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about 53s., and white 58s. ; wliile at New York, 

 equal to 62s. is required for good 62lbs. red, and 

 nearly 66s. for heavy white. Little new wheat has 

 yet come down to Odessa, but good old soft wheat 

 is now procurable there at 35s., and at Galatz only 

 the same figure is asked for fine 6-2lbs. new 

 Wallachian, which probably may be had at 30s. 

 per qr. ; Ismail was quoted 31s. per qr. It is 

 in these countries, therefore, that a suflScient 

 margin for profitable shipment appears ; but then 

 distance precludes the possibility of heavy arrivals 

 for some time to come. Providence, therefore, has 

 kindly remembered the wants of man, and justly 

 claims the gratitude of the world. 



The first Monday, in London, opened on very mo- 

 derate supplies of both foreign and native. There 

 was scarcely an average show from Kent and Essex, 

 but it comprised about 1,500 qrs. of the new crop. 

 The latter was generally in the finest order, over 

 64lbs. per bush, not being an uncommon weight : 

 the best samples of white brought 68s. per qr., and 

 Talavera even 70s. ; but the runs were 64s. to 66s. 

 for white, and 60s, to 63s. for red, there 

 being but little of the latter. Old sold at former 

 prices. In foreign Uttle was doing, at unchanged 

 value. Till rain came, the country markets were 

 dull and declining, Hull and Birmingham 

 being Is. to 2s. lower, and the Tuesday's market 

 at Liverpool noted a decline of 2d. per 70lbs. ; but 

 afterwards there was an equivalent advance, Gran- 

 tham and Nottingham being 2s. per qr. higher, 

 and Liverpool closing at a recovery from the pre- 

 vious decline. 



On the second Monday supplies generally con- 

 tinued moderate, the morning's samples from the 

 near counties Ijeing chiefly new white. The wea- 

 ther having taken up, millers were less eager pur- 

 chasers, and it was found necessary to concede 2s. 

 to 3s. on the previous Monday's rates, old partici- 

 pating in the decUne, as well as foreign partially, 

 excepting Russian sorts, which were inquired for 

 from the country. The weather after Thursday 

 proving very wet and threatening, the markets 

 previously held were little altered, Newcastle, 

 Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and other 

 places noting no change ; but subsequently there 

 was some excitement, Grantham and Nottingham 

 being 3s. to 4s. higher, Liverpool on Friday 

 quoting an advance of 2d. to 3d. per 70lbs. 



The third Monday had better supplies, both 

 native and foreign, though the samples sent from 

 Kent and Essex were not numerous, and consisted 

 chiefly of the new crop. The upward movement 

 in the country, with some extent of damage in the 

 North and East, produced an animated inquiry, 

 the decline of the previous week (2s. to 3s.) being 

 fully recovered on new samples ; good foreign also 



sold in retail, at rather above previous rates. Liver- 

 pool did not respond to the London advices, the 

 weather proving fine, and no advance was quoted 

 there, or at Birmingham, Bristol, or Gloucester ; 

 but Manchester, Woodbridge, and Hull were Is. 

 to 2s. dearer, and Newark and Barnsley were fully 

 3s. up. The whole week, however, proving set- 

 tled, produced a downward tendency on Friday, in 

 London ; Wakefield and Worcester noting a decline 

 of Is., Chelmsford Is. to 2s., and Norwich being 

 4s. per qr. lower. 



The fourth Monday commenced on good sup- 

 plies from all quarters, with quite a large show of 

 new wheat from Kent and Essex, many of the 

 samples being rough and cold. This plenty, with 

 every appearance of the continuance of harvest 

 weather, most serviceable to Scotland and the North, 

 produced quite a changed feeling in the trade, 

 and factors, to meet it, readily consented to abate 

 5s. per qr. on the best parcels, the prices of inferior 

 and damp lots being quite irregular, and even at 

 this abatement the stands were not cleared. Wed- 

 nesday proved no better; the over-left samples, 

 being only placed in retail at the then quotations, 

 a further fall being certain had any pressing been 

 resorted to. Many of the early country markets 

 did not fully submit to this decline, but Liverpool 

 on Tuesday was 3d. to 4d. per 70 lbs. cheaper, 

 Hull and Sheffield yielded 2s. to 3s., per qr., and 

 Leeds quite equalled the London dechne, as well 

 as Spalding and Lynn. At Mark Lane, on Friday, 

 business was quite at a pause, and a further heavy 

 fall seemed certain. 



As compared with last year, foreign supplies 

 have greatly diminished, the principal ports then 

 receiving in the first four weeks of August, in 

 wheat and flour, 524,399 qrs. ; whereas in the same 

 period now, the quantity is only 229,901 qrs. ; but 

 the weekly sales this season exceed the last, because 

 no new wheat, or very little, was then included in 

 the returns. The imports into London for the first 

 four weeks are about the same as during last month, 

 being 20,371 qrs. English, and 60,500 qrs. foreign, 

 The exports have been small, viz., 692 qrs. wheat, 

 911 sks. flour, 130 qrs. rye, 1,060 qrs. barley, and 

 1,550 qrs. oats. The flour trade fluctuating with 

 the weather, every week, as respects country sam- 

 ples, has left off" much as it began, but rathe 

 against sellers. In town-made samples the price 

 has been steady all through, and foreign has little 

 varied. The receipts in the four weeks were 43,690 

 sks. from the country, with 4,299 brls. 2,596 sks. 

 foreign, which shows a decline, as compared with 

 last month, of 5,499 sks. EngUsh, 789 brls. 3,485 

 sks. foreign. This may partly account for there 

 being next to no decline in flour, while wheat is so 



