Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-03-21
REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.

The Paris Flour market, cessing from its upward ten
dency has exhibited OF late perfect calm the four marks
being held at - francs for the month"; while
only Is demanded for deliveries three months hence
Samples from Lorraine Bou gundy and Normandy are al
offer, at 50 To 81 per sack of l5g klos Bakers
only buying at the pressure OF their daily wants The
accounts from the Departments respecting Wheat gene
rally report rise OF from SO 40 c. per hectic
Havrc reports nothing important the great public
sale OF the 10th lust. Prices maintained: 290
sacks white Wheat brought - 50 C to So rs C per
200 kilos i515 sacks red American at 80 SO C. to 80
Is G. per hectic 667S brls. Flour. 26 So c. to 40
IS g per SIS kos account Of average and 500 brls
for April delivery at Is I. IS c. per SIS kos.
At Marseillcs there have been abundant rains while
there complaints of drought from the African
colonies. Business steady with prices supported
African Wheat held at a 50 per leo trcs with
Offers at ~ {.
ling l9t 25c. per 20 Klos American offered at 2lf 75c
without buyers Cloveseed continues in demand about
900 bales being sold for expectation former
held at AT to 5O bril- i6f having been offered in
vain For winter Zealand Barley sc 65c per CO. klus
have been paid There had been public sale of Egyptian
Wheat on account OF average, per Sarepta iroh f.
3nc. to 81 25c well a English Wheat per Helen
at om ST. to sSf 50 per hectic The weather cold and
dull.
The markets OF TrlemOnt Aute, Louvain, TermOndc.
aud Lege all dearer At tue latter place Wheat
quoted S9f soc 40f SOC per lO3 kios and Rive
2st. to est soc per 81 kios.
Some advance reported from Leuze Ninove aud Cour.
trsi but decline at Loekeren St Nicolas, Hasse and
Waremme.
Advices from Berlin Cologne, aud Neuss indicate a
fall.
Little change is reported in prices from Amsterdam the
tendency being upwards
From S;eiu we learn though little was doing rates
were firmly maintained. Little passing in Wheat at
Danzig but there animated inquiry for Rye at more
| money.
Corn has been more freely Offering at Venice Some
parcels OF Maize have been taken l3f SOC per heco
Others from Trieste, only realized 2 soc. From markets
in the interior, all describe a calm.
Adviccs received from the Island of Corfu describe low
rates for all cereals especially Danuban and Egyptian
Wheat Maize had fallen If SOC. per hectic, being now
ouly worth l3f per hecto.
Stockholm has been dull to grain arrivals being
more plentiful Wheat bringing psf. to SAT- 25c. per
hectic; Rive lsf 75c. to lsf Doc for spring shipment
! 1926. Barley equally neglected l4f 4Oc to l5L
zoe, according to quality quotations for spring were
l4t 4Oc. perhaps offers OF 10 confines less would be
| taken.
The Swiss markets slightly vary, Bale noting a fall in
Wheat OF 30 TO 4lc per loo kos and Zurich being soc
| dearer per hectic.
By the last from Alexandria prices of all corn
continued to fall in Egypt Some 5000 bbs Lnseed have
changed hands ut Riga at st ~ silver roubcs thou
/ IN HempSeed there transactions.
IMPERIAL AVERAGES or WHEAT FOR THE LAST SIX
WEEksFor the week ending Jan IL, 1855 49, 6s
Id; Jan 90 'ts lid; Feb 2, 16s. lOd y
us Id Aggregate the Id Com.
paratVe average time las; lis ID Duties