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has been in good request and good Norfolk was
held at Ais. q sack on Friday. The French
demand for American Flour has been establish
ed. Good brands have met ready sale at 20 to
559s., and for superior BIS. Up to 32s. p Dbl has
been paid
There has aot been much doing in Indian
Corn, but sellers Notwithstanding the want of
activity in the demand, shown more disposition
to raise than to lower their pretentions.
FOREIGN CORN TRADE.
Large orders having been received at most
Of the Baltic ports for the purchase of Wheat
on French account further and important rise
had taken in prices. The weather appears 10
have been chan reabe;. and the harvest not
having been completed some apprehension had
arisen as to the ultimate result. There will
certainly be 10 excess in the produce of Wheat
in that quarter, and most of the reports are to
the effect that the crop viii prove below an ave
rage.
The latest advces from Danzig inform us
that several cargoeS of Wheat had been bought
there on French account, which with the more
animated reports from Great Britain, had caus-
ed holders to raise their pretentions, aud fine
high mixed, weighing 81 lbs p bushel, could
not then have been bought below SIS Cd. to
53s per or. free on board. -Four vessels, capa-
bic OF carrying about 5000 qrs. had been char
tered for the French ports. There was com
parativey but little Wheat being shipped to
England.
Koaigsberg letters of Monday last inform US
that the Potato disease was spreadin@ rapidly
in that neighborhood, and that prospects for the
Wheat harvest were far from promising prices
had consequently continued to tend upwards,
and for ordinary 60 lbs. red Wheat, equal to
52s Sd per Or, had been paid.
From Stettin we learn, under Tuesdays date,
that some speculation lad taken place, which
with orders from France, had caused prices of
Wheat to advance IS. to Is. per Or, and good
to fine qualities Of red were then quoted at SIS
Sd mp to SIS. per quarter on board.
At Rostocl the upward movement had, it
seems been equally great, and there can be no
doubt that we shall have to pay very high prices
to secure any quality Of Wheat at the Lower
Baltic port.
Nearer home the value Of the article has also
risen naturally
At Hamburg, Tuesday, prices were at least
IS. per or. hi yher than the previous post day,
and at that advance considerable purchases
were made for France and the Rhine. The
stocks at that port are represented to have been
reduced into narrow compass. Good red Up
land on the spot, weighing COZ tbs. per bushel,
had brought equal to Cos, and Warren, of the
same weight els. Cd. per or. In spring Corn
there has not been much doing for export
In the Dutch markets prices Of Wheat have
run up every rapidly, owing to large purchases
Rhine provinces. At Rotterdam, on Monday,
as much as Cts. per or. for prime Rhine Wheat.
and COS. for the best Zealand, was paid.
From Antwerp the accounts are of very
excited character, and quotations are higher
there than in the English markets.
From France we learn that the great rise
which had in the course of few weeks been
established in prices of Wheat had materially
had the effect Of inducing caution on the part
of buyers. This had failed, however, to check
the upward tendency. and at Paris, on Wednes.
day Flour was francs per sack higher than
on that day week. We have similar accounts
from other markets in France, and all the re-
ports agree in describing the result of the
Wheat harvest in that country as very unsatis-
actory.
From the Mediterranean we have nothing
fresh to communicates. There can be no doubt
that the crops IN Italy have given very bad
return, and that large quantities of Black Sea
Wheat will be needed there.
From the Black Sea ports we learn that great
activity had prevailed, owing to the orders from
Great Britain. France, and from several Of the
Mediterranean ports. At Odessa, Oh the 18th
inst, fine Polish Wheat had risen to BIS. TO
3Ss per or, free on board.
Freights to the United Kingdom was LIS per
or. for Wheat.