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otherwise, prime Kentucky wheat being quoted 

 57s. 4d. per qr. of 480 lbs. and white Canada 55s. 

 per qr, of 480 lbs., while the best Missouri flour 

 was worth 7 d. 75 c. per brl,, or 45s. 8d. per sack 

 of 280 lbs. English, against 46s., the top price of 

 town-made flour. 



The first wheat market in Mark Lane opened on 

 the back of moderate English supplies and only 

 one small parcel of foreign. The show from the 

 near counties was below an average ; and this, 

 with the limited arrival of foreign, enabled factors 

 to maintain the advance of 2s. realized on the pre- 

 vious Monday for the best samples ; but those of 

 inferior quality were diflScult to quit. The business 

 transacted in foreign was small, but at unaltered 

 rates. The country markets in the course of the 

 week, like London, showed a pause in the upward 

 movement, the previous advance of 2s. being im- 

 portant after a long series of slow markets. Hull 

 evinced some reaction on light supplies, and re- 

 ported a decline of Is. per qr. Liverpool was firm 

 on Tuesday ; but Newark was Is. per qr. dearer, 

 notwithstanding its being Easter week. The 

 second Monday opened on moderate English sup- 

 plies, and very little more foreign than last reported. 

 But few parcels were sent up from Kent and Essex. 

 Nevertheless, the holiday character of the day made 

 a thin attendance and proportionate trade, there 

 not being enough business to quote any change, 

 and holders were quite indisposed to take less 

 money, either in English or foreign descriptions. 

 During this week the country markets were gene- 

 rally but scantily supplied, and several in conse- 

 quence reported an advance of Is. per qr. So it 

 was at Leeds, Hull, Birmingham, and Bristol. 

 Wakefield, later in the week, was Is. to 2s. higher; 

 Norwich, Newcastle, and York being up 2s. ; 

 Lincoln and Nottingham noting a rise of 2s. to 3s. ; 

 and London, on Eriday, by the increased inquiry 

 from Ireland, was dearer 1 s., with every prospect 

 of a further rise. Liverpool, on Tuesday, was only 

 occasionally dearer, but an advance of fully 2d. per 

 cental was established on Friday. The third 

 Monday was rather better supplied from abroad, 

 and more scantily with samples of home 

 growth. The morning's contributions from Essex 

 and Kent being small, and many of the country 

 markets showing excitement, a corresponding 

 feeling was evinced in Mark Lane, and factors 

 were determined to make the most of it. But as 

 millers were not over-eager purchasers, partly from 

 having bought good foreign free on board, and 

 partly from want of confidence in the reports from 

 Ireland, business was done eventually on a rise of 

 2s. per qr. for good qualities, the market closing 

 calm, and dull for inferior lots. All good foreign, 

 however, participated in the advance of 2s. per qr., 

 though with less doing than on Friday. The 

 country this week was not backward in following 

 the example of London, several places going be- 

 yond it. Hull, Leeds, Boston, Lynn, Newcastle, 

 Bristol, and the markets generally were 2s. per qr. 

 up. Sheffield, Worksop, St. Ives, and Stockton- 

 on-Tees noted a rise of 2s. to 3s. per qr. ; but 

 Northallerton was dull, with a large supply, and 

 Birmingham only advanced Is. to 2s. from the 

 same cause. Liverpool, on Tuesday, rose 2d. to 



3d. per cental, and on Friday Id. per cental dearer 

 for fine red. The fourth Monday, for the first 

 time this year, exhibited a liberal foreign supply, 

 with but a moderate arrival of home-growth. The 

 morning's fresh English supply was small ; but 

 the plenty of fine foreign from the Baltic, much of 

 which was on millers' own account, prevented any 

 further advance, and rather produced a pause in 

 the movement, though facts went more to confirm 

 the reported deficiency in Ireland. Former prices 

 only could be obtained, and that very slowly, more 

 especially at the Kentish stands, several of which 

 were not cleared at the market's close. Foreign 

 factors made no difference in prices, not having 

 much to offer, and being confident of a farther 

 rally ere long. 



The country markets this week were generally 

 firm, but imaltered, a few reporting a rise of Is. 



per qr., 



and a still smaller number a reduction to 



the same amount. 



The imports into London for the four weeks 

 were 22,892 qrs. Enghsh wheat and 28,924 qrs. 

 foreign, against 31,490 qrs. English and 37,596 qrs. 

 foreign for the same period last year. No exports 

 have taken place. The general averages show a 

 gain in four weeks of 3s. id. per qr., commencing 

 with 46s. 5d., and closing at 49s. 6d. per The 

 London averages in the same time rose from 47s. 

 lid. to 51s. per qr. 



The supplies of country flour through the 

 month have been steady, and the fluctuations un- 

 important, a gain of 2s. to 3s. per sack ensuing as 

 the consequence of the improvement in wheat. 

 Very little foreign has, however, been received, the 

 French markets having been all along too high, 

 and being influenced by the rise here, while the 

 rates of the best American keep this quality quite 

 from our shores ; good useful barrels have, how- 

 ever, been procurable at 28s. to 29s. per barrel, 

 equal to 40s. to 41s. 8d. per sack of 280lbs. On 

 the third Monday town millers raised their long- 

 established top price of 43s. to 46s. per sack. 

 The imports for four weeks into London have 

 been 70,101 sacks country make 705 sacks and 260 

 brls. foreign, against 68,090 sacks English and 

 9,322 sacks 92 brls. foreign in April 1859. The 

 exports were trifling. 



The supply of British barley has kept up quite 

 as well as expected ; but the foreign arrivals have 

 been less than one-half of what they were this 

 time last year. As a consequence all descriptions 

 rose the first and second Monday, noting a 

 successive advance of Is. per qr. Since then 

 prices have been firm; but the advance has rather 

 lessened the trade on grinding sorts. The limited 

 quantity of really fine malting reduced maltsters to 

 the necessity of using second-rate qualities ; and 

 as Scotch supplies have fallen off, this seems the 

 only way to finish the malting season. The late 

 large purchases in the Danube for spring delivery 

 now seem likely to come to a paying market. 

 The imports into London for the four weeks have 

 been 10,437 qrs. British and 25,758 qrs. foreign, 

 against 7,334 qrs. British and 62,856 qrs. foreign 

 in April 1859. 



Notwithstanding the movement in barley, malt 



