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ted only realized within Is. or 2s. perqr. of the pre- 

 vious Monday's i ates. The foreign trade was quite 

 at a stand ; and to sell was impossible, unless at a 

 sacrifice : butfifenerally it was deemed preferable to 

 store, rather than sul)mit to a reduction of more than 

 Is. per qr. The occurrence of the cattle shows at 

 this period made markets thin in the country, but 

 there was not generally so much depression as in 

 the metropolis. Boston, Lynn, Manchester, New- 

 castle, and some other places, only reported a no- 

 minal trade ; Leeds, Louth, Birmingham, Glou- 

 cester, and Bristol were all Is. per qr. down ; but 

 Bury St. Edmund's was 2s. per qr. cheaper. 

 Liverpool yielded on Tuesday id. to 2d. per 70lbs., 

 but on Friday there was no change. 



The second Monday was a quiet one, on good but 

 not quite so liberal supplies. Kent and Essex sent 

 up but few samples for sale ; but there was plenty, 

 with the limited demand, at the former currency. 

 In foreign, business was equally calm, at unaltered 

 rates. Again there was less disposition in the 

 country to force business, some places evincing a 

 resolution to take no less money by the withdrawal 

 of samples. Hull and Birmingham were firm. 

 Manchester, Stockton, and Bristol obtained pre- 

 vious rates ; and Boston realized Is. advance; but 

 St. Ives, Louth, and Gloucester were ail heavy, 

 with some few other places. At Liverpool there 

 was only a moderate business on Tuesday, the mar- 

 ket being thin, and old prices were only ob- 

 tained for the best qualities. Friday's report closed 

 with a brisker trade. 



The third Monday in London was but shortly 

 supplied, both English and foreign together being 

 only 12,500 qrs. ; but the near counties sent up about 

 an average (juantity in the course of the morning. 

 Among these samples, after the long prevalence of 

 damp, there were several lots of rough that were 

 still diflficultto quit, but all those that were in fair 

 condition were cleared off more readily than for 

 some time previous. No advance could be estab- 

 lished in foreign, but holders occasionally obtained 

 an improved price on favourite bulks. Several 

 of the country markets this week noted a small ad- 

 vance— as Birmingham, Sleaford,and Market Rasen 

 — all reporting an improvement of Is. per qr.. 

 Melton Mowbray and Newark making a rise of Is. 

 to 2s. Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle, and most 

 other places were firm. This week, however, closing 

 with Christmas-day, the markets immediately pre- 

 vious were of a holiday character, Liverpool remain- 

 ing much the same. 



On the fourth Monday arrivals were small, as 

 well as the morning's supplies from Kent and 

 Essex. Very little was doing, London being still 

 in a holiday condition, but the few good dry par- 

 cels that appeared were readily cleared off at former 



prices, There was more firmness in good foreign 

 qualities, with a moderate inquiry for mixing. 



The imports into London during the four weeks 

 noted have been as follows, viz. : of English wheat 

 24,951 qrs., of foreign 52,393 qrs., giving a weekly 

 average of 19,336 qrs. against 18,901 qrs. for the 

 previous month. 



The imports into the United Kingdom for the 

 month of November, in wheat were 270,007 qrs , 

 and in flour 236,8-19 cwts. 



The flour trade throughout the month has expe- 

 rienced very little change. Norfolks commenced 

 at 28s. per sack, and the best town-made at 40s. : 

 the former, after declining Is., recovered the loss. 

 The sale has only been slow, and supplies alto- 

 gether pretty fair, neither French nor American 

 being abundant. Fine qualities of the latter have 

 become quite scarce, the first brands being of more 

 value at New York than in London. The four 

 marks at Paris have closed worth about 30s. per 

 sack; and middling Canada barrels, at New York, 

 have brought 5 dollars (= 20s. /d.) per brl. The 

 imports in the four weeks into London have been 

 —in country sorts 74,380 sacks, of foreign 6,111 

 brls. 6,118 sacks, against 06,915 sacks country 

 sorts, 8,645 sacks 2,156 brls. foreign, last month. 



The four weeks' exports were 290 qrs. wheat and 

 14 cwt. flour only. 



Barley of all sorts has been upon the decline, 

 the high price of malting leading to substitutes, 

 wheat itself included. The rates have, therefore, 

 lowered 2s. to 3s. per qr., the greatest reduction 

 taking place on the first Monday, second-rate and 

 grinding being nearly as much reduced from the 

 continued large foreign arrivals, principally from 

 the Black Sea, the difficulty of storage adjding to 

 the depression of the market; and until the 

 granaries are relieved, there does not seem much 

 prospect of improvement, as maize, through the 

 difficulty of selling in Ireland, has been brought 

 down in value, and, consequently, lessened the 

 consumption of the lighter grain. The arrivals 

 during the four weeks, in London, were 17,810 

 qrs. native, and 78,814 qrs. from abroad, against 

 14,328 qrs. English, 40,146 qrs. foreign, for four 

 weeks in November. 



The malt trade has followed the reduction in 

 fine barley to the extent of fully 2s. per qr., in- 

 ferior kinds having become extremely difficult to 

 place. 



The supply of oats has not been half what it 

 was in November; but the previous arrivals no 

 being cleared from granary, rates have further 

 given way on the first two weeks, when the quan- 

 tities reported were most considerable, the first 

 Monday yielding 6d. per qr., and the second 6d. 

 to Is, per qr. The subsequent falling-ofF kept tht; 



