The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-05
FOREIGN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, &C.,
RECEIVED By THE CANADA. tI .

rFIom the Merc.pt,is t5asetts. sept Fl
An. r%s. in m. northern and backward parts Of the
Kingdom have been enabled to make rspid progress
with harvest operations sno ,ons
by suce tbs remainder OF the corn still
sbrssa We do Rot hear many com plants OF injury
having done TO the grain crops In the north b the
rain which fell In the early part OF the month indesd
the reports generally speak favoraoy 81 both guam
titv and quality and With the exception OF potatoes
(which have certainly been attacked BY disease though
not extensively in former sessons the yield OF
all kinds Of produce exceeds that OF ave-
rage srasons In regard to potatoes, good deal Of
uncertainty ia stil felt, but we are inclined to think
that after making allowance ,or p.rs; unU,s
state lat wear Under these circumstances nothing
but . total absence Of foreign pport.tions can In
our opinion rise OF any Importance ana W
look upon the rally which has lately taken place
in prices likely to prove only temporary The value
of wheat has however during the week risen % most
If thu leading provincial markets. and many parties,
usus ly we'll informed, app. ar TO reckon on further
advance Meanwhile accounts from all parts OF Con
tinental Europe are Of character TO induce us 10
believe that shipments on rst'er an extensive ssae
win be made to this country so soon as supplies OF the
new crop shall begin forward freely. All over
Germany, in France Holland aud Belgium, the har
vest has turned better than at period
expected; and though quota Ions have not yet come
down In tbope countries sufficiently low allow OF
ship being made to Great Britain with proepect
prices abroad ~ ultimately be regulated by quotations
here. We therefore already iatimsted disposed
TO look he re which prices have undergone this
week with picop and consider the chance OF
reaction than that OF provement
The arrivals of wheat coastwse into the port OF Lon
don have been par culaly large have the sup
plies brought for~ ard lane by land carriage
samples FROM the home counties been abundant There
however affair quantity exhibited on the Essex and
Kent stands Mondsy coUsis ting almost entirely ~
The millrrs having the week before made rather
extensive sales Of -four tree and clearance
was made ut early hour. at prices Is. to % per
quarter above those current that day Sc might.
The demand has since then sIsckened On Wednesday
very little business done and no further improve
me MT could be established Factors have nevertheless
remained firm. and he few sales made this morning
similar rms TO those realized In the
meDt OF the week Though the wind has been favor
able arrivals from the Baltic the receipts OF foreign
wheat have not exceeded IS $40 quarters since last
Saturday night. On Monday. One red wheat (such
Rostock, Wolgsst and sislsr sorts), WAS in rather
lively request aud the sses made w,rs at an enhance
mept of Is per quarter previous rates The coun-
try inquiry has sipce fallen of and our own millers,
having apparently secured sufficient for present
have acted with caution 1t was consequently diff
cult matter TO effect sales on "Wednesday aud thus
morning terms equal to those realised in the be-
ginning Of the week Flour has been taken steadily
made by some ~ the milers to obtain Is per sack
more for household; but this has not succeeded Eng
9Th barley has come forward spariugiy. and though
the mAltsteis have acted With great circumspec-
ton they have not been enabled to buy cheaper Foo
reign barley which much depressed cold
pretty freely Monday at fo rates; but the In
quiry was not So good to-day and some difficulty va,
experienced In realising the prices Of Monday The
value OF malt has remaised nominally uuatered. We
have been tol~r' we'll upplied with oats coast wise
and . small parcel t 80 have been recsived from
Ireland wbit r.m abroad 2S 0t0 quarters have sgsir
been reported Notwithstanding the extent of the sup
ply factors have msnif.ste1 little anxiety to pres
tsles, and they have, In some succeeded In
was, however, rasier accomplished on Monday thai
this mornpE the continued receipts from abroad hs
wing caused the principal dealers to act with create
degree q caution than they seemed TO consider necss
sary In the brso ung If the THE supply Of
has proved about sgns to the demand aud prices hsv
not varied Pease have moved on some what slowly q
former rates For floating cargoes of Indian corn q
advance of Is to Is per quarter has been demanded
anticipation Of an nish inquiry.