Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-31
REVIEW OF TIE GRAIN TRADE.

From the London Shipping Gazette Of l5th.l
Considering the character Of tie weather during the
iSt two or three weeks the Grain Trade has presented
remarkable degree OF apathy The large mles have for
considerable time being acting from hand to mouth and
are generally bare Farmers believed 20 have nearly
brought forward all they spare and OF the foreign
ports are reported to be completely cleared out
Should serious doubts as TO the result of the b,v.s,
therefore arise and the trade deem ii necessary to buy so
10 guard against sudden rise what is held by NOR
chants az this port Liverpool &C. might be very nurky
absorbed On the other hand ne weather would prevent
anything like alarm being felt and in that case the INK
ety 10 sell would 10 all probability continue ne bsre,o
fore TO be far greater than the inclination TO purcha.
The arrivals Of wheat coatTise the port OF London
nave been perfectly insignificant and receipts from abroad
have not been so liberal as earlier in the month The
latter circumstance may however be partly attributed 10
contrary winds which have prevented vessels from The
Baltic making the passage quickly they might other
wise have done Notwithstanding the unsettled state of
the weather, business was decidedly dull on Monday and
English, well as foreign wheat was procursbIe Ia Il, o.
per or below the prices that day sen night
This confession on the part Of sellers failed to
buyers TO take beyond what they needed for n,red;a
use, and the transactions atogber on retail sc,le
The continued rain has had the effect Of mparny l,,Ie
more activity to the demand but portion Of the decline
noticed has been recovered
On "Wednesday the sales we're quite unimpo,,,n, h,
this morning there rather more disposition 10 nurcbaa
the finer kinds Of Lower Baltic red aud ne hieh mXed
Danzc wheat, but the prices offered being below those
Fole5 made. w hes
OF no sales for export but few small vessels are said 20
have been chartered TO load wheat for Dunkk The ,e
Tor Hour has been slow throughout the week tho i'm n
OF town made has not varied; household has howsver
been offered somewhat lower terms and rather less
money has also been taken for American This was how
ever, more generally the in the early part of the eek
than this morning.
The few small lots Of homegrown barley which have
come TO hand have been placed similar terms u those
previously current FOfego for grinding has met with
someThat more attention the recently rednceJ rates
Egyptian has, IN cases. been cold very low which
hii temple buyers Malt has been dBcnl Of disposal
ana the tendency Of prices has been donnwafds The Ar
rivals OF oats coawse snd from Ireland have been trgn
but rom abroad we have continued to receive fair snn
The extra quantity furnished by Denmark Sweden snd
Holland has thus iar, suiced prevent the ab.ence I
the usual Russian supply being felt and this gr,n
OF Advancing aswas anticipated would have been the
has actually fecedsd 10 value during the lasl month No
change has hoWever taken place in prices sine, mi,
weeE indeed the demand has rather Improved owing IN
the very nniaVorabIe result Of the hay harvest
BEAUTIFUL PHESourSos-On laat Sunday morning thu
heavens we're literally painted all over With rsinbovs and
circles Az about haEpast eight o'clock We noticed a
arge and beautifully defined RAINBOW arcbng from the
worm Fast aud gradually fading from sight az IL an
Posoned Tue sun, and agan appearing ~ IL stretched
away 70 the South west Two large circles with all the
colofs OF the 9 swept swept entirely around the sun In
Iesec'ng each other add thereby forming four great
ch', Two on each side Of the SUM- be whole present
ing Gorgeous collection OF horizontal rainbo.s An
immense aud magnificent milk white circle seeming IA
the eye TO be about three feet la breadth with the sun
nea'ep upon the circumference, appeared TO enclose
almost the entire Northwestern horizon.
! rms magnificent panorama continued for about tyo
hours from the time first observed H. and then gtado.
ally dis'ppesfed.-Lesington 0a1ette July 27M.
DhowSrp-A free negro named William Robinson