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vance, and the third ibrought the range of prices 

 below what had been experienced for a long time 

 past, the fall being a further Is. per qr. The 

 fourth Monday with a moderate supply showed 

 some improvement, sales being made slowly at 

 Gd. per qr. advance. This again was lost at 

 the week's close. The four weeks' imports into 

 London have been 2,846 qrs. English, 4,470 qrs. 

 Scotch, 11,325 qrs. Irish, and 230,353 qrs. foreign.: 

 in all 254,994 qrs,, giving a weekly average of 

 63,748 qrs., after a weekly supply last month of 

 CG,198 qrs., and 48,501 qrs. weekly for the month 

 before that. The exports have lately increased, 

 the last four weeks amounting to 7,192 qrs. 

 Dealers are all well in stock, and the successive 

 heavy arrivals have compelled factors to send the 

 surplus to store, so that the market will be com- 

 paratively independent for some time should Baltic 

 supplies diminish ; but we cannot help thinking 

 that as the winter deepens they must partly rally, 

 navigation being closed at St. Petersburg and other 

 places. 



Of beans there have been no heavy supplies 

 either of home growth or foreign, yet the state of 

 trade has been excessively dull, and rather against 

 sellers, but the diflference in fine old English is 

 hardly quotable : they are getting scarce, and will 

 probably continue dear ; but inferior parcels are 

 interfered with by Egyptian and the low rates of 

 barley. The quantities received in London in four 

 weeks have been of native sorts 2,326 qrs., of 

 foreign 5,642 qrs., making the weekly supply 

 1,992 qrs., against 4,011 qrs. last month. Sup- 

 plies for the future from Alexandria are expected 

 to fall off, the stocks being much reduced and crop 

 light. 



Peas have been equally dull with beans, notv/ith- 

 standing the deficiency of the crop. The supplies 

 though only moderate have met but a languid de- 

 mand, wheat itself having been a cheaper food for 

 cattle than maple or dun peas, while boilers have 

 hardly come into season, and shipments of foreign 

 have been too early for the demand. Maples have 

 become difficult to procure at any price, 468. to 

 48s. having been paid for them ; but duns have 

 fallen to 40s., and boilers only bring 428. per qr. : 

 for these latter there seems a good prospect of im- 

 provement, especially should the weather prove 

 sharp and long. The arrivals in London in four 

 weeks of all kinds were 2,763 qrs. home grown 

 and 3,969 qrs. foreign, against 2,144 qrs. English 

 and 10,029 qrs. foreign last month. 



Linseed till lately has been but in moderate sup- 

 ply, and the foreign demand continuing, prices 

 have been about maintained, notwithstanding their 

 high range. Cakes have rather given way, being 

 too dear to use very freely for cattle. The receipts 



in four weeks were 33,216 qrs., and the exports 

 3,275 qrs. 



The seed trade has scarcely witnessed any 

 change. Foreign offers of new red cloverseed 

 have been continually made, but Belgian and 

 German are far too high (viz., 57s. to 60s. per 

 cwt.) for this market. Bordeaux has been offered 

 at 52s. per cwt. free on board, a price which will 

 probably be freely paid as the season wears ; but 

 dealers found the disadvantage of early purchases 

 last year, and remain content to wait on their 

 small stocks till the English crop is partly 

 thrashed. 



Trefoil has been steady, and canary become settled 

 at 78s. to 80s. French winter tares hang on hand 

 at 10s. per bush. Some new Hambro' spring 

 have appeared, and are held high, the crop being 

 bad abroad. Hempseed, rapeseed, coriander, and 

 carraway remain much as last month. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



Shillings per Quarter. 



Wheat, Essex sad Sent, white 39 to 47 ...... new.. 40 to 47 



,, red. .37 to 43 ....m new.. 38 43 



Norfolk, Line. and Yorks., red 39 42 .... new.. 39 43 



Barley, malting, new — to 35 ...... Chevalier, new 38 43 



Grinding, new ..26 29 Distilling 29 30 



MALT.Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk ....58 66 fine 69 72 



Kingston, Ware, and town made .,68 66 ,, 69 72 



Brown 54 56 _ — 



Bte., new — — 30 36 



Oats, English, feed...... 20 25 Potato.. ..m 26 32 



Scotch, feed 20 25 27.. Potato 26 31 



Irish, feed, white 20 23 fine 25 29 



Ditto, blaok 19 21 ,, — 22 



Beans, Mazagan., 36 37 Ticks...... 36 38 



Harrow 37 40 Pigeon 40 45 



Peas, new, white boilers 10 42.. Maple 42 44.. Grey 39 40 



FLODK,peFsackof2801b9., Town, Households 35s., fine 37 40 



Country 20 31 Households.. 31 34 



Noilolk and Suffolk, ex-ship , 28s. 29s. 6d. 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



Shillings per Qaarter. 



WnEAT,Dantzic,mi.Ted 46 — high do. — 49 extra — 61 



Konigsberg ,.40 46 ,, — — — — 



Rostock i45 — fine 46 old 48 — — 



American, white ..43 49 red,... 42 45 — — 



Pomera., Meckbg.,&Uckormrk,red42 46 — — 



Silcsian, red >42 44 white ...... 43 46 



Danish and Holstein 40 48 



Russian, hard 39 40 .. French. .42 43 white 42 44 



St. Petersburg and Riga o 40 42 



Rhine and Belgium , — 46 



Barlet, grinding 21 26 Distilling.... 28 30 



Oats, Dutch, brew, and Polands 21 27 Feed 20 23 



Danish and Swedish, feed ...19 23 Stralsund.... 21 24 



Russian , 19 21 



Beans, Friesland and Holstein., 34 37 



Konigsberg 34 37 Egyptian.... S3 84 



Peas, feeding 39 40 fine boilers.. 40 42 



Indian Corn, white 32 33 yellow 30 32 



FLona,persack French 33 35 Spanish ..., — — 



American,per barrel, sour ..10 21 sweet....... 24 26 



COMPARATIVE AVERAGES— 1858-57. 



Fromlast Friday's ffa*. s. d.lFrom (7a2e;<fof 1857. s. d. 

 Wheat 99,283 qrs. ,41 lo|Wheat.....« 91,010 qrg., 61 8 



Barley 86,713 



Oats 9,440 



Rye 149 



Beann 2,781 



Peai 1,070 



.VBarley 81,572 



2 Oatg 13.455 



Rye „ 134 



4|Bean8 4,911 



SiPeas 1,912 



FLUCTUATIONSiN THE AVERAGE PRICE op WHEAT. 

 Price. Oct. 9. Oct. 16. Oct 23. Oct. 30. Nov. 6. Nov. 13. 



42s. 103. 

 42i>. 8d. 

 429. 4d. 

 41s. lOd. 



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