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foreign 62,856 qrs. — against 7,681 qrs. English, 

 56,085 qrs. foreign in April, 1858, the increase 

 being in favour of this month. The total imports 

 into the kingdom in March last were 157,989 qrs. 



The malt trade, like that in barley, has been very 

 quiet through the month ; a reduction took place 

 of Is. per qr. on the first Monday, with no subse- 

 quent change. 



During the month the oat trade has been well 

 supplied from the early opening of the Baltic, and 

 prices have been very regular throughout. On the 

 first Monday, there being a good arrival from 

 foreign ports, the prices gave way about 6d. per 

 qr. The next considerable arrival was the last, 

 when there arrived in the Easter week 65,376 qrs. 

 from abroad ; the tendency on the first appearance 

 of this fleet was certainly downwards, and prices 

 were only saved from a decline by the sudden ap- 

 prehensions of war in Europe from the precipitate 

 conduct ot Austria. The prices of this grain, we 

 think, will much depend on the earliness of har- 

 vest, for stocks are very likely to be nearly used 

 up towards the close of the season. The imports 

 into London for the four weeks were in English 

 sorts 1,917 qrs. only, in Scotch 5,494 qrs., Irish 

 10,361 qrs., in foreign 133,165 qrs., giving a 

 weekly average of 37,732 qrs., which, with the ad- 

 dition of low barley, made supplies plentiful. Last 

 year, in April, the supply was 2,050 qrs. English, 

 4,447 qrs. Scotch, 8,499 qrs. Irish, 44,082 qrs. 

 foreign, giving a weekly average of only 14,769 

 qrs. The imports into the United Kingdom for 

 last March were 50,033 qrs. only. There have 

 been exported from London in four weeks 

 5,580 qrs. 



Beans have held out well as respects the English 

 crop ; yet during the last fortnight, with but mo- 

 derate supplies, they have advanced 2s. per qr., 

 foreign having nearly increased in value to the 

 same extent. There being scarcely any now at 

 Alexandria, where the Government has paid as 

 much as 33s. per qr. for them, it seems unlikely 

 the rates will dechne, as the chief dependence for 

 a supply must henceforth be France, where the 

 quality is good, but prices are high relatively. The 

 imports into London during the four weeks have 

 been in English quaUties 2,145 qrs., in foreign 

 2,275 qrs.— against 3,158 qrs. English, 8,012 qrs. 

 foreign in 1858; so there is a considerable falling 

 off this season. The total imports last March were 

 13,310 qrs. 



Had it not been for one shipment of white peas 

 from Odessa, the foreign arrivals of peas would 

 this month have been quite trifling. Prices have 

 scarcely varied, duns and maples for some time 

 having been relatively dearer than other grain, 

 and white boilers, from the general mildness of the 

 season, having experienced scarcely any demand, 

 the cheapness of bread and potatoes, as well as 

 abundance of vegetables, leading to their neglect 

 as an article of human food. Lately, however, the 

 rise in beans has attracted attention to them for 

 horse feed, as they are now no longer new, but 

 eligible for this use, and the stock being small they 

 are hkely to disappear qnickl)', unless held for 

 speculation. The imports into London for four 

 weeks were 305 qrs. English of all qualities, and 



706 qrs. from abroad — against 553 qrs. English, 

 374 qrs. foreign in April, 1858. The total imports 

 in March this year were 5,770 qrs. 



Of linseed the arrivals have been good, but 

 prices have very little given way, say only about 

 2s. per qr. on high rates. The value of fat stock 

 has stimulated the manufacture of cake, which has 

 been in very liberal demand for a long period, but 

 the state of the oil trade has not been encouraging 

 to crushers. Should the export trade rather fall 

 off, we may come more nearly to a normal state of 

 things; but, on the other hand, the probabilities of 

 war seem against much reduction for the present. 



The cloverseed trade carried prices unusually 

 well through the season, and there has still been 

 something doing in English red, at fair rates. The 

 fear, at one time, that the crop would not hold out, 

 has not been realized, the small receipts from 

 abroad having provided dealers with sufficient for 

 their customers, but stocks will be on a very small 

 scale, and beneath the notice of speculators. White 

 seed being very scarce has remained extremely 

 dear, with very little left. Tares have become 

 neglected, after ruling high througli the whole 

 season. Canaryseed has farther receded in value, 

 and may again descend to speculative rates. 

 Hempseed, mustardseed, rapeseed, carravvay, and 

 coriander have little changed in value. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



Wheat, Essex and Kent, white... t. 



red 39 48 



Norfolk, Line, and Yorks., red 39 47 



Bablet, malting — to 32 Chevalier .... 34 39 



Grinding.. 24 2C .... Distilling 27 29 



Malt, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk .,..51 to 59 fine 60 66 



Kingston. Ware, and town made ., 51 59 ,, C3 65 



Brown 50 61 — — 



Rte new— — 20 80 



Oats, English, feed 10 24 Potato 25 28 



Scotch, feed 20 24 Potato 21 28 



Irish, feed, white 20 23 fine 24 28 



Ditto, black 19 22 ,, — 23 



Beans, Mazagan 37 38 Ticks 37 89 



Harrow 39 41 Pigeon 42 45 



PEAs,new, white, boilers 36 40 Maple 42 44. .Grey 37 39 



Floor, per sack of 2801bs., Town, Households 353., fine 39 43 



Country 30 32 Households.. 33 37 



Norfolk and Suffolk, e.x-ship 30 31 



FOEEIGN GRAIN. 



Shiillng^s per Quarter. 



WnEAT,Dantzic, mixed 46 — high do. — 51 extra — 86 



Konigsberg 40 48 ,, — — — — 



Rostock 46 - fine 50 old 52 — — 



American, white ..42 49 red .. .. 41 48 — — 



Pomera.,Meckbg.,& Uckennrk.red 42 47 — — 



Silesian.red .41 46 white ...... 44 50 



Danish and Ilolstein.. 42 48 



Russian, hard,. 39 43 .. French, .44 46 white 42 47 



St. Petersburg and Riga^ 39 44 



Rhine and Belgium — 48 



Barley, grinding 22 27 28 Distilling .... 28 29 



Oats, Dutch, brew, and Polands 22 25 Feed 20 23 



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



Russian 19 23 



Beans, Friesland and Holstein 36 38 



Konigsberg 35 37 Egyptian .... ,32 34 



Peas, feeding ..37 38 fine boilers .. 39 41 



Indian Corn, white..... 29 30 yellow 29 30 



Flour, per sack French 32 34 Spanish — — 



American, per barrel, sour, .20 25 sweet — — 



COMPARATIVE AVERAGES— 1858-59. 



From last Fx-iday's ffa^. s. d. From (7«?e»e of 1858. s. d. 



Wheat.,.,..105,0f;0 qrs. 41 2 ! Wheat 7fi,79t qrs. 43 2 



Barley 30,727.. 33 G Barley 29,353.. 36 7 



Oivts 10.028.. 23 7 Oats 8.637.. 24 7 



Rye 62.. .'51 6 Rye .'i42 .. 30 4 



Beans 3.254.. 41 5 I Beans ...... 4,3S9 .. 38 10 



Peas..,,..,. 284 », 39 4 ' Peas 350.. 41 5 



