The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-29

ward listuists,- IN es~st bulk of the erops has
been svpured. The splendid weather with which
", have bseH favored since our last, has enabled
far~ssaJ n Gt6}laad and the north OF Ireland
% make rapid pFogress with cutting aud carry
ing, and all approximations AZ to the result Of the
harvest kas been set at rest the tone Of the
oorn trade will, therefore, now be less influenced
By stm0ePheFral changes. 1t j. yet, psrhaps
somewhat eASiy to speak positively rs to the
general yisld Of the United Kingdom, but in 70.
spsct "a ths quality Of tina years growth Of
corn there Aaa b. 40 doubt Wheat especially
nay . described - extraordinarily fine, and of
worry hsavy weight; The average per busheI will
probably tsngs from So to 81 pounds. which
circumstances - guarantee A. TO the excellent
condition In which the crop has been saved.
Barley y not 20 uniYsrsally we'll spoken of, and
the sampls will vssy materially. Oats have
given good setpEn. mora particularly in Ire
Land, and hsans and peas aTs generally fine In
quality, snd good In quantity. With regard to
The mala ~sop Of potatoes. the accounts con-
tinue somewhat conflicting, but after careful
confederation Of the Information which has
reached VI from different quarters, We are in
clined " think that, in the majority of cases in
which thu leaves and haalm have been attack cd.
the mischief haa not attended to the root The
planting took place earlier this spring than usual,
aad the plant was we'll advanced toward matu-
rty befosc the disorder exhibited ITSELF to which
No At6 inclined to attribute the comparatively
triding nature Of the mischief DONE
What has since transpired has tended to &C n
firm and atFengthen the opinion we ventured to
express last week, viz, that the total produce of
food grown in the British islands in 1851, will
prove larger than has been gathered in any pre-
csding year for several seasons past This
being our conviction, we naturally anticipated
low prices for agricultural produce, as, in add
ton to an abundance Of home grown grain, con.
siderable supplies from abroad must be calcu-
lxted on. The free admission of foreign corn
will, under the circumstances, be severely felt
by our farmers, and we fear that the advantages
WHICH they would have derived from 80 bounti-
ful harvest will be counteracted by undue for
eign competition. In the first instance, the i'm
ports will DO principally in the shape of -four
from America, but before winter sets in we may
reckon on large receipts of wheat from the con-
tinent Of Europe, and it would therefore be
vain 10 expect better prices than those now
carrent, We are, however, dsposed to believe
that growers will not thrash very freely, the
unusAally foe quality and excellent condition
of ihia ysaxs produce being strong Inducements
to hold. Nearly all the new wheat hitherto
UYQWKUU tOb WasO ~ tnC PIVSIuCioi 40 Wcu Us Tile
metropolitan markets, has met somewhat
ready sale, the red at prices varying from 36s. to
4Os. and the white at from 4Os. TO 45s. per ar.
These rates are 80 moderate that we can scarce
" believe that any further decline OF import
Ance can take place. At Mark lane on Mon
day, there was good show OF wheat by land
carriage samples from Essex and Kent, with
few offers from Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshre,
and that neighborhood. Nearly the entire sup
ply was of this years. growth, and the millers
agreeing to pay previous prices, the stands
were cleared at an early hour. Since then the
desire to purchase has apparently fallen of,
but ~ there was not much fresh up, either on
Wednesday or this morning, factors have re-
fused to make any concession, and the business
done has been on former terms
The arrivals from abroad, without being large,
have proved amply sufficient to satisfy the de-
msnd We rarely remember 80 complete ces.
sation Of inquiry for old wheat at this period of
the year; hardly any country purchasers visit
our market and the large town millers seen to
be in no wnnt Of foreign wheat; the !ransac
tons have, consequently, been on quite retail
scale throughout the week, and though prices
have not been quoted lower, the turn has GER
tainly been in favor of the buyer The late ar
rivals have consisted Of good qualities from
Dantzic, Rostock, &c, but they have met with
little attention, and importers will, probably,
have 70 incur Ian ing expenses or force sales at
even lower terms than those now current In
floating cargoes nothing Of the slightest interest
has occurred the last sales reported to have
been made Of Polish Odessa wheat, were at ais
to Sis. Sd. per ar, cost, freight, and insurance
The hakers have not much -four on hand, and
Notwithstanding the depressed state Of the wheat
trade, the value of the manufactured article has
been we'll supported This may be partly &C
counted for by the smalness Of the supplies of
-four from France for some weeks past, and the
diminished competition which our nillers have
consequently had to contend with. Hitherto
little new barley has been thrashed, and the
quantity brought forward ut Mark lane has been
20 ssnal this week, that sellers have experienced
no difficulty in obtaining former prices Mod
erately good mailing samples have realized 29s
to 3Os., ard really choice lots Is to %. per or
more, The demand for foreign, suitable for
grinding, has also been tolerably active; thin
light qualities have sold at gas. TO 23s, and
heavy snmples at 24s. per quarter. In malt
there has not been much passing, and prices have
undergone no change requiring notice. The ar
rivals of osts, coastwise and from Ireland have |
been scanty; bat we have again to report large
supply from abroad, principally from ArcharQel. |
II being, however, the prevailing opinion that
the Rnssian supplies will soon fall of. factors
have RETAINED from pressing sales, and though
the trade hiss been far from lively, former terms
have been maintained. The sales made on Mon |
day we're at rates precisely similar to those cur
rent on that day se'nnieht, and neither on
Wednesday nor this morning could good corn
be bought cheaper than in the beginning of the
week. Beans have come rather sparingly to
hand, and have not been sold lower than before |
Peas have rather crept up in value, but not so
much as TO render it necessary to alter quota
tons. We have heard of no sales of Indian
corn. htH
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