondary and inferior sorts have
very dRcu 20 quit Up 20 the CLOSE Of last week
had large srrvsis az barley, ana Monday there
~ss plentiful displsy OF samples The very finest
mailing parcels being comparatively scarce brought
quite UGH money that day SET might; whilst
he sorts Of English and foreign 81 all de-
,cf,ptions, could only be placed by submitting 70
further reduction. since then, supplies have con-