The anti-monopolist., 1876-01-06
Extracts from the Mark Lane Express O
Dec Is, 1878,

DEC Is. 1879.
The severity Of the winter continued up t.
Wednesday, the week opening, little north O.
London, with frost of ID degs. and the thav
about. The Gulf Stream in this country NAV
have had much to do with the change, and
therefore we have no right to expect that thu
frost will entirely relax its ho.d in the Baltic
or in Northern Germany at SO early stage
while we ourselves ar. not safe from revisit.
No benefit, however, is likely to accrue from
the change. Samples, which were improving,
must again come damp, and should the pres.
ent season be one OF great fluctuations. the
changes will serve to weaken and uproot the
plants which the snow had covered. YET
prices with Christmas SO near, seem alread '
somewhat affected d0wnwards, as though ali
foreign pors must necessarily open, and again
swamp us with heavy supplies. There are
however, no signs of it abroad, values through
out Europe beng about stationary. and New
York only giving way Is. per quarter. France
has been rather improving in the Provinces.
and Paris, though quiet, has bean steady, as
have Belgium, Holland, Germany. and Russia
North Is we'll as South. Our own weekly
deliveries of Wheat continually supply us
with broad hints of the deficiency of the last
crop and the dissatisfaction of farmers with
present RATS, as unrrmunerxtive, for while the
price is only Is. lid. per or. above last year,
the deliveries were ~, 486 qrs. less. Thus W.
have as the result about ~ per cent. less corn
against Ala per cent mole money, or q very
undesirable sort Of business. Some in their
grief recommend laying down the land for
grass; and when We learn from Adelaide. that
South Australia is expected to have one million
quarters to spare this season, with the price SIS,
And he quality high, We have only to put
more Of British industry into them to make IN
for orr own limited space.
In Dornbusch's List the following sales of
Wheat were reported Ghirka, 46s. 3D. to Ats.
Danubien, ais. I'D. to 36s.; Egyptian. 3ss
Sd white Spanish, SIS. Cd; No. spring,
46s- ID Calcutta, ass Sd. to as. 3D., Doodeah
43s. 3D.; Milwaukee 46s to 49s 3D.
The sales Of English Wheat noted last week
were u, 297 qrs. at AS I'd, against 6S, ,783 qrs
at As. sd. in 1884.
The London averages were z7s. 4d. on $50
Qrs.
The imports into the kingdom for the week
ending 4th Dec. were $50, i65 cwts Wheat.
and i3i ,7S5 cwt-. Flour.
BERWICK -oS-TwgED-Supply Of wheat to-
day Wa most trifling, and full prices were paid
Bosrox-The weather has Teen very wIntry
since our last report, and good deal Of wheat
planting will no doubt have now to be left over
until the spring. There is more frmness in
the wheat trade this week, and althoagh buy
ers are not willing to pay advanced prices, yet
70 purchase 6ne samples they have TO give
fully rs much money n heretofore.
Quality and condition much
improved; . good demand. Wheat IS lOd per
64lbs; -four, plain tic AIS per sack.
DEvIxEs-Wheat was in large supply to-day.
but, although trade was somewhat dull, grow
ers evidently felt indisposed to view any prob
ability Of decline, and to effect tEade mfllers
had 70 oder the full rates Of list week, whils4
in some few cass tTifling advance was real
izrd. Fine -four Ais to 42s, best seconds 36s to
37s per bag.
NxwcAsrLE-Urox-TYx weather this
week has been for the most pant Of . wintsy
ch uacter; the trade during tie week hss pre-
sented no new feature; 6FuDe-s genessliy has
been displayed by sellers, and in occasional in
stances IN advance of about Cd pr Or has Lesn
established on foreign wheats. Choice foreign
nour II the same time has commanded aften-
ton 1t full prices, whereas South Country de-
scripticns have bsen most di6cultto move, n
though offered upon easier terms Al our
market this morning We had fair show Of
wheat from the growers, extremely modes.te
from the coast, but fair from abroad. Freshly
thrzshrd samples sold st irregular rates, owing
to moderate ndition, anything choice, how
ever, commanded fully lsa weeks prices, and
the same remarks will apply to bszt South
Country and foreign, but upon the whole trade
closed quietly. Flour Unchanged Wheat,
British, Northumberland, old white So TO SIS,
red SIS TO So, new white 50s to 54s, new red
40s to 5fs; Norfolk and Suffolk, cid white s.
to Sc, old red As 70 50s, new white % 10 t0s.
new red 44s to 47s; Lincolnshire, old white SIS
to SIS, red 4Ss to sla, new white 55s 70 -, red
- to 46<; scotch and Dundee, old white 5as
to 52s, red - to t1s. Alpemouth and Berwick
white 52s 70 s4s. nd 46s 10 6os-
WAKHPIKDD-We have very quiet market
for whesf to-day, - millc1s show no grsat in
cIinzt1on to bur, and holders very liffie dispo-
sitSOn to press sasex; the business passing = q