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foreign ports have all been stiired up by an inquiry 

 which has reached to New York. At Uambro' 

 they are quoted 25s. to 27s, per qr., with offers of 

 40;ilbs. Swedish at the outports at 23s. 6d. At 

 Rotterdam Zealand feed are quoted 25s ; at 

 Nantes 26s. 6d. as well as at Bordeaux. The rise 

 referred to took place on the first two Mondays, 

 say about 9d. on each day ; this was checked on 

 the th.rd Monday by better supplies, though not 

 above an average, and more confirmed on the last 

 week, when they again fell off. The imports into 

 London during the four weeks were 2,050 qrs. 

 English; 4,447 qrs. Scotch ; 8,499 qrs. Irish; and 

 44,082 qrs. foreign ; making the weekly average 

 14,769, which is more than 5,000 qrs. below the 

 weekly consumption ; so that if it had not been 

 for granary stores, rates must have greatly in- 

 creased, but these are fast consuming. In April, 

 1857, the average supplies were 39,121. 



Beans and peas throughout the month have 

 rather improved in value. The first Monday 

 brought a rise of Is. on the former, which 

 has been supported. Boiling peas, after much 

 neglect by a great deficiency as respects sup- 

 plies, have sold, though slowly, at fully as much 

 money; and those for hog feed, notwithstanding 

 their high price, being very scarce, have continued 

 to be placed in retail, notwithstanding the general 

 use of cheaper substitutes. The consumption of 

 beans will lessen with the advance of the season ; 

 but as Egyptian shipments are less free than ex- 

 pected, there does not seem much probability of 

 lower rates. The imports of beans during the 

 four weeks into London were in English qualities 

 3,1 58 qrs., in foreign 8,012 qrs., making an average 

 weekly supply of 2,792 qrs., which is nearly 1,000 

 over February and March, and is more than double 

 the supply in April, 1857. Of peas there have 

 been in the same time only 553 qrs. English, and 

 374 qrs. foieign, the month's supply not equalling 

 a week of former times; but boilers have been 

 little used, and substitutes have been found for 

 pig food in abundance, wheat itself being cheaper 

 than duns and maples. 



The supplies of linseed running short in Lon- 

 don, and exports being fair, prices have improved 

 fully Is. in the course of the month, notwith- 

 standing the heaviness of stock. In foreign ports, 

 too, the prices remain dear, Odessa quoting up to 

 55i--. So that till a new and good crop is gathered 

 the range of prices seems likely to be high. The 

 more liberal use of cake has greatly contributed 

 to this, its nutritive properties to the animals fed, 

 as well as the quahty of the manure they yield, 

 making a larger demand. 



The consumption of the potato crop, notwith- 

 standing the free imports, and the high rates of the 



small remainder fit for use, have stimulated the 

 enquiry for maize for Ireland, where it has been 

 rising, and become quite a necessary, and it is 

 probable that its comparative dearness may take 

 off the lower qualities of wheat, which are rela- 

 tively cheaper. 



The seed trade has been very disappointing 

 to importers and the trade generally, jirices having 

 given way from their height 20 to 25 per cwt., 

 and much foreign as well as English remaining 

 on hand, the rates paid have become irregular, 

 some few parcels still going ofi' for seed this 

 season ; but the reduction in value has brought 

 speculation into the trade, and those determined to 

 get out at any cost may now find buyers, both of 

 red seed and trefoil, at low rates, say 40s. to 42s. 

 per cwt., for fair foreign red Seed. Canary has 

 unexpectedly remained dear, 96s. being quoted even 

 at Rotterdam, whence it was thought much would 

 come. Mustardseed, too, after long neglect, has 

 got up in white qualities, but brown remain out of 

 favour. Hempseed has kept its value ; and the 

 reports of the failure of the crop of tares in the 

 Baltic have turned out true, and the few parcels 

 appearing have obtained extravagant prices. Rape- 

 seed was reported a partial failure and therefore 

 rising, but later accounts are not so unfavourable ; 

 and in France it looks well. Carraway and Co- 

 riander have found a retail sale at former prices. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



Shillings per Q'larttr. 



Wheat, new, Essex and Kent, white 42 to 50 red 40 to 46 



N'jrfolk, Line. and Yorks., red 39 45 



Barley, malting 3-5 to 3S Chevalier 38 41 



Distilling 32 35.... GrindinK 26 30 



Malt, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk 58 GGextra68 — 



Kingston, Ware, and town made.. .. 58 66 „ 68 — 



Brown 54 66 — — 



Rte '•• — — 28 30 



Oats, English, feed 22 26 Potato 28 35 



Scotch, feed 22 27 Potato 26 84 



Irish, feed, white 22 25 fine 26 32 



Ditto, black 21 24 ,, — 26 



Beans, Mazagan 32 35 Ticks 33 84 



Harrow 33 36 Pigeon 37 42 



Peas, white boilers .. 40 45.. Maple .. 42 4 5.. Grey 40 48 



Floor, per8ackof2801b8., Town, Households. .333., fine 37 40 



Country 31 32 Households.. 33 34 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 29 30 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



Wheat, Dantzic, mixed.. 46 



Konigsberg 40 



Rostock 4'i 



American, white ... .42 



— high do. — 

 48 „ — 



— fine.,.. 48 

 50 red,... 40 



Sbillingi per Quarter. 



— extra — 82 



^^ 47 



Pomera.,Meckbg.,&Uckermrk,red 42 47 



Silesian.rcd .40 45 white 



Danish and Holstein 



Russian, hard.. 40 44 .. trench.. JO 45 white 



St. Petersburg and Riga <, 



Rhine and Belgium ••,••.:,•,; 



Baeley, grinding 24 29 Distilling.... 



Oats Dutch, brew, and Polands.. 22 28 Feed 



Danish and Swedish, feed. ..22 2C Stralsund.... 



Russian 



Brans, Friesland and Holstein 



Konigsberg 31 35 Egyptian.... 



PEAS, feeding 40 42 fine boilers.. 



Indian Corn, white ■< i* 3* yellow 



Floor, per sack French 32 36 Spanish .... 



American, per barrel, sour., ..18 23 sweet 



46 

 45 

 47 

 44 

 46 

 34 

 26 

 36 

 23 

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 85 

 44 

 86 



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