The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-20
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
Our Liverpool, Venice, Malta and Ma
drid Correspondence.


LIVERPOOL, Jan. 20, 1859.
Aqais in Liuapool-Lord and Lady Buyy-The World OF
Commercs--Causes Of the Fluctuations in American
Trade with England Provisions, Grain and Colon
Essland's Colonial 7rode-Trade Returns for Hay
Centtry-Ups and Dolcns in Cotton and Wheat-Bt'
lion Movement for Sepen Years-7sa Trade and Prices
Since lS0l-Coton Trade ,oiM India and the Onued
States-The Sugar Trade Of Engtand-Woot Ma''saes-
The British Rum Trade--The Grain 7d1tes-Who feeas
Enoland-The Increase of NarigationSate Of the Snip
ping Trade-Peace, and Not War, Required, de- &c
Punctual to the hour the Asia to her dock North
Atlantic voyagers should take for proverbAs prompt
as q Cunard steamer" Our time was less than ELEVEN
days-our company most agreeable.
Lord and Lady Bury worthy OF being Americans
She is Canadian-the daughter of Sir Allan McNab he is
the SON of the Earl of Abemarle and is trump-a man
OF the peoplefucnt pen ready speech, quick intellect
a hard worker and although he has Tiled SO many I'M
portant posts p years OF age AS you nave the
reputation of picking up the young men OF the world
who show talent, you will be sure TO remember him. he
is representative In ten years he will be in the
British Cabinet after filling the post OF Governor General
of Canada Lady Bury is amabe as she is beautiful
Tho American provision and grain trade seems TO me to
be the last stages Of consumption These appear to be
the facts of the The cotton planters have taken
Othelos occupation from the growers, e. they
their beef and pork corn rather than grow cotton at
six cents and raise their cattle and grain Hence the
cotton States appearing in States purchasers added
TO increasing population in the country creates demand
beyond supply and occasions the present state Of markets.
higher prices than England giving the trade an
apoplectc fit
England in 1916 gave start to provision and grain
commerce Then had California to send orders and
small home trade The Continent had not opened up its
wonderful rivers by way aud railways the
other The banks Of the Danube natural granaries
The Baltic and the Levant take from the mouths
of the rivers what the freight do for the inland
tries America compete with Europe in breadstuns
at present prices II uphill work place free labor
against serf labor rich work for Rus
sian or German prices The Continent is pouring into
England cargoes Of breadst and labor becomes equal
lied by cheapness of supplies and fall in prices on this
sde followed by "a rise on ysCr side, stops all traffic
American provisions and grain now come out in another
shape-that is in cotton at higher prices than when
planters bought and sold at lower figure.
Your merchants paying lie for bacon for Califor
nia while England afford to pay but Sc, and cheap
corn stimulates her to raise more pigs than
Wheat is only 4os the quarter, while farmers salts
fed yet Peel declared that they have $685. give
up their ground.
London is one the great arteries of the corn trade
all kinds of grain hand January J. 1852 in London is
57s00O0 bushels The average price of wheat in 1851
was 3Ss. 3d.; 1882 s1s-beng the lowest annual prices
during century The past year has averaged 4is 3D.
just now America sends US nothing-not bushel last
month-ye! Continental imports we're some 5000 900
bushels
Cotton not paying the importer. The planter and the
spinner growing fat high prices but the factor
merchant has been reduced TO shadow by his low diet
commissions Ii is usual sight to see the consumer
and producer rich profits while the middle is so
poor For long time cotton must have lost for the i'm
porter from S. 10 81 per BALE yet merchants keep NOV
ing hopes Of better luck Or perhaps, like horse on
treadmi their finance arrangements won't allow them
stop.
England has received her holiday presents the open
ing Of the New Year, in the export and import
her colonies. The parent firm has heard from It's
branches and the trial balances create general sasac
ton The statistics for 1856, and the trad.
of both hemspheres / will make a few figures show
the pulse Of commerce.
Imports Exports
Commerce of Hndostan 1856 sl26 900 900 Sis O0C
OF this sum Great Britain alone absorbed $50 900 900