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on moderate supplies, with a fair quantity for the 

 morning from the near counties, in improved con- 

 dition, which enabled factors to establish an ad- 

 vance of 2s. to 3s. per qr., while foreign participated 

 in the rise to the extent of Is. to 2s. Lynn, Hull, 

 Newark, Bristol, and other places fully followed the 

 advice, but Leeds and Birmingham made Is. per 

 qr, less. The change at Liverpool was limited to 

 a rise of 2d. to 4d. per 70 lbs. on Tuesday ; Friday's 

 business being without further change. The second 

 Monday had supj)iies more limited, and there being a 

 good attendance from the North, with an active 

 demand for red qualities, they fully advanced Is- 

 per qr. The trade in white being perfectly dull. 

 Many markets subsequently made no change in 

 quotations, as Hull, Boston, and Newcastle; but 

 others, as Lincoln, Louth, and Wakefield, were Is. 

 to 2s. per qr. down. Liverpool, on Tuesday, found 

 a check put upon business by holders demanding 

 more money for old wheat; but on Friday some 

 concession was made on new samples, Irish being 

 reduced 3d. to 4d. per 70lbs. Through the week 

 the London trade had been so slow that many 

 samples were left over. On the third Monday there 

 was a good average quantity on offer, including the 

 fresh samples from Essex and Kent, giving more of 

 a display than of late, much against prices, which 

 eventually gave way for fine wheat to the extent of 3s. 

 per qr., and still more on inferior sorts. Holders, 

 however, of foreign, made but a small concession ; 

 viz., about Is. to 2s. per qr. In the country the 

 decline in its extent was generally resisted, Lincoln, 

 Leicester, Nottingham, and other places, only 

 quoting former prices; but at Hull, Gloucester, 

 Boston, and other towns, the fall was reported 

 2s. ; Newark being still more reduced than London 

 in the value of inferior wheat. Liverpool Tuesday's 

 market noted a decline on new Irish wheat of 4d. 

 to 6d. per 70lbs. On the last Monday supplies 

 were moderate, and the market jiartially recovered 

 its tone, , there being some country buyers; but no 

 advance could be generally realized, though busi- 

 ness was good. In foreign there was but httle 

 passing. 



The arrivals into London during the month 

 have been in English 30,045 qrs., in foreign 

 45,707 qrs., producing a weekly average of 18,987 

 qrs., or about 1,000 qrs. per week under August. 

 The sales noted in the country, in the last four 

 weeks, nearly exceed 1856 in the same time by 

 100,000 qrs., being then only 342,738 qrs., whereas 

 now they are 452,1 1 6 qrs. This, however, is partly 

 to be attributed to the greater exhaustion of the 

 crop last year, though it also indicates an increased 

 consumption. 



The prices' of town-made flour throughout the 

 month have been unvaried, viz., 50s. per sack, and 



it has been the same with foreign samples, which 

 all through have been held at full rates for ship- 

 ment, arrivals being very scanty and stocks equally 

 so. In country made sorts, there have been small 

 fluctuations, leaving prices much as they com- 

 menced. The arrivals during the four weeks in 

 September were C2,410 sacks from the country, 

 with 1,288 sacks 548 barrels from abroad. This 

 shows a considerable weekly average beyond the 

 former month in English samples, viz., to the ex- 

 tent of 4,600 sacks ; but a further slight decrease 

 in foreign. 



The trade in barley has been very steady, 

 as well as the prices, the only change being 

 Is. per qr. improvement in fine English malt- 

 ing quahties, on the second Monday. The per- 

 mission of the French Government to distil from 

 grain must have some influence on the demand for 

 qualities fit for that purpose; but as kindly 

 malting samples do not abound, and the whole 

 crop is considered unequal and somewhat deficient, 

 we expect remunerative prices all through the 

 season. Peas for hog feed not reaching an average 

 growth, will also occasion a large demand on 

 grinding qualities ; the low sorts of which are to 

 be had at rates relatively much cheaper than oats, 

 viz., 42 lbs. per bushel, at 22s. and 23s. per qr., 

 maize being held at a price too high to make much 

 interference, and the crop not promising abundance. 

 During the month, the receipts in London have 

 been S,470 qrs. English, and 48,821 qrs. foreign, 

 both showing a considerable increase over last 

 month, consumption being larger; but the great 

 excess in foreign is to be attributed to the plentiful 

 supply of light grinding cargoes from the East, 

 which are more fit to be ranged with Irish bere 

 than barley. The new crop in Holland and the 

 Baltic is estimated at below an average. Malt of 

 good quality has sold well, and kept its value 

 through the month, but low sorts have been dull. 



Considering the continuedheavyforeignarrivalsof 

 oats, the trade throughout the month has been un- 

 usually steady; by far the greater proportion has been 

 from Russia, which, being of a quality that keeps 

 well, has scarcely receded in value more than 6d. 

 per qr. on the third Monday, under a sup- 

 ply of nearly 70,000 quarters. Very little has 

 come from Scotland or Ireland, and as statistics 

 from the latter show a diminished acreable growth, 

 so our dependence must be increased on foreign 

 supplies, and the chances seem rather in favour of 

 an advance than a decline, especially in old oats, 

 stocks of which are small here, and well nigh ex- 

 hausted on the Continent. Generally the new crop 

 is considered deficient, though some fine heavy 

 samples have been produced. The best Archangel 

 and Riga oats are now procurable at about 23s. per 



