The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-15
From The London Shipping Gazette.

ENGLISH GRAIN MARKET. - The splendid
weather with which we have been favored dur
ing greater part Of the month, has enabled
farmers to make great progress with out door
labors Very large breadth Of land had already
been sown in the more forward parts of the king
dom. The work thus far has been generally ac-
complshed in highly satisfactory manner, and
Notwithstanding the lateness of the harvest,
autumn labors are quite as forward as is usual
at the corresponding period of the year. In
those districts where wheat-sowing had been
completed, farmers were anxiousiy looking for
L supply Of moisture; and even in the more back
ward districts few days wet would be useful,
is the ground has, owing to the drought, become
cry hard.
The wheat trade has maintained firm tone
since our last, but there has not been much ac
tlvity in business, and sellers have experienced
considerable difficulty in establishing a syht
ADVANCE; still the turn has, on the whole, turned
lganst the buyer, as well at the chief m ,rkets
in the agricultural DISTRICTS as the large cous,1m
my towns.
We are Of opinion, that the value of wheat
will creep up during the next month or six weeks,
Is we do not expect Iiber deliveries from grow.
RS until Gloss upon Chri tm.ts, and our impress
ion is that the aggregate supplies from foreign
countries will also for II time be more moderate
than heretofore.
There is certainly little in the present state of
things, to encourage consignments fruin amy of
'he Northern European ports, and though there
j. Il small margin for profit OH shipments Of ilour
rom som y ,rts OF France, the III satisfactory
result OF some OF the recent ventures is Xix i 10
Gender shippers CAUTIOUS. At tho lower Baltic
,'urts good red wheat is still worth 4Js per ur,
rec Oh board, which, with the addition of frei,rit
insurance and sound dues, would bring the cost
iere above the ton quotati N in our markets
Holders of wheat in grlnary are therefore
likely to he firm, and rs our farmers have still
20 much work to do to bring forward supplies
freely, the chances are rather in favor .fa mode,
rate rise. At Mark lane business has not b en-
ny amy means lively since this day week, the
arrivals from abroad having for some time plst
been larger into London than at any of the ports
OH the coast
English wheat has come to hand rather SPAR
ingly, only 3,3l5 having been reported from
Saturday evening up to last night The coun-
try demand for foreign wheat has lately been
slow, which has no doubt been partly caused by
the fact that the new English has come forward
in such good condition as not to render large
mixture OF old neeessary. Damp, we weather
undoubtedly, would have the effects of increas-
ing the inquiry for old, but hitherto the sale has
not improved.
The best corn has sold quite as we'll as at any
period last week, ano even the more common Il
held with good deal of frmness. The new
Irish are fine quality, some of the best parcels
weighing AZ TO 40 lbs. per bushel.
We hear of no sales Of floating cargoes of
wheat, but Indian corn to arrive has been in
lively demand for Ireland, and has advanced Is.
to Is. per quarter within eigh: or ten days,
IRELAND.